Whittaker, 12-0-1, is a top-four light heavyweight contender in three of the four major sanctioning bodies. Wallace is the IBF and WBO’s No. 2-ranked contender, making the winner very likely a title-contending frontrunner.<\/p>\n
Whittaker and Wallace headline a nine-fight Matchroom Boxing card in Birmingham, England. <\/p>\n
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British junior middleweight champion Bilal Fawaz complements Whittaker and Wallace as the co-main event, defending his title against 26-year-old Northamptonshire native Eithan James. The 12-2 James has put together a three-fight win streak since his knockout loss to undefeated contender Constantin Ursu in March 2025.<\/p>\n
Just as Whittaker and Wallace conclude business in the United Kingdom, Mexican boxing fans will tune in to their biggest fight of the night. Former three-time flyweight world title challenger Rene Calixto returns to the ring in a main event bout against rising prospect Jose Luis Russell Regalado.<\/p>\n
Calixto, 24-2-1, is coming off a unanimous decision loss to IBF flyweight champion Masamichi Yabuki in June. Calixto is just 1-2-1 in his last four outings, though all three of his hiccups in the ring have come in world title fights.<\/p>\n
Russell \ud83c\udd9a Calixto por el Campeonato NABO WBO peso Mosca este s\u00e1bado en Hermosillo por #BoxTelevisa<\/a> \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n El tijuanense Jos\u00e9 \u2018Diamante\u2019 Russell (19-1-0, 13KO\u2019S) y el acapulque\u00f1o Ren\u00e9 \u2018Indio\u2019 Calixto (24-2-1, 10KO\u2019S) disputan el Campeonato NABO @worldboxingorg<\/a> peso Mosca este\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/15YETma6fY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bxstrs Promotions (@bxstrs) October 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Russell, 19-1, capped off his three-fight win streak with a seventh-round TKO nod over Mario Salvador Gutierrez Gomes in April. The 24-year-old Tijuana native brings a 68 percent knockout rate to the table, much higher than Calixto’s 42 percent rate.<\/p>\n The WBC women’s international super flyweight belt is on the line in the Calixto-Russell co-main event between Fernanda Denisse Monge Amaro and Naylea Gil Sanabia. Amaro, 3-0, is heavily favored against the 11-5-3 Sanabia, who is just 1-5-2 in her last eight fights.<\/p>\n Here’s every fight in boxing<\/a> tonight.<\/p>\n Ben Whittaker vs Conor Wallace<\/p>\n Ben Whittaker vs. Conor Wallace (12 rounds, light heavyweight)<\/p>\n Bilal Fawaz vs. Eithan James (12 rounds, junior middleweight)<\/p>\n Sean Bruce vs. Hamza Uddin (12 rounds, flyweight)<\/p>\n Ibrahim Silaimaan vs. Sonny Hardy (10 rounds, super featherweight)<\/p>\n Klinton Baptiste vs. Aaron Bowen (10 rounds, super middleweight)<\/p>\n Adam Maca vs. Rogger Rivera (6 rounds, super featherweight)<\/p>\n Harley Burrows vs. Matias Ezequiel Herrera (6 rounds, middleweight)<\/p>\n Odel Kamara vs. Thodoris Ritzakis (4 rounds, junior middleweight)<\/p>\n Paige Murney vs. Linzi Buczyknskyj (4 rounds, women’s lightweight)<\/p>\n Time: 2 p.m. EST \/ 11 a.m. PST \/ 7 p.m. BST<\/p>\n Watch: DAZN<\/p>\n Location: Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England<\/p>\n Jose Russell Regalado vs Rene Calixto<\/p>\n Jose Luis Russell Regalado vs. Rene Calixto (10 rounds, flyweight)<\/p>\n Fernanda Denisse Monge Amaro vs. Naylea Gil Sanabia (10 rounds, super flyweight)<\/p>\n Jesus Alexis Gonzalez Espinoza vs. Leon Emmanuel Torres Salazar (10 rounds, super lightweight)<\/p>\n Gustavo Aguilar Gomez vs. Oscar Eduardo Soto Quintana (10 rounds, light heavyweight)<\/p>\n Sergio Alfonso Mendoza Cordova vs. TBA (10 rounds, flyweight)<\/p>\n David Alonso Sanchez Estralla vs. Gustavo Romero Garduno (8 rounds, junior flyweight)<\/p>\n Giovanni Martinez Morales vs. Ancel Jovany Arce Lopez (8 rounds, strawweight)<\/p>\n Aneth Jacqueline Obeso Zabalza vs. Itzel Enriquez Ruiz (8 rounds, women’s featherweight)<\/p>\n Oscar Gabriel Cortez Arredondo vs. TBA (8 rounds, super featherweight)<\/p>\n Jandell Caballero vs. Jose Guadalupe Castro Marquez (6 rounds, featherweight)<\/p>\n Jose Luis Hernandez Lopez vs. TBA (6 rounds, super lightweight)<\/p>\n Angel Azael Montano vs. TBA (6 rounds, super lightweight)<\/p>\n Alondra Ayala vs. TBA (4 rounds, welterweight)<\/p>\n Time: 8 p.m. EST \/ 6 p.m. PST<\/p>\n Watch: Box Televisa<\/p>\n Location: Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico<\/p>\n BX-9 7: Apai Cook vs. Francis Waitai<\/p>\n Apai Cook vs. Francis Waitai (10 rounds, light heayweight)<\/p>\n John Ume vs. Hamza Perwaisy (10 rounds, welterweight)<\/p>\n Keanu Naden vs. Mike Letoi (6 rounds, cruiserweight<\/p>\n Muhanhaili Nuertai vs. Bilal Seidu (6 rounds, cruiserweight)<\/p>\n Duken Turkitoa-Williams vs. Kondup Samson Wailo (6 rounds, cruiserweight)<\/p>\n Joshua Francis vs. George Howden (6 rounds, cruiserweight)<\/p>\n Niwa Barlow vs. Phoenix Mamaia (4 rounds, heavyweight)<\/p>\n Sebastian Cilliers vs. Jeffrey Karaka (3 rounds, junior middleweight)<\/p>\n Anthony Lauagiagi vs. Feargus Gordon (3 rounds, middleweight)<\/p>\n Time: 2 a.m. ET \/ 11 p.m. PT (Saturday) \/ 6 p.m. NZST<\/p>\n Watch: New Zealand Combat Sports Network<\/p>\n Location: Eventfinda Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\"){kind=icon}
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