Several fights in October will give some warriors the opportunity to establish themselves as a force in their divisions, from ponderous to airy junior.
Joseph Parker, a heavyweight master of WBO, cannot afford to lose to Fabio Wardley, if he wants to stay in a position on the pole, so that the shot at the undisputed champion Oleksandra Undoats in 2026.
O’Shaquie Foster and Sebastian Fundy can strengthen their reputation in Junior Lightweight and Junior Middle Wweight, respectively, while Jaron “Boots” Ennis will try to create a performance in his debut in 154 pounds. Jesus Ramos Jr., currently the average weight, can finish the perspective to a earnest pretender if he is involved in business against Shane Mosley Jr.
Reputations and status can be built or damaged in October in some significant fights. ESPN means your calendar with the best fights next month.
The best fights in October
1. O’Shaquie Foster (-125) vs. Stephen Fulton (Even) – October 25 on PBC PPV for the best video
Fulton is a challenge for the world championship title in his first fight at Junior Lightweight, when he tries to become a three -validity champion. His only defeat occurred in the space on Nayya Inoue in July 2023 in a younger featherweight, and since then he developed Carlos Castro in September 2024. I Brandon Figueroa in February.
Fulton (23-1, 8 KO) has impressively worked out Figueroa in a rematch, overtaking it in complete blows (214-153), JABS (32-29) and Power Punches (182-114). This is a strategy that he will want to accept against Foster. But can it be the same success against the clever move and the skills of Foster?
After regaining the airy title WBC Junior with a divided decision over Robson Conceicao in their November rematch, Foster (23-3, 12 KO) wants to raise his career with winning with Fulton. The highest size and range of Foster could be decisive against Fulton, which was dropped in round 5, when he fought Castro in a featherweight.
This is the sixth Foster fight in Junior Lightweight and it looks like an opportunity to create a spectacular performance to boost his profile.
2. Joseph Parker (-550) vs. Fabio Wardley (+375) – October 25 to Dazn
Wardley may not have experience, but his abundance of heart and a vast right hand make this fight noteworthy on emotions and potential nervousness.
Wardley (19-0-1, 18 KO) has recently fought. He had previously undefeated Justis Huni in round 10 in June, when he was on the results cards 83-88, 82-89 and 82-89. This electrifying finish took place in the first round of KO on the Clarke phrase in the rematch, after a exhausting draw in March 2024.
Wardley will go to the ring to face Parker as a WBA master. But this title does not reflect the real status of Wardley among the heavyweight elite-it is number 10 of the heavyweight ranking in the rankings of the ESPN division will take him a earnest shock to derail the last Run of Parker. Parker (36-3, 24 KO), former WBO master, hoped to challenge the unquestioned master Oleksandr Usyk instead of Wardley, but now he must defeat Wardley to stay in the competition for the title of world champion.
Helping the tactics of the experienced trainer Andy Lee, Parker in wisely and sharply went to Ko Martin Bakole and spoke vast Punchers Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder in the last three fights. Parker is privileged to win, but Wardley caused emotions in his last three fights and showed that he can find a way to win the fights in which he ends.
3. Jaron “Boots” Ennis (-2000) vs. UISMA LIMA (+950) – October 11 to Dazna
“These guys can’t tie my shoes. I’m the best in the world and know about it,” said Ennis in August, when the fight against Lima was officially announced.
Such great words require a vast performance with no half of the ESPN in its debut of the younger medium weight.
Ennis (34-0, 30 KO), against an unintentional opponent, is a ponderous favorite to create a vast performance in front of family fans of the city in Philadelphia.
After unifying the IBF and WBA welterweight titles with the sixth round of Eimantas Stanionis in April, a step up is a good move for Ennis, with vast duels for 154 pounds. Considering that little is known about Lima, it is expected that Ennis will provide KO.
The background to this fight is speculation that Ennis is able to face Virgil’s Ortiz Jr. (If Ortiz defeats Erickson Lubin in November), which would be a struggle of a much greater importance.
4. Sebastian Fundora (-500) vs. Keith Thurman (+350) – October 25 on PBC PPV based on video
“High hell” can strongly strengthen as the best junior junior in the world with the third defense of his WBC belt before veteran Keith Thurman.
The 6-foot-5 (23-1-1, 15 KO) fund has already registered two title wins this year, stopping Chordale Booker in March and Tim Tziu in July. The fund dropped Tyu in the first round and forced him to retire after seven rounds. It was a dominant victory for the fund, whose benefits of amount and reach will inevitably give 5-9½ Thurman problems.
Thurman’s best days, as a welterweight in 2013–2017, seem a long time ago. In recent years it was rarely evident. Since the loss of the WBA welterweight title in Manny Pacquiao in July 2019, he fought only twice. His victory in the third round over Brock Jarvis in March, his first fight in three years, was seen as good enough to get another title shot at the age of 36.
If Thurman (31-1, 23 KO) may upset the chances to become a world champion in two divisions, it would be one of the biggest shocks this year.
5. Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr. (-1000) vs. Shane Mosley Jr. (+550) – October 25 on PBC PPV for the best video
In this title, the eliminator is a shot at the WBC medium scale master Carlos Adames, and many will be intrigued to see what performance Ramos can produce.
Ramos (23-1, 19 KO) took this fight after winning his last three by stopping. Southpaw is now on the edge of great fights. The unanimous defeat of the decision Erickson Lubin in September 2023 allowed many to be convinced of what influence Ramos can have, but maybe this is a fight in which it changes the opinions of people.
But Mosley (22-4, 12 Kos) won the biggest win in his career, a unanimous victory of the decision on the former champion Daniel Jacobs in July 2024, which sent him to retire, and built mapping from Losing with Jason Quigley in 2021. It is also his great moment to emerge from the shadow of his father, “sugar”, who was the world champion of three.
Because they both need a win to get the first shot in the title of world champion, this fight has ingredients to be a competitive, uncomfortable and electrifying meeting.
6. Mary Spencer (n/a) vs. Mikaela Mayer (N/A) – October 30
The fight is very significant for the term contracts of both warriors, but what is threatened to Mayer, if he wins, is the most captivating aspect of the fight.
Mayer continues his journey up the division when he tries to become the world champion in three validity and appointed Megafight with Claressa Shields, ESPN warrior No. 1 for a pound in women’s boxing.
After the beating Sandy Ryan, a decision in two turbulent storms in welterweight, 5-9 Mayer (21-2, 5 KO) enters the fight for the world championship in Junior Middle Wweight. Mayer is an educated boxer with great energy, but how can he deal with a higher weight against 40-year-old Spencer (10-2, 6 KO)?
If Mayer triumphes, the conversation will go to a potential match against Shields, which would probably be the biggest fight in women’s boxing now when Katie Taylor takes a break from sport.
“If Claress falls to 154 pounds, I think this is something that we both talked about about creating,” said Mayer in Sky Sports in June.
Shields and friends from the Mayer team in the American boxing team at the 2016 Olympic Games can become rivals when Mayer climbs after weight classes. Shields, the only three -schedule unquestioned champion in women’s boxing, became the first unquestioned heavyweight champion in the women’s match at the beginning of this year. If he feels comfortable, moving from ponderous (over 175 pounds) to 154 pounds, it is possible to fight Mayer.
7. Danny Garcia (n/a) vs. Daniel Gonzalez (n/a) – October 18 on millions. What ppv
When Garcia calls it his “farewell to Brooklyn”, many fans of the fight will adapt or come to the Barclays Center, wondering if it could be the last time we see the world champion in boxing, at least on Brooklyn.
If Garcia (37-4, 21 KO) has earnest ambitions to secure great fights, he must defeat Gonzalez (22-4-1, 7 KO) after his defeat from the ninth round with Erislanda Lara a year ago. It will be only the fourth performance of Garcia in almost five years, and in the age of 37 years the third defeat in four fights can convince him to hang gloves.
If Garcia shows part of the form in which he defeated fighters such as Erik Morales, Lamont Peterson and Paulie Malignaggi in the Barclays Center, it would be a proper ending of an outstanding career.
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