Boxing’s heavyweight division has never been healthier with big fights happening and an undisputed world champion once again ruling the sport’s marquee weight class in 2025.
The fights that fans have craved for years are finally happening and there are some incredible showdowns coming up as we head deeper into 2025.
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Upcoming boxing fights: Heavyweights
Here is how the heavyweight division currently looks from a scheduling perspective:-
David Allen (24-7-2) vs Arslanbek Makhmudov (20-2)
Date: Saturday October 11, 2025
Ring walks: tbc
Venue: Sheffield, England
TV: DAZN
Odds: –
The resurgent ‘White Rhino’ is one of the great boxing stories of 2025, and he gets his reward for those two cracking scraps vs Johnny Fisher with a huge homecoming showdown with the giant Makhmudov in Sheffield. Allen showed all his ring savvy and smarts to stop Fisher inside five in their big rematch last time out, he’ll need to be good again here to chop down the big Russian.
Joseph Parker (36-3) vs Fabio Wardley (19-0-1)
Date: Saturday October 25
Ring walks: 2200 UK, 1700 ET, 1400 PT
Venue: London, England
TV: DAZN
Odds: –
There is much at stake in this one in a fight which will have major implications on the heavyweight title landscape. This pair are essentially fighting for the right to get a shot at undisputed king Oleksandr Usyk – Parker is the mandatory WBO contender while Wardley is next in line with the WBA. It should be an absolute beauty, with the massive puncher that is Fabio looking to take another step in that fairytale rise to the top. It will not be easy though against a rejuvenated Parker who has looked terrific in defeating Deontay Wilder, Zhilei Zhang and Martin Bakole in the last two years.
Lenier Pero (12-0) vs Jordan Thompson (15-1)
Date: Saturday November 1
Ring walks: tbc
Venue: Orlando, Florida
TV: DAZN
Odds: –
Pero, ranked 3 by the WBA right now, continues his mission to become Cuba’s first ever world heavyweight champion with a fascinating scrap against British raider Thompson. It’s two years now since Thompson last fought, failing in an IBF cruiserweight challenge against the fearsome Jai Opetaia in London. Now he is back and stepping up in weight for what is a crossroads fight for both men.
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