Boxing Live Streams and Schedule

How boxing scheduling works

Boxing has no league, no season and no fixed calendar. Promoters build each card, sign the fighters, book a venue and sell the broadcast, and a date can be announced months ahead or only a few weeks out. That is why the Boxing page fills up card by card rather than all at once, and why a weekend can be packed one month and quiet the next. The biggest nights usually fall on Saturdays, with the main event placed at the end of the broadcast.

The major world titles are awarded by four sanctioning bodies: the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. A boxer who holds all four belts in one weight class is the undisputed champion. Weight classes run from minimumweight at 105 pounds up to heavyweight, which has no upper limit. Each body also has its own rankings, which is why two champions in the same division can sometimes hold different belts.

Rounds and fight lengths

Men's world championship fights are scheduled for 12 rounds of three minutes, with a minute of rest between rounds. Women's championship fights are ten rounds of two minutes. Undercard bouts are shorter, usually four to ten rounds depending on the fighters' experience. A fight can end at any point by knockout or stoppage. When it reaches the final bell, three ringside judges decide it on their scorecards.

Why the main event time moves

The time shown on a boxing row is the start of the broadcast, not the time the headline fighters step into the ring. On a typical UK card the broadcast starts in the early evening and the main event ring walks come at around 22:00 UK time. On a US card, the main event usually starts late in the evening Eastern time, which is after 03:00 UTC. Every fight that ends early brings the main event forward, and every long fight pushes it back, so it is worth opening the card's page early and leaving it open.

The page converts the broadcast start to your own clock. If you are in Europe and watching a card from Las Vegas, expect the headline fight in the early hours of Sunday morning.

What the Boxing page and fight pages show

Each card is one row, titled with the main event or the event's name, with the broadcast start time beside it. When the listings give the two fighters, the row shows both names and, where available, their flags. Cards from different promoters on the same night appear as separate rows.

Opening a row takes you to the card's own page. The header shows the main event, the start time on your clock and the venue when it is known. Below it is the list of feeds for the card. The Main row, if there is one, is the feed we picked, and the others are channels with a mirror number. Most feeds start with the undercard, so you can watch the whole card instead of only the last fight.

Practical notes for fight night

Fight cards are long, and the feed you start with at the beginning of an undercard may not be the steadiest one three hours later. If a stream stalls, go back to the card page and take the next row rather than reloading the same player. For cards where the main event is likely to run very late in your time zone, the card page stays up until the event ends, so you can come back to it after a short sleep.

Big cards sometimes come from Saudi Arabia, where the main event can start in the late evening local time, which is late afternoon or early evening in the US and night in Europe. Cards in Japan and Australia fall in the morning for European viewers. Whatever the venue, the row shows the broadcast start on your clock.

Many fans of boxing follow MMA too. The MMA page lists UFC events and other promotions, and our guide to how a UFC card is built explains how its prelims and main card differ from a boxing undercard.