Two of those are the chief supporting fights to the latest Jake Paul sideshow, this one against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, in Anaheim, California.
Gilberto Ramirez defends his WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles against former world title challenger Yuniel Dorticos.
Ramirez won the WBO title from Chris Billam-Smith in his last fight, and should he defeat Dorticos, is expected to meet IBF champion Jai Opietaia in a three-title unification pairing later this year.
Dorticos is known for his power and acquitted himself well in both of his career defeats (Mairis Bredis and Murat Gassiev), so he isn't an easy out for Ramirez, but it's been five years since he faced a quality foe and who knows if he is still capable of delivering power against a top-notch champion such as Ramirez.
An interesting lightweight match pits a promising young prospect and a former champion attempting to keep himself as a viable challenger against each other in a crossroads fight.
Unbeaten Floyd Schofield hasn't had a good run of late.
His last fight saw his best opponent, Rene Tellez Giron, knock him down in the eleventh round, and saw an undeserved title opportunity against Shakur Stevenson go away with food poisoning that his camp accused Stevenson's team of perpetrating.
Schofield now faces former IBF junior lightweight champion Tevin Farmer, who is coming off two close decision defeats to top contender William Zepeda and another close loss to IBF lightweight champion Raymond Muratalla.
Farmer has lost his last three fights, but all things considered, he is fighting as well as he has in his career.
This might not be the most exciting fight, but it could prove to be very important in the lightweight division.
The final fight is from Laval, Canada, as the ageless Jean Pascal meets Michal Cieslak for a minor cruiserweight title.
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