Here's a look at upcoming title fights and other televised bouts in the boxing world for the month of June. The highlight should be Manny Pacquiao's move up in weight to take on David Diaz for one of the lightweight titles. Pacquiao, currently Ring Magazine's #2 pound-for-pound fighter behind the "retired" Floyd Mayweather, beat Juan Manuel Marquez in a controversial decision in March. That rematch, possible fights with Joel Casamayor and/or Ricky Hatton could follow if Pacquiao wins.
That's not until the end of the month and it's on PPV, until then there's plenty of boxing on regular cable to keep you occupied. Arthur Abraham would be a great fight for Kelly Pavlik and he'll make his U.S. debut with a rematch against hard hitter Edison Miranda. There's a little something for everyone, though, so check out June's slate after the jump.
Wednesday, June 11
New York City (ESPN2)
Sechew Powell vs. Deandre Lattimore - Light Middleweight
Peter Quillin vs. Dionisio Miranda - Super Middleweight
Thursday, June 12
Tokyo, Japan
Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Christian Faccio - WBC Bantamweight Title
Edwin Valero vs. Takashiro Shimada - WBA Jr. Lightweight Title
Friday, June 13
Fort Worth, TX (Telefutura)
David Lopez vs. Michael Walker - Middleweight
Scranton, PA (ESPN2)
Francisco Palacios vs. Ola Afolabi - Cruiserweight
James De La Rosa vs. Jermaine White - Welterweight
Saturday, June 14
Mexico City
Edgar Sosa vs. Takashi Kunishige - WBC Jr. Flyweight Title
Wednesday, June 18
Sacramento, CA (ESPN2)
Roger Gonzalez vs. Cornelius Lock - Super Featherweight
Vicente Escobedo vs. Christian Favela - Lightweight
Friday, June 20
Cayman Islands (Showtime)
Andre Ward vs. Jerson Ravelo - Super Middleweight
Ronald Hearns vs. Jose Gonzalez - Light Middleweight
Las Vegas (ESPN2)
Alonzo Butler vs. Friday Ahunanya - Heavyweight
Chicago (Telefutura)
Miguel Huerta vs. Fernando Trejo - Lightweight
Montell Griffin vs. Corey Cummings - Light Heavyweight
Saturday, June 21
Hollywood, FL (Showtime)
Arthur Abraham vs. Edison Miranda - Middleweight
Giovanni Lorenzo vs. Raul Marquez - Middleweight
Memphis (HBO)
Chris Arreola vs. Chazz Witherspoon - Heavyweight
Andre Berto vs. Miguel Rodriguez - Welterweight
Wednesday, June 25
Playboy Mansion (ESPN2)
Julio Diaz vs. David Torres - Lightweight
Henry Buchanan vs. Brian Norman - Super Middleweight
Thursday, June 26
Las Vegas (Versus)
Anthony Peterson vs. TBA - Lightweight
Vanes Martirosyan vs. Angel Hernandez - Middleweight
Saturday, June 28
Las Vegas (PPV)
David Diaz vs. Manny Pacquiao - WBC Lightweight Title
Steven Luevano vs. Mario Santiago - WBO Featherweight Title
Tye Fields vs. Monte Barrett - Heavyweight
Humberto Soto vs. Francisco Lorenzo - Lightweight
