World Boxing Super Series Season 2: Info, results, dates for upcoming fights

The inaugural World Boxing Super Series was an absolute knockout, with fans getting a chance to see Oleksandr Usyk become cruiserweight king and Callum Smith reign atop of the super middleweights. 

Now, just as quickly as Season 1 ended, Season 2 of the WBSS is officially underway. The second season kicked off with quarterfinals action on Sunday (Oct. 7), as the electric Naoya Inoue knocked out Juan Carlos Payano in Yokohoma, Japan in a bantamweight bout and Kiryl Relikh outpointed Eduard Troyanovsky via unanimous decision in super lightweight action.

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Season 2’s top seeds include Ryan Burnett (bantamweight), Regis Prograis (super lightweight) and Mairis Briedis (cruiserweight). Briedis and Yunier “The KO Doctor” Dorticos each made it to the semifinals of the cruiserweight tournament during Season 1 and will be looking to get one step closer to grabbing the Muhammad Ali Trophy by the end of this season. Check out the full WBSS Season 2 quarterfinals schedule below.

Quarterfinals

Oct. 7, 2018: Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan 

  • Bantamweight – Naoya Inoue (Japan) def. Juan Carlos Payano (Dominican Republic) via first-round KO.
  • Super Lightweight – Kiryl Relikh (Belarus) def. Eduard Troyanovsky (Russia) by unanimous decision.

Oct. 13, 2018: Expo Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia

  • Cruiserweight – Ruslan Fayfer (Russia) vs. Andrew Tabiti (United States).​​ IBF Eliminator
  • Bantamweight –  Zolani Tete (South Africa) vs. Mikhael Aloyan (Armenia) for Tete’s WBO Bantamweight title,

Oct. 20, 2018: CFE Arena, Orlando, USA 

  • Bantamweight – Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) vs. Jason Moloney (Australia) – IBF World Bantamweight Title
  • Cruiserweight – Yunier Dorticos (Cuba) vs. Mateusz Masternak (Poland).

Oct. 27, 2018: U.N.O. Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, USA

  • Super Lightweight – Regis Prograis (United States) vs. Terry Flanagan (England) – WBC Diamond Super Lightweight Title
  • Super Lightweight – Ivan Baranchyk (Belarus) vs. Anthony Yigit (Sweden) – Vacant IBF World Super Lightweight Title

Nov. 3, 2018: SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K

  • Bantamweight – Ryan Burnett (Northern Ireland) vs. Nonito Donaire (Philippines) – WBA ‘Unified’ Championship & WBC Diamond Title
  • Super Lightweight – Josh Taylor (Scotland) vs. Ryan Martin (United States) – WBC Silver Title

Nov 10, 2018: UIC Pavillion, Chicago, USA

  • Cruiserweight – Mairis Briedis (Latvia) vs. Noel Gevor (Germany)
  • Cruiserweight – Krzysztof Glowacki (Poland) vs. Maksim Vlasov (Russia)

     

Fixtures

Bantamweight

Quarterfinals:

No. 1 seed Ryan Burnett vs. Nonito Donaire

No. 2 seed Naoya Inoue def. Juan Carlos Payano

No. 3 seed Zolani Tete vs. Mikhail Aloyan

No. 4 seed Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. Jason Moloney

Super lightweight

Quarterfinals:

No. 1 seed Regis Prograis vs. Terry Flanagan

No. 2 seed Josh Taylor vs. Ryan Martin

No. 3 seed Kiryl Relikh def. Eduard Troyanovsky

No. 4 seed Ivan Baranchyk vs. Anthony Yigit

Cruiserweight

Quarterfinals:

No. 1 seed Mairis Briedis vs. Noel Mikaelian 

No. 2 seed Yunier Dorticos vs. Mateusz Masternak 

No. 3 seed Krzysztof Glowacki vs. Maksim Vlasov 

No. 4 seed Ruslan Fayfer vs. Andrew Tabiti

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