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The month of June kicks off in Canada overnight as two Ring-rated players at light heavyweight kickstart their respective 2026 campaigns, live and exclusively on DAZN.
Action kicks off in Montreal, Canada when Albert Ramirez (22-0, 19 KOs) and Imam Khataev (11-1, 10 KOs) are expected to emerge victorious against Lerrone Richards and Mickael Diallo respectively on another busy Eye of the Tiger card.
A stacked Saturday showing features two championship contests when Masamichi Yabuki defends his IBF flyweight crown against Rene Calixto, while Andrew Moloney will hope it's fifth time lucky (!) in pursuit of world title gold when facing pressure-heavy IBF beltholder Willibaldo Garcia in a pick'em fight at junior bantamweight.
Speaking of former champions ... Luis Nery (37-2, 28 KOs) is back, same as Chris Billam-Smith (21-2, 13 KOs) with the latter headling Zuffa Boxing 07 against Ryan Rozicki (21-1-1, 20 KOs) in an intriguing cruiserweight clash between Ring-rated contenders at 200 pounds.
The Ring's Mike Coppinger believes there will be four stoppages from the six-fight slate he's picked.
Sikho Nqothole spoiled the party at York Hall last weekend and stopped a perfect prediction week from Copp, three of the four were the correct method of victory too. Here's how that looked:
- Edwards decision — Sikho Nqothole beat Charlie Edwards (UD12) to win IBF 115-pound title final eliminator
- Azim TKO/KO10 — Adam Azim didn't need that long (KO3) to dispatch of former title challenger Steve Claggett
- Bivol decision — Dmitry Bivol returned after a 15-month absence, flooring long overdue mandatory challenger Michael Eifert before retaining his unified light heavyweight crowns on points
- Akhmadaliev decision — Up at featherweight, the former unified 122-pound champion breezed past Hegly Mosqueda
- Foster decision — Doubt him at your peril. O'Shaquie Foster showed his championship mettle down the stretch to defend his WBC 130-pound title against Raymond Ford.
Read Copp's picks in full below and try to beat him!

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