Matchroom Boxing

Returns To Monaco For Monte-Carlo

Showdown V December 14th!

(August 19th) Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Le Casino de Monte-Carlo are delighted to announce Monte-Carlo Showdown V, an unmissable night of World Championship Boxing, will take place at Salle Des Étoiles at Sporting Monte-Carlo, on Saturday December 14, shown live on DAZN.

Matchroom return to Monaco following a thrilling World Title double-header at the prestigious Casino de Monte-Carlo last November that saw Joe Cordina retain his IBF Super-Featherweight crown against Edward Vazquez and Adrian Curiel rip the IBF Light-Flyweight Title from Sivenathi Nontshinga via a devastating second-round knockout. 

Also on last year’s Monte-Carlo Showdown, Ramla Ali avenged her knockout loss to Julisaa Alejandra Guzman, widely outpointing the Mexican over ten rounds, while French Welterweight hope Souleymane Cissokho extended his unbeaten streak by outpointing Isaias Lucero to retain the WBC Silver 147lbs Title.

Some of the biggest names in boxing have featured on the Monte-Carlo Showdown since its inception in 2017, with WBA Light-Heavyweight World Champion Dmitry Bivol, Chinese Heavyweight powerhouse Zhilei Zhang, former women’s pound-for-pound number one fighter Cecilia Braekhus, Heavyweight favourite Derek Chisora and former WBA Super-Flyweight World Champion Kal Yafai all lighting up the principality in years gone by.

An announcement on the card and ticket details for Monte-Carlo Showdown V will follow in due course.

“I’m excited to announce Matchroom Boxing’s return to Monaco for Monte-Carlo Showdown V on December 14,” said Matchroom Sport Chairman Eddie Hearn. “We return to the magnificent Salles Des Etoiles for the first time since 2016. The event has become an important date on the Monaco sports and entertainment calendar and fighters, media, broadcasters and fans all love the experience. We will announce the full fight line-up shortly and fans can expect another unmissable evening of World Championship Boxing.”

Much more than just championships, the Monte-Carlo Showdown V promises to be a thrilling spectacle celebrating the Great Art of the Game and the Great Art of Boxing in an exceptional setting.

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About Matchroom Boxing

After the success of snooker in the 1980s, Matchroom Sport moved into boxing with two small hall shows followed by Frank Bruno v Joe Bugner at Tottenham Hotspur’s ground – the biggest boxing event of 1987. That launched the company into the boxing big-time, a position it has maintained ever since.

Through the 1990s Matchroom Sport’s boxing roster featured many of the biggest names in the sport including Lennox Lewis, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, Steve Collins and Naseem Hamed, all in world title fights and it continues to work with some of the biggest names in UK boxing including Audley Harrison, the 2000 Olympic Super-Heavyweight gold medalist.

Over the years, Matchroom Sport has built up long-standing relationships with broadcasters around the world and with the advent of the Prizefighter phenomenon, the company’s boxing division has never been in a stronger position.

From fantastic six round scraps between the sport’s journeymen, up to multi-million-dollar World Championship contests featuring the above fighters, the Pro Box series has it all. Each show is packed with the very best in boxing action in a series that encompasses almost 25 years of Matchroom Sport’s commitment to bringing the highest quality to the global television market.