December always takes a premier place on the boxing calendar, with some of the biggest names in the sport looking to finish with their second or third fight of the year in style.
The top bouts in December 2025 feature arguably the best boxer in the world as well as a stacked card from the United States that’s teeming with talent battling for World titles.
Here’s a look at the boxing matches that will feature heavily for sports betting fans as 2025 winds down.
Saturday, 6 December 2025
The first weekend of the month opens with a strong match-up for the women’s IBF World lightweight title in Monte Carlo before rolling into a stacked card over in Texas, USA, where several World belts are on the line.
Beatriz Ferreira vs Elif Nur Turhan (Lightweight)
Two undefeated orthodox boxers with clashing styles will meet to contest the IBF World lightweight title in Monte Carlo on Saturday, 6 December.
It will see the belt holder, Beatriz Ferreira, risk her title and 8-0 record against rising Turkish star Elif Nur Turhan.
There are many ways to win a boxing match, and Ferreira has most recently sought to do so by displaying her swift footwork, slick defensive skills, and by wowing the judges into giving her unanimous decision triumphs.
A double Olympic medallist, the Brazilian’s fourth title defence will be her fourth bout in under 12 months and will be against a veritable wrecking ball of the division.
Nur Turhan has won four of her last five bouts by knockout or TKO, with the 11-0 boxer from Istanbul beating a formerly undefeated opponent in each of her last two matches.
Even so, the skill and Olympic seasoning of Ferreira is being backed as the favourite for this one, with the odds reading 1/4 for the Brazilian to 7/2 for Nur Turhan to leave the ring as the new IBF World champion.
Isaac Cruz vs Lamont Roach (Super Lightweight)
After a mixed decision ruling against Gervonta Davis back in March, Lamont Roach will be stepping up to super lightweight to battle Isaac Cruz for the interim WBC World strap.
Roach was to rematch Davis as the WBA World champion, but his foe opted to join the next Jake Paul clown show. With the step up, this will be the American’s third successive bout at a different weight.
‘Pitbull’ Cruz has also met Davis before. In December 2021, the Mexican narrowly lost to ‘Tank’ on the cards, and has since gone on a run of six wins and one split decision loss.
On paper, this is the last step for either boxer getting a shot at the WBC World super lightweight title currently owned by Subriel Matias – who’ll rumble in January against the undefeated Dalton Smith.
It looks to be an electric bout, with both happy to throw hands and lean into a firefight. As it stands, Roach is the favoured of the two at around 2/5, but at 15/8, Cruz isn’t being counted out.
Stephen Fulton vs O’Shaquie Foster (Super Featherweight)
On the undercard of the Cruz-Roach rumble in Texas, two incredibly highly-rated super featherweights will finally meet in the ring.
It’s been a long road of delays tracking back to August of this year, but at last, O’Shaquie will embark on his first defence of his second spell as the WBC World super featherweight champion.
He had lost the title he first claimed back in February 2023 to Robson Conceicao in a surprise split decision loss in the middle of 2024. In the rematch four months later, he won by split decision.
Stephen Fulton established himself as one of the slickest, most technically gifted boxers of the super bantamweight division between 2019 and 2023, collecting a couple of world titles and defending them well.
Then he met Naoya Inoue in Ariake Arena. “The Monster” was stepping up to dominate another division and obliterated the highly-rated American in eight rounds. So, Fulton went to featherweight.
He did so in style, first by edging Carlos Castro by split decision and then Brandon Figueroa to claim the WBC World featherweight title by unanimous decision. Now, he climbs to super featherweight to face Foster for his crown.
On paper, this is perhaps the closest top-class boxing match to arrive in December 2025. In fact, the boxing odds see Foster and Fulton as having a 19/20 shot of coming out on top.
If both boxers arrive raring to go and in good form, Foster vs Fulton might be a fight of the year contender.
Erislandy Lara vs Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Middleweight)
Helping to pin down the middleweight division is its one unified champion, Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, who’s the IBF and WBO World champion.
The man from Kazakhstan is yet to be tested at a high level in his professional career, but has certainly earned a reputation for his relentless recent displays against Steven Butler, Vincenzo Gualtieri, Andrei Mikhailovich, and Anauel Ngamissengue – all of which were won within nine rounds.
Erislandy Lara is a huge step-up for the southpaw World Championships gold medallist. The fellow southpaw has been boxing in the pros since 2008, amassing a 31-3-3 record and currently holds the WBA World title.
A former super welterweight World champion, he’s riding a six-bout winning streak tracking back to 2019, with 2024 wins against Michael Zerafa and Danny Garcia at middleweight being particularly striking.
Alimkhanuly enters as the heavy favourite at 1/5, but Lara’s experience and hot streak shouldn’t be counted out so easily. After all, while he has three losses in his pro career, the man from Guantanamo has never lost by knockout.
Saturday, 13 December 2025
Over in California on 13 December, a decent card featuring Skye Nicolson, Ernesto Mercado, and Joe Cordina is topped off by the minor super middleweight titles bout between two undefeated boxers.
Diego Pacheco vs Kevin Lele Sadjo (Super Middleweight)
As far as records go, you can’t get much closer than the 24-0 Diego Pacheco and the 26-0 Kevin Lele Sadjo. The two will meet for minor WBC and WBO super middleweight straps with an eye on earning a shot at Terence Crawford.
Sajo arrives 11 years the senior, but with very little by way of high-quality opponents to his record. The Cameroon-born Frenchman has built his 26-win career on journeymen and boxers with losing records.
There are a few important wins at key moments in his climb, of course, such as by beating Jack Cullen in Manchester in 2021, but Pacheco looks to be the first truly close bout and big step-up for ‘The Punisher.’
Born in California, Pacheco has followed a similar trajectory to Sadjo. He’s also gradually built his record and name through 24 matches, with his most notable win coming in late 2024 against Maciej Sulecki via a sixth-round KO.
Taking place in Stockton, California, both boxers will see this as their big arrival in the super middleweight division. The winner should then be able to add some more high-calibre opponents to their schedule.
Based on what’s been shown so far from the two, Pacheco is rightly labelled as the 2/7 favourite, but the grit and strong hits of Sajo should give him a better shot at an upset than the 3/1 odds suggest.
Saturday, 27 December 2025
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, plays host to yet another almighty boxing card, this time being headlined by arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world and, possibly, his next opponent.
Naoya Inoue vs David Picasso (Super Bantamweight)
Easily the biggest boxing match in December 2025 is David Picasso taking on the seemingly unstoppable Naoya Inoue at the very pinnacle of the super bantamweight division.
As would be assumed from the outset, Inoue is the monstrous favourite in the opening lines – out at 1/33 to win. Many will be betting against Picasso making it the distance, and even more will hope for another massive KO.
The undisputed World super bantamweight champion looks to be here for a big payday and to keep sharp, having walked through the division to now invite surging featherweight star Picasso before a mega-fight to come.
Only 25-years-old, the Mexican with a 32-0-1 record certainly passes the eye test as a talented, challenging boxer to face, and impressed in his mixed decision win over Kyonosuke Kameda in his first jump to featherweight.
He returns to the more familiar super bantamweight class here, but few are giving Picasso a chance in this warm-up for Inoue.
Next, the boxing tips will hopefully turn to Inoue taking on fellow undefeated Japanese star Junto Nakatani, who steps up to super bantamweight on this Riyadh card. If they both win, they’ll likely rumble in Tokyo next year.
December 2025 looks to be a strong month for top-class boxing, specifically when zooming in on the Texas card of 6 December and the biggest bouts coming to Saudi Arabia on 27 December.
