Boxing guide
Boxing cards on the StreamEast schedule are collected here, from regional shows to nights with a world title at stake. A card is one row, normally named after the two boxers at the top of the bill. The one thing worth knowing before you click: the time on that row marks the start of the card, and the fight in its name closes the night.
Card start and ring walks
A boxing broadcast opens with the undercard. Prospects and local fighters go first, often over four or six rounds. The co-main event follows, and the headliners come out at the end. A big card can last four hours or longer from the first bell to the last.
The main event cannot be pinned to a clock time in advance. Its ring walks begin when the bout before it ends, so an undercard full of early stoppages brings the headliners out sooner, while a few long fights that go to the scorecards push them back. If you only care about the main event, you still have plenty of time after the card starts.
The venue sets the hour
Promoters put the main event on during the local evening, so the Eastern time moves with the venue. These windows are typical for when the headline fight starts. They are patterns, not promises.
| Card held in | Main event, roughly (ET) |
|---|---|
| Britain or Ireland | 5:00 to 6:00 PM |
| The eastern United States | 11:00 PM to midnight |
| Las Vegas or California | Around midnight or a little after |
A British card can start in the early afternoon Eastern, which surprises people used to American fight nights. The row always gives the true start, and its countdown runs on your device, so the gap between time zones is handled for you.
Titles and undercards
Men's world titles are handed out by four sanctioning bodies, the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO. A boxer who holds all four in the same weight class is the undisputed champion, which is rare. Title fights are set for 12 rounds of three minutes each, and the boxers get a minute in their corners after every round. Undercard bouts are shorter, typically between four and ten rounds.
Not every fight on a card is for a belt. Eliminators decide who gets the next shot at a title, and many undercard bouts are there to build a young fighter's record. On a boxing row, the names are the main event, and the rest of the card is part of the same broadcast.
Bare-knuckle and other combat sports
Bare-knuckle promotions such as BKFC go on this page, not the MMA one. UFC events and other mixed martial arts cards are on the MMA page.
Opening the streams
A fight's page switches its Watch buttons on 60 minutes before the card is due to begin, so they are working long before the headliners appear. If you load the page early, there is no need to keep refreshing. It reloads itself shortly after the buttons unlock.
The label on a boxing row says LIVE for four hours from the card's start. A slow card can still be going when that label turns to Ended. The label is a timer and has no idea when the final bell rings, so open the fight's page anyway, because its buttons remain there for a while after the label changes.
Each button opens a stream on another website in a new tab. Nothing is hosted or recorded on StreamEast, and there is nothing to sign up for. Two weeks after a card, its page forwards to this one.
Boxing questions
Why does the headline fight start hours after the listed time?
The listed time is the start of the whole card. The main event is last, and it only begins when the fights before it are done.
How do I see the start in my own time zone?
Open the fight's page. When your device is set to a zone other than New York's, a line under the Eastern start shows the same moment on your clock.
Are bare-knuckle fights listed?
Yes, on this page, on any night that has streams ready.
Can the date or time of a fight change?
Yes. Fights get moved, and fighters pull out. This page reads its schedule again every minute, so a change made there reaches the site within about a minute.
