Last time out, Menzer and Schouten faced off for a highly contested fight that Menzer won by close decision. This time, it's for all the marbles.

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Friday, October 9

Sky Sports, 3:30 p.m. Eastern, Nathan Cleverly vs. Courtney Fry, Derek Chisora vs. Zurab Noniashvili.  Cleverly is a hard-hitting light heavyweight prospect to get excited about.  He'll be defending his BBBoC title against Courtney Fry.  While he's getting his bouts televised on Sky because he's cleaning out the UK circuit, it would be nice to see him step up soon, as I think he could easily demolish most of the guys in the bottom half of the top 10.  Chisora is a rumored future opponent for Tyson Fury.

GoFightLive.tv, 7:30 p.m. Eastern ($4.99), Alfredo Escalera Jr. vs. Mike Alderete.  Escalera was on the most recent season of the Contender, but unfortunately, there weren't too many actual contenders on that season.  Escalera isn't one of them.

Saturday, October 10

ZDF, 6:00 p.m. Eastern, Ina Menzer vs. Esther Schouten, Susi Kentikian vs. Julia Sahin, Denis Boytsov vs. Jason Gavern.  This is one of the more significant cards to happen in women's boxing in a while.  Menzer is becoming somewhat of a star, and Kentikian has been pushed on the German public as well.  Both bouts are title unification fights.  Boytsov is a heavyweight contender in a stay-busy fight that will also be aired.

Top Rank PPV, 9:00 p.m. Eastern ($39.99), Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rogers Mtagwa, Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Whyber Garcia, Odlanier Solis vs. Monte Barrett, Pawel Wolak vs. Carlos Nascimiento.  It's not that this was ever the most interesting card in the world, but it at least had the prospects of having a good, evenly matched heavyweight bout when Solis was going to face Kevin Johnson.  And it at least had an intriguing (but probably boring) bout when Solis was scheduled to face Fres Oquendo.  But now that he's probably facing Fatty Tomato Can Replacement, there really isn't a good fight on the televised card.  As usual, expect this one to be rebroadcast shortly thereafter on Azteca, and it's probably worth waiting. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage, though, because Scott's a weirdo.

Fox Sports Espanol - 10:00 p.m. Eastern, Israel Vasquez vs. Ariel Prieto.  This is Vasquez's first fight after his classic trilogy with Rafael Marquez.  He's been off for quite a while as he suffered eye damage in the fight.  If he looks decent, a fourth fight with Marquez might be back on the table.  Jose Armando Santa Cruz and Carlos Molina will also be on the undercard, but I don't know if their fights will be televised. 

Televisa, 11:30 p.m. (?) Eastern, Marco Antonio Rubio vs. Eric Mitchell, Jose Luis Zertuche vs. Jose Ramirez.  These are strictly bounce back fights.  Maybe this will set up a Rubio-Zertuche rematch, as Rubio won the first via entertaining knockout.  Note that the time is just a guess on my part, and if anyone who has Televisa can confirm, I'd appreciate it.

Elsewhere in the world of boxing...

• On Friday, there's another big card going on in Panama, but all the major fighters are facing light touches.  Daniel Edouard, Ricardo Cordoba and Anselmo Moreno will all be in action.
• On Saturday morning, there's a big card going on in Japan.  Jorge Linares will be defending his title against undefeated (but green) Mexican prospect Juan Carlos Salgado, while Toshiaki Nishioka will be defending his strap against Ivan "Choko" Hernandez.  Now that Linares is co-promoted by Golden Boy, hopefully we get to see a little more of him stateside.  
• In a surprising move, Fernando Guerrero's next fight, and by far his toughest matchup so far, won't be on an internet pay per view.  Guerrero will face rugged vet Ossie Duran, who gave James Kirkland his toughest fight and who gave David Lopez a run for his money his last time out.  Also on the undercard, prospect Ty Barnett will be facing Juan Santiago.  
• On the Latin Fury undercard, John Duddy will try to bounce back from his loss to Billy Lyell against Michi Munoz.
• On Saturday night in Houston, there should be a fun night of boxing.  Entertaining slugger Dat "be Dat" Nguyen faces Andres Ledesma, while former title challenger Rayonta Whitfield and prospects Eugene "Mean Gene" Hill and Mickey Bey Jr. will also be on the card.  All of these guys tend to make good fights, even if they're somewhat of showcase bouts.