Fight Schedule
Fight Schedule
National TV in parentheses
May 15
At Centennial Garden Arena, Bakersfield, Calif., Jesus Ruiz, Mexico, vs. Luis Gimenez, Argentina, 10, light heavyweights.
May 16
At Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Ariz., Arnulfo Castillo, Mexico, vs. Omar Bernal, Mexico, 10, lightweights.
May 17
At Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh (HBO), Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, vs. Leonard Dorin, Romania, 12, for Spadafora's INF and IBC lightweight title and Dorin's WBA lightweight title; Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., vs. Nicolas Cervera, Miami, 10, middleweights.
At The City Center Pavilion, Reno, Nev. (SHO), Sharmba Mitchell, Takoma Park, Md., vs. Ben Tackie, Ghana, 12, junior welterweights; Jeff Lacy, Tampa, Fla., vs. Anwar Oshana, Chicago, 12, for Lacy's USBA and WBC Continental Americas super middleweight titles.
At Atlantic City, N.J. (NBC), Nate Campbell, Jacksonville, Fla., vs. Tiger Martinez, Queens, N.Y., 10, junior lightweights; Miguel Figureroa, Camden, N.J., vs. Jauquin Gallardo, San Leandro, Calif., 10, junior welterweights.
May 19
At Astrodome, Houston (FOXSW), Jose Luis Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs. Luis Villalta, Hillsborough, N.J., 10, lightweights; Nick Cook, LaPorte, Ind., vs. Rocky Torres, Homestead, Fla., 10, light heavyweights.
May 22
At HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif. Henry Bruseles, Puerto Rico, vs. Ernie Zavala, Burbank, Calif., 10, junior welterweights.
At San Antonio, Jesse James Leija, San Antonio, vs. Adan Casillas, Mexico, 10, junior welterweights; Israel Vazquez, Mexico, vs. Jorge Eliecer Julio, Columbia, 10, jr. featherweights.
May 23
At TBA, Danny Romero, Albuquerque, vs. Trinidad Mendoza, Mexico, 12, for the vacant IBA super bantamweight title.
May 30
At Mashantucket, Conn., Kassim Ouma, Palm Beach, Fla., vs. Angel Hernandez, Chicago, 12, for the vacant USBA jr. middleweight title.
May 31
At Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, Calif., Carlos Hernandez, Bellflower, Calif., vs. Gustavo Corral, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.
June 7
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., Arturo Gatti, Jersey City, N.J., vs. Micky Ward, Lowell, Mass., 10, junior welterweights; Michael Grant, Norristown, Pa., vs. Dominick Gwynn, Hot Springs, Ark., 10, heavyweights.
June 14
At Cardiff International Arena, England, Joe Calzaghe, Wales, vs. Byron Mitchell, Ozark, Ala., 12, for Calzaghe's WBO super-middleweight title.
June 28
At Bayamon, Puerto Rico (PPV), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Rocky Martinez, Chicago, 12, for the vacant NABO lightweight title; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. Flugenico Zuniga, Colombia, 12, for Santos' WBO super welterweight title; Eric Morel, Puerto Rico, vs. Isidro Garcia, Los Angeles, 12, for Morel's WBA flyweight title. Aug. 9
At TBA (SHO), Acelino Freitas, Brazil, vs. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Argentina, 12, for Freitas' WBO-WBA junior lightweight titles. Sept. 13
At MGM Grand Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas (PPV), Oscar de la Hoya, Whittier, Calif., vs. Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., 12, for the world super welterweight title.
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