Fight Schedule

Fight Schedule

By The Associated Press

National TV in parentheses

June 29

At Marseille, France, Wladimir Sidorenko, Germany, vs. Jerome Arnould, France, 12, for Sidorenko’s WBA bantamweight title.

At St. George Theater, Staten Island, N.Y. (ESPN2), Emmanuel Nwodo, Baltimore, vs. Darnell Wilson, Tacoma Park, Md., 12, for Nwodo’s USBA cruiserweight title.

At Cliff Castle Casino, Camp Verde, Ariz., Victor Ortiz, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Maximo Cuevas, New York, 10, super lightweights; Juan Carlos Salgado, Mexico City, vs. Ivan Valle, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights. June 30

At Moscow, Dimitri Kirilov, Russia, vs. Ricardo Vargas, Mexico, 12, for the vacant IBF super flyweight title; Oleg Platov, Belgium, vs. Henry Akinwande, Tallahassee, Fla., 12, for Platov’s IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title; Jimrex Jaca, Philippines, vs. Alisher Rahomov, Russia, 12, for Jaca’ IBF Inter-Continental super featherweight title.

At Stuttgart, Germany, Felix Sturm, Germany, vs. Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba, Uruguay, 12, for Sturm’s WBA middleweight title.

At the Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, Lou Savarese, Houston, vs. Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, 10, heavyweights; David Rodriguez, El Paso, Texas, vs. Rick Dyer, Roland, Okla., 10, heavyweights. July 1

At Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Takefumi Sakata, Tokyo, vs. Roberto Vasquez, Panama, rematch, 12, for Sakata’s WBA flyweight title. July 6

At Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa, Fla. (ESPN2), Nate Campbell, Tampa, Fla., vs. Wilson Alcorro, Colombia, 10, lightweights. July 7

At Cologne, Germany (HBO), Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Lamont Brewster, 12, for Klitschko’s IBF-IBO heavyweight titles; Zaurbek Baysangurov, Russia, vs. Hussein Bayram, France, 12, for the vacant EBU light middleweight title.

At Bridgeport, Conn. (SHO) Travis Simms, Norwalk, Conn., vs. Joachim Alcine, Canada, 12, for Simms’ WBA light middleweight title; Vic Darchinyan, Australia, vs. Nonito Donaire, San Leandro, Calif., 12, for Darchinyan’s IBF and IBO flyweight titles; Luis Perez, Nicaragua, vs. Genaro Garcia, Mexico, 12, for the vacant IBF bantanweight title. July 13

At Congress Theatre, Chicago, Jose Aguiniga, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Francisco Lorenzo, Dominican Republic, 10, super featherweights. July 14

At London, Steve Luevano, LaPuente, Calif., vs. Nicky Cook, England, 12, for the vacant WBO featherweight title; Souleymane M’baye, France, vs. Gavin Rees, Wales, 12, for M’baye’s WBA light welterweight title.

At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO), Arturo Gatti, Jersey City, N.J., vs. Alfonso Gomez, Whittier, Calif., 10, welterweights; Kermit Cintron, Reading, Pa., vs. Walter Matthysse, Argentina, 12, for Cintron’s IBF welterweight title.

At The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. (HBO), Antonio Margarito, Mexico, vs. Paul Williams, Augusta, Ga., 12, for Margarito’s WBO welterweight title. July 20

At Philadelphia, Rogers Mtagwa, Philadelphia, vs. Aldo Valtierra, Mexico, 12, for the vacant NABF featherweight title.

At Palm Beach, Fla., Francisco Figueroa, Bronx, N.Y., vs. Efren Hinojosa, Lakeside, Calif., 12, for the vacant NABF light welterweight title.

At Mahi Temple, Miami (ESPN2), Fres Oquendo, Chicago, vs. Elieser Castillo, Miami, 12, for the vacant WBC Latino heavyweight title. July 21

At the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas (PPV), Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Winky Wright, St. Petersburg, Fla., 12, for Hopkins’ Ring magazine light heavyweight title; Oscare Larios, Mexico, vs. Jorge Linares, Japan, 12, for the interim WBC featherweight title; Michael Katsidis, Australia, vs. Czar Amonsot, Philippines, 12, for Katsidis’ WBO lightweight interim title. July 28

At Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Wash. (HBO), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Carlos Baldomir, Los Angeles, 12, for vacant interim WBC junior middleweight title. Aug. 4

At AllState Center, Rosemont, Ill. (PPV), David Diaz, Chicago, vs. Erik Morales, Mexico, 12, for Diaz’s WBC lightweight title; Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Mexico, vs. Louis Brown, Indianapolis, 10, super welterweights; Donovan George, Chicago, vs. Shay Mobley, Chicago, 10, super middleweights.

At Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas (SHO), Rafael Marquez, Mexico, vs. Israel Vazquez, Las Vegas, 12, for Marquez’s WBC super bantamweight title; Celestino Caballero, Panama, vs. Jorge Lacierva, Atlanta, 12, for Caballero’s WBA super bantamweight title. Aug. 11

At The ARCO Arena, Sacramento, Calif. (HBO), Daniel Ponce De Leon, Mexico, vs. Rey Bautista, Philippines, 12, for De Leon’s WBO super bantamweight title; Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico, vs. Gerry Penalosa, Philippines, 12, for Gonzalez’s WBO bantamweight title; Bert Batawang, Philippines, vs. Francisco Rosas, Mexico, 12, IBF light flyweight title eliminator. Aug. 25

At Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Hugo Fidel Cazares, Mexico, vs. Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rico, 12, for Cazares’ WBO light flyweight title. Sept. 8

At Staples Center, Los Angeles, Caif. (PPV), Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif. vs. Ricardo Mayorga, Nicaragua, 10 or 12, middleweights. Sept. 15

At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Juan Manuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif. vs. Jorge Barrios, Buenos Aires, 12, for Marquez’s WBC junior lightweight title.