Fight Schedule


Fight Schedule

By The Associated Press

National TV in parentheses

May 30

At Kansas City, Mo. (ESPN2), Adailton De Jesus, Brazil, vs. Marcos Ramirez, Kanas City, Kan., 12, for the vacant IBF Latino featherweight title.

At Northern Quest Casino, Airway Heights, Washington, Alonzo But, Knoxville, Tenn., vs. Ralph West, Jamboree, Ky., 10, heavyweights.

June 1

At Miccosukee Resort and Gaming, Miami, Alejandro Hernandez, Mexico, vs. Marlon Marquez, Nicaragua, 12, flyweights; Cecilio Santos, Mexico, vs. Jonathan Perez, Colombia, 12, for Santos’ WBO Latino super flyweight title.

At Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Harry Joe Yorgey, Bridgeport, Pa., vs. Edson Aguirre, Greensboro, N.C., 10, light middleweights.

At Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), James Kirkland, Austin, Texas, vs. Ossie Duran, Britain, 10, middleweights; Donald Camarena, Denver, vs. Timothy Bradley, Palm Springs, Calif., 10, light welterweights.

June 2

At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., (HBO), Shannon Briggs, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Sultan Ibragimov, Russia, 12, for Briggs’ WBO heavyweight title; Shamone Alvarez, Atlantic City, N.J., vs. Jose Luis Cruz, Santa Ana, Calif., 12, for the vacant WBO-NABO welterweight titles. June 4

At Kanagawa, Japan, Eagle Kyowa, Japan, vs. Akira Yaegashi, Japan, 12, for Kyowa’s WBC minimumweight title.

June 7

At Harbour Yard Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. (SHO),Travis Simms, Norwalk, Conn., vs. Joachim Alcine, Canada, 12, for Simms’ WBA junior middleweight title; Vic Darchinyan, Australia, vs. Nonito Donaire, San Leandro, Calif., 12, for Darchinyan’s IBF flyweight title.

June 8

At Hudson & Campbell Fitness Center, Gary, Ind., Giovanni Segura, Bell, Calif., vs. Daniel Reyes, Colombia, 12, WBA light flyweight eliminator.

June 9

At Madison Square Garden, New York (PPV), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Zab Judah, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, for Cotto’s WBA welterweight title; Humberto Soto, Mexico, vs. Bobby Pacquiao, Philippines, 10, super featherweights; Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Mexico, vs. Grover Wiley, Omaha, Neb., 10, welterweights; Yuri Foreman, Russia, vs. Anthony Thompson, Philadelphia, 10, super welterweights.

At Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford (SHO), Antonio Tarver, Tampa, Fla., vs. Elvir Murigi, New York, 12, for the vacant IBO light heavyweight title; Chad Dawson, New Haven, Conn., vs. Jesus Ruiz, Mexico, 12, for Dawson’s WBC light heavyweight title. June 13

At Tampa, Fla. (ESPN2), Edner Cherry, Wauchula, Fla., vs. Jairo Rafael Ramirez, San Diego, 10, light welterweights. June 14

At Main Street Armory, Rochester, N.Y. (VERSUS), Hasim Rahman, Baltimore, vs. Taurus Sykes, Brooklyn, N.Y., 10, heavyweights; Kid Diamond, Las Vegas, vs. Miguel Angel Huerta, Mexico, 12, for Diamond’s NABF lightweight title.

June 16

At Jakarta, Indonesia, Muhammad Rachman, Indonesia, vs. Florante Condes, Philippines, 12, for Rachman’s IBF minimumweight title.

At Budapest, Hungary, Zsolt Erdei, Hungary, vs. George Blades, Indianapolis, 12, for Erdei’s WBO light heavyweight title; Valery Brudov, Russia, vs. Firat Arslan, Germany, 12, for Brudov’s WBA cruiserweight title.

At Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. (HBO), Paulie Malignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Lovemore N’dou, Australia, 12, for the vacant IBF light welterweight title; Gairy St. Clair, Australia, vs. Guadalupe Rosales, Mexico, 12, super featherweights. Curtis Stevens, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Andre Dirrell, Flint, Mich., 10, super middleweights.

June 20

At Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn. (ESPN2), Peter Manfredo Jr., Pawtucket, R.I., vs. David Banks, Portland, Ore., 10, super middleweights.

At Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, Edgar Santana, New York, vs. Harrison Cuello, Bronx, N.Y., 10, light welterweights; Jaidon Codrington, Queens, N.Y., vs. Omar Sheika, Paterson, N.J., 10, super middleweights. June 23

At Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas (HBO), Ricky Hatton, England, vs. Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico, 12, super lightweights. June 27

At Gold Coast, Australia, Anthony Mundine, Australia, vs. Pablo Zamora Nievas, Argentina, 12, for Mundine’s WBA super middleweight title.

At Cipriani Wall Street, New York (ESPN2), Yusaf Mack, Philadelphia, vs. Jose Juan Vasquez, Puerto Rico, 10, super middleweights. June 29

At Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y. (ESPN2), Emmanuel Nwodo, Baltimore, vs. Darnell Wilson, Tacoma Park, Md., 12, for Nwodo’s USBA cruiserweight title. June 30

At the Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, Lou Savarese, Houston, vs. Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, 12, heavyweights. July 1

At Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Takefumi Sakata, Tokyo, vs. Roberto Vasquez, Panama, rematch, 12, for Sakata’s WBA flyweight title. July 7

At Cologne, Germany (HBO), Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Lamont Brewster, 12, for Klitschko’s IBF-IBO heavyweight titles.

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. July 14

At Millenium Dome, 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, LaHabra, Calif., vs. Paul Williams, Aiken, S.C., 12, for Margarito’s WBO welterweight title; Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif., vs. Cristobal Arreola, Riverside, Calif., 10, heavyweights. July 20

At Philadelphia, Rogers Mtagwa, Philadelphia, vs. Aldo Valtierra, Mexico, 12, for the vacant NABF featherweight 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; Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico, vs. Jose Navarro, Los Angeles, 12, for Gonzalez’s WBO bantamweight title; Oscare Larios, Mexico, vs. Jorge Linares, Japan, 12, for the interim WBC featherweight title; Kassim Ouma, West Palm Beach, Fla., vs. Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, 10, middleweights. Aug. 4

At All State Arena, Chicago, David Diaz, Miami, vs. Erik Morales, San Ysidro, Calif., 12, for Diaz’s WBC lightweight title; Ricardo Torres, Colombia, vs. Kendall Holt, Paterson, N.J., 12, for Torres’ WBO light welterweight title; Edgar Sosa, Mexico, vs. Luis Alberto Lazarte, Argentina, 12, for Sosa’s WBC light flyweight title.

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. 25

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