Fight schedule — August 20, 1998

Thursday, Aug. 20, 1998 | 9:48 a.m.

Tonight

At Sacramento, Will Jorrin, Sacramento, vs. Julio Cardona, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

Friday

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, Chris Omar Johnson, Jamaica, vs. Kenny Whack, Detroit, 12, light heavyweights; Merqui Sosa, Dominican Republic, vs. Cecil McKenzie, San Jose, 8, super middleweights; Fidel Hernandez, Phoenix, vs. Jamal Harris, Los Angeles, 8, middleweights; Ricky Quiles, Cleveland, vs. Steve Valdez, Denver, 8, welterweights; Mervyn Penniston-John, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 6, super middleweights; Blaise Soares, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 6, welterweights.

Saturday

At the Tropicana, Las Vegas, (USSB), Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, vs. Luiz Freitas, Argentina, 12, featherweights; Ed Mahone, Los Angeles, vs. Al Williams, Newport News, Va., 10, heavyweights; Hannah Fox, Las Vegas, vs. Blaire Robinson, Los Angeles, 6, women, welterweights.

At Atlantic City, (HBO), Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Darren Maciunski, Trenton, N.J., 10, junior middleweights; Arturo Gatti, Jersey City, vs. Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, 10, junior lightweights.

At Leipzig, Germany, (USSB), Axel Schulz, Germany, vs. Scott Welch, England, 12, heavyweights; Charles Brewer, Philadelphia, vs. Antoine Byrd, Atlantic City, 12, for Brewer's IBF super middleweight title; Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. William Krijnen, Denmark, 10, light heavyweights.

At Bay St. Louis, Mo., (Telemundo), Miguel Angel Granados, Mexico, vs. Raul Jaurez, Mexico, 12, for NABF flyweight title; Ahmed Santos, Phoenix, vs. Ray Oliveira, Boston, 10, junior welterweights.

At Chicago, Iran Barkley, Philadelphia, vs. Tony LaRosa, Chicago, 10, heavyweights.

At Pretoria, South Africa, Winky Wright, Florida, vs. Harry Simon, South Africa, 12, junior middleweights.

At Pesaro, Italy, Verno Phillips, Dallas, vs. Paolo Pizzamiglio, Italy, 12, junior middleweights.

At Fitchburg, Mass., Jason Pires, New Bedford, vs. Shawn Powell, Boston, 12, super bantamweights.

Sunday

At Tokyo, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Japan, vs. Paulie Ayala, Dallas, 12, for Tatsuyoshi's WBC bantamweight title; Cesar Bazan, Mexico, vs. Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Japan, 12, for Bazan's WBC lightweight title.

Tuesday

At Philadelphia, (USA), Butterbean Esch, Bay City, Mich., vs. Tim Pollard, Kansas City, 4, heavyweights.

August 28

At the Las Vegas Hilton, (Showtime), William Joppy, Washington, vs. Roberto Duran, Panama, 12, for Joppy's WBA middleweight title; Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Robert Allen, Atlanta, 12, for Hopkins' IBF middleweight title; John Ruiz, Boston, vs. Jerry Ballard, Miami, 12, for Ruiz's NABF heavyweight title.

At Akron, Ohio, Mike Griffith, Lorrain, Ohio, vs. Dezi Ford, Akron, 12, welterweights.

August 29

At the Las Vegas Hilton, (USSB), Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas, vs. Carlos Hernandez, Coachella, Calif., 10, junior bantamweights; Mauricio Pastrana, Colombia, vs. Carlos Murillo, Panama, 12, for Pastrana's IBF junior flyweight title; Christy Martin, Orlando, vs. Cheryl Nance, Winston-Salem, N.C., 8, women, lightweights; James Page, Pittsburg, Calif., vs. TBA, 10, welterweights.

At Seoul, Gerry Penalosa, Philippines, vs. Injoo Cho, Korea, 12, for Penalosa's WBC junior lightweight title.

At Tijuana, Mexico, Manuel Medina, Mexico, vs. Edward Barrios, Mexico, 12 rounds for Medina's IBF featherweight title; Isaac Cruz, Mexico, vs. Javier Valadez, Mexico, 10, lightweights.

At Reno, Carlos Rubio, Mexico, vs. Horatio Garcia, Sacramento, 10, welterweights.

At Norwich, England, Herbie Hide, England, vs. Willi Fischer, Germany, 12, heavyweights.

August 30

At Chester, Va., (ESPN2), Antonio Tarver, Philadelphia, vs. Rocky Gannon, Las Vegas, 10, cruiserweights.

September 3

At Ledyard, Conn., (USSB), Dannell Nicholson, Chicago, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

September 4

At Helinski, Finland, Tony Halme, Finland, vs. Mika Kihlstrom, Finland, 10, heavyweights.

At Miami, (Fox), Goyo Vargas, Mexico, vs. Juan Carlos Suarez, Cuba, 10, junior lightweights; Diosbelys Hurtado, Cuba, vs. Darryl Tyson, Washington, 10, junior welterweights.

At Atlantic City, Mark Johnson, Washington, vs. TBA, 12, for Johnson's IBF flyweight title.

September 5

At Telford, England, Richie Woodhall, England, vs. Vincenzo Nardiello, Italy, 12 rounds for Woodhall's WBC middleweight title.

At Tokyo, Yongsoo Choi, Japan, vs. Takanori Hatakeyama, Japan, 12, for Choi's WBA junior lightweight title.

At Indio, Calif., Pedro Pena, Mexico, vs. TBA, 12, for vacant USBA bantamweight title.

September 10

At Irvine, Calif., Marco Licona, Westminster, Calif., vs. Elias Paulin, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

September 12

At Tijuana, Mexico, Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Junior Jones, New York, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. TBA, 10, welterweights; Cesar Soto, Mexico, vs. Carlos Rios, Argentina, 10, featherweights.

At Pottsville, Pa., (USSB), Cassius Baloyi, San Diego, vs. TBA, 12, featherweights.

September 17

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

September 18

At Thomas & Mack Center, (PPV), Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. Larry Barnes, New York, 10, junior middleweights; Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. Hector Quiroz, Mexico, 12, junior welterweights; Butterbean Esch, Bay City, Mich., vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights; Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 6, featherweights; Cory Spinks, St. Louis, vs. Lupe Suazo, Tucson, 6, junior welterweights; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 8, heavyweights.

September 19

At Atlanta, (Showtime), Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, vs. Vaughn Bean, Philadelphia, 12, for Holyfield's IBF heavyweight title.

At the Las Vegas Hilton, David Reid, Philadelphia, vs. James Coker, Dallas, 12, junior middleweights; Robert Garcia, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Ramon Ledon, Miami, 12, for Garcia's IBF junior lightweight title.

At Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Oberhausen, Germany, Dariusz Michalszewski, Germany, vs. Mark Prince, England, 12, light heavyweights.

September 22

At New York, (TNT), Shane Mosley, Pamona, Calif., vs. Eduardo Morales, Argentina, 12, for Mosley's IBF lightweight title; Angel Manfredy, Gary, Ind., vs. John Brown, Atlantic City, 12, junior lightweights.

At Tokyo, Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Koji Matsumoto, Japan, 12, for Norwood's WBA featherweight title.

September 25

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN), Terry Norris, San Diego, vs. Dana Rosenblatt, Malden, Mass., 12, middleweights; Raul Marquez, Houston, vs. TBA, 10, junior middleweights; Zahir Raheem, Philadelphia, vs. TBA, 6, featherweights.

September 26

At Montville, Conn., (HBO), Lennox Lewis, London, vs. Zeljko Mavrovic, Croatia, 12, for Lewis' WBC heavyweight title; Michael Grant, New York, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; David Tua, New Zealand, vs. Hasim Rahman, Baltimore, 12, for Rahman's USBA heavyweight title.

At the Tropicana, Las Vegas, (USSB), Tony Lopez, Sacramento, vs. Jaime Oceguada, Mexico, 12, junior welterweights; Jesus Saldu, Honolulu, vs. Nestor Garza, Mexico, 12, super bantamweights.

At Los Angeles, (Univision), Diego Corrales, Las Vegas, vs. Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico, 8, junior lightweights; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. TBA, 8, welterweights.

October 2

At Olympia, Wash., John Palaki, Seattle, vs. Miguel Arrozal, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.

October 3

At the Las Vegas Hilton, (HBO), Genaro Hernandez, Los Angeles, vs. Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, 12, for Hernandez's WBC junior lightweight title; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, six rounds, featherweights; Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights.

October 31

At Cashman Field, Las Vegas, (HBO), Prince Naseem Hamed, England, vs. TBA, 12, featherweights.

November 21

At Thomas & Mack Center, (PPV), Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Terry Norris, San Diego, vs. Keith Mullings, Brooklyn, 12, for Mullings' WBC junior middleweight title; Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. Raul Marquez, Houston, 12, for Campas' IBF junior middleweight title.