Fight schedule —August 27, 1998

Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998 | 9:45 a.m.

Friday

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; Tiwon Taylor, Las Vegas, vs. Saul Montana, Mexico, 12, cruiserweights; Julio Cesar Green, Brooklyn, vs. Joaquin Valezquez, Brooklyn, 10, middleweights.

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

Saturday

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. Anthony Perry, Virginia Beach, Va., 10, welterweights; Tony Tucker, Grand Rapids, vs. Derek Amos, Ft. Washington, Md., 10, heavyweights; David Sample, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, junior 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.

At Hawley, Pa., Chris Mills, Scranton, vs. Anthony Williams, Vineland, N.J., 8, light heavyweights.

Sunday

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

September 1

At Vigo, Spain, Anatoly Alexandrov, Russia, vs. Pedro Ferradas, Spain, 12, junior lightweights.

September 3

At Ledyard, Conn., (USSB), Dannell Nicholson, Chicago, vs. Mike Sedillo, Chino, Calif., 10, heavyweights; Josh Imardiyi, Brockton, Mass., vs. Tyrone Booze, Hartford, 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; Michael Nunn, Davenport, Iowa, vs. Ernest Mateen, Brooklyn, 10, light heavyweights.

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, South Africa, vs. Domingo Damigellas, Argentina, 12, featherweights; Lindi Memani, South Africa, vs. Juan Herrera, Colombia, 12, strawweights; Jacob Mofokeng, South Africa, vs. Ryan Poletti, Hegins, Pa., 12, cruiserweights.

September 14

At Inglewood, Calif., Rodney Jones, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 12, junior middleweights.

September 15

At Punta Gorda, Fla., Freeman Barr, Naples, vs. Scott Smith, Little Rock, 12, middleweights.

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 TBA, 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; Shannon Briggs, New York, vs. Arthur Weathers, Lousville, 10, heavyweights; Corey Sanders, Washington, vs. Louis Monaco, Denver, 10, heavyweights.

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. Shibata Flores, Los Angeles, 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 1

At St. Louis, Cliff Couser, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

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, 6, featherweights; Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights.

October 10

At TBA, (Showtime), Khalid Rahilou, France, vs. Sharmba Mitchell, Tacoma Park, Md., 12, for Rahilou's WBA junior welterweight title; Tim Austin, Cincinnati, vs. TBA, 12, for Austin's IBF bantamweight title.

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.