Fight schedule — October 29, 1998

Thursday, Oct. 29, 1998 | 10:54 a.m.

Friday

At Biloxi, Miss., (ESPN2), Arthur Williams, Las Vegas, vs. Imamu Mayfield, New Brunswick, N.J., 12, for Mayfield's IBF cruiserweight title; James Crayton, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, lightweights.

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, Javier Valdez, Mexico, vs. Chris Linson, Albuquerque, 12, lightweights; Pedro Ortega, Mexico, vs. Floyd Weaver, Pomona, Calif., 12, junior middleweights.

Saturday

At Atlantic City, (HBO), Prince Naseem Hamed, England, vs. Wayne McCullough, Las Vegas, 12, featherweights; Vuyani Bungu, South Africa, vs. Danny Romero, Albuquerque, 12, for Bungu's IBF super bantamweight title.

November 6

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Arthur Allen, Pittsburgh, vs. Scott Pemberton, Fair Haven, Mass., 10, middleweights.

At Thiais, France, Johnny Bredahl, Denmark, vs. Luigi Mancini, France, 12, bantamweights.

November 7

At Bismarck, N.D., (USSB), Virgil Hill, Bismarck, vs. Jimmy Hayes, Knoxville, 12, cruiserweights; Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Las Vegas, vs. Josh Dempsey, Knoxville, 10, heavyweights.

At Agrigento, Italy, John McClain, Las Vegas, vs. Vincenzo Cantatore, Italy, 12, cruiserweights.

November 9

At Inglewood, Calif., Antonio Ramirez, Dominican Republic, vs. Jose Badillo, Puerto Rico, 10, junior lightweights; Edgar Ruiz, Mexico, vs. Jose Luis Benitez, Mexico, 10, welterweights.

November 11

At Erie, Pa., Reyes Munoz, Erie, vs. Troy Fletcher, Philadelphia, 10, lightweights; Gary Jones, Washington, vs. Steve Fisher, Akron, 8, middleweights.

November 12

At Worley, Idaho, Ross Puritty, Phoenix, vs. Corey Sanders, Mitchellville, Md., 10, heavyweights; Michael Rush, Tampa, vs. Mo Wilson, Chicago, 10, heavyweights.

November 13

At the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, (Showtime), Ricardo Lopez, Mexico, vs. Rosendo Alvarez, Nicaragua, 12, for Lopez's WBC strawweight title.

At Morton, Minn., Roger Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Patrick Byrd, Minneapolis, 12, lightweights.

At Cherokee, N.C., Terrance Cauthen, Philadelphia, vs. Patrick Thorns, Detroit, 10, junior welterweights.

At Miami, Derrick Harmon, Chicago, vs. Montell Griffin, Chicago, 12, light heavyweights; Ben Tackie, Dallas, vs. Diosbelys Hurtado, Cuba, 10, junior welterweights.

At Reno Hilton, Reno, TBA.

November 14

At Ledyard, Conn., (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, vs. Otis Grant, Canada, 12, for Jones' WBC light heavyweight title; Shane Mosley, Los Angeles, vs. James Leija, San Antonio, 12, for Mosley's IBF lightweight title.

At Tunica, Miss., (Univision), Jorge Paez, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, junior lightweights; Diego Corrales, Las Vegas, vs. Hector Arroyo, Puerto Rico, 12, junior lightweights; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. Juan Carlos Sanchez, Mexico, 10, welterweights.

At Paris, Fabrice Tiozzo, France, vs. Ezequiel Paixao, Spain, 12, for Tiozzo's WBA cruiserweight title.

November 19

At Irvine, Calif., Gustavo Tapia, Westminster, Calif., vs. Javier Castellanos, Canoga Park, Calif., 10, lightweights.

November 20

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Stevie Johnston, Denver, vs. Demetrius Ceballos, Panama, 10, lightweights; Willie Jorrin, Sacramento, vs. TBA, 10, featherweights; Paulie Ayala, Fort Worth, vs. TBA, 8, bantamweights; Blaise Soares, Las Vegas, vs. Carlos Bojoroquez, Mexico, 6, junior middleweights.

At Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Said Bennajem, France, 12, junior middleweights.

November 21

At Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, (PPV), Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, vs. Ike Quartey, Ghana, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Keith Mullings, Brooklyn, vs. Francisco Javier Castillejo, Spain, 12, for Mullings' WBC junior middleweight title; Eric Morales, Mexico, vs. Angel Chacon, Puerto Rico, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title; Oba Carr, Detroit, vs. Verdell Smith, Oklahoma City, 10, welterweights; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights.

November 27

At Montreal, Stephane Ouelett, Canada, vs. David Hilton, Canada, 12, middleweights.

At Copenhagen, Denmark, Brian Nielsen, Denmark, vs. TBA, 12, heavyweights; Soren Sondergaard, Denmark, vs. Jose Manuel Berdonce, Spain, 12, junior welterweights.

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

November 28

At TBA, (HBO), Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Mexico, vs. Kostya Tszyu, Australia, 12, for vacant WBC junior welterweight title; Kennedy McKinney, Memphis, vs. Luisitio Espinosa, Philippines, 12, for Espinosa's WBC featherweight title.

At Belfast, N.Ireland, Johnny Nelson, U.K., vs. Darren Corbett, U.K., 12, cruiserweights.

November 30

At Anaheim, Israel Vazquez, Hacienda Heights, Calif., vs. Enrique Jupiter, Mexico, 10, featherweights.

December 8

At TBA, Kirk Johnson, Canada, vs. Al Cole, New York, 10, heavyweights; Ike Ibeabuchi, Nigeria, vs. Daroll Wilson, Chicago, 10, heavyweights.

December 12

At TBA, Arturo Gatti, New York, vs. Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, 10, lightweights; Fernando Vargas, New York, vs. Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, 12, for Campas' IBF junior middleweight title.

At Indio, Calif., (Univision), Enrique Sanchez, Mexico, vs. Carlos Barreto, Venezuela, 12, for Sanchez's WBA super bantamweight title; Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. Cory Spinks, St. Louis, 12, junior welterweights.

December 15

At Tokyo, Kevin Palmer, Japan, vs. Ernie Alesna, Philippines, 12, middleweights.

December 19

At Ledyard, Conn., (HBO), Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Angel Manfredy, Chicago, 12, for Mayweather's WBC junior lightweight title; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; David Tua, New Zealand, vs. Hasim Rahman, New York, 12, for Rahman's USBA heavyweight title.

December 23

At Nagoya, Japan, Satoshi Iida, Japan, vs. Takato Toguchi, Japan, 12, for Iida's WBA junior bantamweight title.

December 26

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas, TBA.

December 27

At Seoul, South Korea, Injoo Cho, South Korea, vs. Joel Luna Zarate, Mexico, 12, for Cho's WBC junior bantamweight title.

December 29

At Osaka, Japan, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Japan, vs. Veeraphol Nakoniuan, Thailand, 12, for Tatsuyoshi's WBC bantamweight title.

January 23

At Houston, George Foreman, Houston, vs. Larry Holmes, Easton, Pa., 10, heavyweights.