Fight schedule — April 22, 1999

Thursday, April 22, 1999 | 10:22 a.m.

Thursday

At Tulsa, Cliff Couser, Las Vegas, vs. Luis Monaco, Denver, 10, heavyweights.

Saturday

At Washington D.C., (Showtime), Sharmba Mitchell, Takoma Park, Md., vs. Reggie Green, Tuxedo, Md., 12, for Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight title; Hassine Cherifi, France, vs. Keith Holmes, Washington, for Cherifi's WBC middleweight title; Mark Johnson, Washington, vs. Ratanachnai Vorapin, Thailand, 12, for vacant IBF junior bantamweight title.

At Albuquerque, (Univision), Johnny Tapia, Albuquerque, vs. Sergio Liendo, Argentina, 10, bantamweights; Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., vs. Jose Sosa, Argentina, 10, junior bantamweights; David Sample, Las Vegas, vs. Julian Romero, Mexico, 8, lightweights.

At Quezon City, Philippines, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, vs. Gabriel Mira, Mexico, 12, for Pacquiao's WBC flyweight title.

At Kakogawa, Japan, Toshiaki Nishoika, Japan, vs. Shigeru Nakazato, Japan, 10, bantamweights.

At Munich, Ahmed Kotiev, Germany, vs. Peter Malinga, South Africa, 12, welterweights.

Monday

At Anaheim, Jesus Salud, San Diego, vs. Nestor Lopez, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

April 30

At Marksville, La., Aristead Clayton, Baker, La., vs. Jose De Jesus, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights; Julian Wheeler, Lawtell, La., vs. David Montes, Mexico, 10, junior welterweights.

At Verona, N.Y., Joey Gamache, Clewiston, Maine, vs. John Bailey, New Cumberland, Ohio, 10, welterweights; Orlando Canizales, Laredo, vs. Mike Jaurez, Denver, 10, junior lightweights; Charles Murray, Rochester, N.Y., vs. Ed Griffin, Baltimore, 10, welterweights.

May 1

At Pensacola, Fla., (HBO), Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Derrick Gainer, New York, 10, featherweights.

At London, Harry Simon, England, vs. Kevin Lueshing, England, 12, junior middleweights.

At Seattle, Manny Sobral, Las Vegas, vs. Rocky McCray, Philadelphia, 10, junior middleweights.

May 6

At Tacoma, Wash., Obed Sullivan, Houston, vs. Derrick Jefferson, Detroit, 10, heavyweights.

May 7

At All-American Sports Park, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. Marlon Thomas, Detroit, 12, junior welterweights; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. Leonard Townsend, Chicago, 10, welterweights; Carlos Gerena, Puerto Rico, vs. TBA, 10, junior lightweights.

May 8

At the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, (PPV), Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Wayne McCullough, Las Vegas, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title; Nestor Garza, Mexico, vs. Carlos Barreto, Venezuela, 12, for Garza's WBA super bantamweight championship; Jorge Paez, Mexico, vs. Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, 10, featherweights; Kevin Kelley, Las Vegas, vs. Enrique Jupiter, Mexico, 10, featherweights.

At the Cal-Neva, Reno, TBA.

At Philadelphia, Miss., Chris Byrd, Flint, vs. John Sargent, Chicago, 10, heavyweights.

At Berlin, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Gabriel Hernandez, Mexico, 12, for Ottke's IBF super middleweight title.

At Miami, (Telemundo), Michael Carbajal, Phoenix, vs. Oscar Andrade, Mexico, 10, junior flyweights; Hector Camacho Jr., Puerto Rico, vs. Eduardo Perez, Mexico, 10, junior welterweights.

May 9

At Minot, N.D., (FSN), Michael Nunn, Davenport, Iowa, vs. William Guthrie, St. Louis, 10, light heavyweights; Virgil Hill, Bismarck, N.D., vs. TBA, 10, cruiserweights; Al Williams, Las Vegas, vs. Fres Oquendo, Chicago, 8, heavyweights.

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Humberto Aranda, Costa Rica, 12, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

May 14

At Pikesville, Md., (ESPN2), Omar Sheika, Patterson, N.J., vs. Esteban Cervantes, Stockton, Calif., 10, super middleweights.

May 15

At El Paso, (Univision), Luisito Espinosa, Philippines, vs. Cesar Soto, Mexico, 12, for Espinosa's WBC featherweight title.

At TBA, Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Tszyus's WBC junior welterweight title.

At the Tropicana, Las Vegas, Hector Quiroz, Los Angeles, vs. Ray Olivera, Boston, 12, junior welterweights; Tito Mendoza, Mexico, vs. Alfred Ankamah, Los Angeles, 12, junior middleweights.

May 20

At Robinsonville, Miss., Oleg Maskaev, Kazakstan, vs. Shane Sutcliffe, Canada, 10, heavyweights.

May 21

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Dana Rosenblatt, Malden, Mass., vs. Lloyd Bryan, Jamaica, 10, middleweights.

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), TBA.

May 22

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (HBO), Oscar De La Hoya, Big Bear, Calif., vs. Oba Carr, Detroit, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Goyo Vargas, Mexico, 12, for Mayweather's WBC junior lightweight title; Nicolas Cervera, Colombia, vs. TBA, 10, junior middleweights.

May 23

At Kansas City, Ray Berry, Sevierville, Tenn., vs. Glenn Robinson, Bronx, 12, light heavyweights; Randle Carver, Kansas City, vs. Mario Iribarren, Miami, 10, super middleweights.

At Seoul, Korea, Cho In-Joo, Korea, vs. Rafael Sosa, Argentina, 12, for In-Joo's WBC junior bantamweight title.

At Montreal, (ESPN2), Davey Hilton, Canada, vs. Stephane Quellet, Canada, 12, middleweights.

May 29

At Puerto Rico, Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico, vs. Vincent Pettway, Baltimore, 12, for Trinidad's IBF welterweight title.

At South Africa, Benedict Ledwaba, South Africa, vs. John Michael Johnson, Dallas, 12, super bantamweights.

June 3

At Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Chris Byrd, Flint, vs. Jose Ribalta, Cuba, 10, heavyweights.

June 5

At Biloxi, Miss., (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Reggie Johnson, Houston, 12, for Jones' WBA and Johnson's IBF light heavyweight titles; Arthur Williams, Las Vegas, vs. Alexander Gurov, Russia, 12, for Williams' IBF cruiserweight title.

At Munich, Germany, Torsten May, Germany, vs. Adolpho Washington, Chicago, 10, light heavyweights.

June 12

At the Cal-Neva, Reno, TBA.

June 19

At TBA, (HBO), Michael Grant, New York, vs. Lou Savarese, Houston, 12, for Grant's NABF heavyweight title.

July 3

At Los Angeles, David Tua, Somoa, vs. Jimmy Thunder, Las Vegas, 10, heavyweights.