Fight schedule

Thursday, Aug. 5, 1999 | 9:39 a.m.

Tonight

At Irvine, Calif., Naoya Hirahara, Japan, vs. Isreal Correa, Oxnard, Calif., 10, lightweights.

Friday

At Columbus, Ohio, (ESPN2), Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., vs. Francisco Espitia, Mexico, 10, junior bantamweights; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. Jason Farley, Toledo, 4, heavyweights.

Saturday

At Atlantic City, (PPV), Frans Botha, South Africa, vs. Shannon Briggs, New York, 10, heavyweights; Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexico, vs. Maurin Pastor, Argentina, 12, super bantamweights; Omar Sheika, Paterson, N.J., vs. Kevin Pompey, New York, 10, super middleweights.

At Rocheville, France, Julien Lorcy, France, vs. Stefano Zoff, Italy, 12, for Lorcy's WBA lightweight title; Anatoly Alexandrov, Italy, vs. Acelino Freitas, Puerto Rico, 12, junior lightweights.

At Miami, (Telemundo), Gabe Ruelas, Studio City, Calif., vs. Jose Rodriguez, Nicaragua, 10, lightweights; Alejandro Montiel, Mexico, vs. Edgar Cardenas, Mexico, 12, flyweights.

At Lafayette, La., Roger Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Leroy Owens, Las Vegas, 10, welterweights.

At Avi Resort, Laughlin, Adrian Lott vs. George Ibediro, 8, cruiserweights.

At Tokyo, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan, vs. Yodsingh Chuwatana, 12, bantamweights.

Sunday

At the New Frontier, Las Vegas, (FSN), Rafael Ruelas, Studio City, Calif., vs. Hicklet Lau, Miami, 10, junior welterweights; Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, vs. Nestor Lopez, Mexico, 10, featherweights.

Monday

At Anaheim, Guty Espadas, Mexico, Miguel Casillas, Mexico, 10, featherweights; Isreal Vazquez, Hacienda Heights, Calif., vs. Nelson Medina, Venezuela, 10, super bantamweights.

August 14

At Mashantuckett, Conn., (HBO), Stevie Johnston, Denver, vs. Angel Manfredy, Gary, Ind., 12, for Johnston's WBC lightweight title; Arturo Gatti, New York, vs. Reyes Munoz, Puerto Rico, 10, lightweights.

At Managua, Nicaragua, Yambito Gamboa, Nicaragua, vs. Francisco Tejedor, Colombia, 12, junior bantamweights.

August 20

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Chester, Maine, Israel Cordona, Hartford, vs. Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, 12, lightweights.

August 21

At Miami, (Showtime), Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Miguel Angels Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Tszyu's WBC junior welterweight title.

At TBA, Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. Wilfredo Rivera, Puerto Rico, 10, welterweights.

August 26

At Atlanta, Livingstone Bramble, Las Vegas, vs. Theo Holland, 10, welterweights.

August 27

At Augusta, Ga., (ESPN2), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Santiago Samaniego, Puerto Rico, 12, for Forrest's NABF welterweight title; Brandon Mitchum, Las Vegas, vs. Larry Marks, 10, junior middleweights.

August 28

At the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, (HBO), David Reid, Philadelphia, vs. Keith Mullings, Baltimore, 12, for Reid's WBA junior middleweight title; Monte Barrett, Queens, N.Y., vs. Lance Whitaker, Los Angeles, 12, heavyweights.

At Bremen, Germany, Dariusz Michalczewski, Germany, vs. Montell Griffin, Chicago, 12, light heavyweights.

August 29

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

August 30

At the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, Wayne McCullough, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, super bantamweights; Hector Camacho Jr., Miami, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights; Derrick Harmon, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, light heavyweights.

September 3

At TBA, (ESPN2), Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, vs. Golden Johnson, Dallas, 12, for NABF lightweight title.

September 4

At Magdeburg, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Thomas Tate, Philadelphia, 12, for Ottke's IBF super middleweight title.

September 5

At Tokyo, Cho In-Joo, Korea, v.s Keiji Yamaguchi, Japan, 12, for In-Joo's WBC junior bantamweight title.

September 10

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Paolo Roberto, Sweden, 12, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

September 11

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (HBO), Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Carlos Gerena, Mexico, 12, for Mayweather's WBC junior lightweight title; Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, 12, for Norwood's WBA featherweight title.

September 17

At the All-America SportPark, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. TBA, 12, junior welterweights; Maurice Harris, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; Cory Spinks, St. Louis, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights.

At Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, Manny Pacquiao, Thailand, vs. Medgoen 3-K Battery, Thailand, 12, for Pacquiao's WBC flyweight title.

September 18

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (PPV), Oscar De La Hoya, Big Bear, Calif., vs. Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC and Trinidad's IBF welterweight titles; Nestor Garza, Mexico, vs. TBA, 12, for Garza's WBA super bantamweight title; Joe Calzaghe, England, vs. TBA, 12, super middleweights; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights; Tony Marshall, Albany, vs. Ray Domenge, Omaha, 10, junior middleweights.

September 25

At Cologne, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Axel Schulz, Germany, 12, heavyweights.

At Washington D.C., (Showtime), William Joppy, Silver Spring, Md., vs. Julio Cesar Green, New York, 12, for Joppy's WBA middleweight title; Sharmba Mitchell, Tacoma Park, Md., vs. Elio Ortiz, Venezuela, 12, for Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight title; Keith Holmes, Washington, vs. TBA, 12, for Holmes' WBC middleweight title.

At Caesars Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, TBA.

October 2

At MGM, Las Vegas, Mike Tyson, Phoenix, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At Tokyo, Kengo Nagashima, Japan, vs. Yangsoo Seung, Korea, 10, junior lightweights.

October 11

At Tokyo, Takeo Imaoka, Japan, vs. Tony Wehbee, Australia, 12, featherweights.

November 6

At TBA, Naseem Hamed, England, vs. Cesar Soto, Mexico, for Soto's WBC featherweight title.

December 11

At MGM, Las Vegas, Mike Tyson, Phoenix, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.