Fight schedule

Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 | 10:07 a.m.

Friday

At Montreal, (ESPN2), Arturo Gatti, New York, vs. Rocky Martinez, Chicago, 10, featherweights; Eric Lucas, Canada, vs. Glen Catley, New York, 10, super middleweights.

At Philadelphia, Vivian Harris, New York, vs. Gary St. Clair, Sacramento, 10, welterweights.

At Zaragoza, Spain, Jose Lopez Bueno, Spain, vs. Jose Lopez, Puerto Rico, 12, flyweights.

At Perpignan, France, Samuel Florimond, France, vs. Christophe Girard, France, 12, cruiserweights.

Saturday

At San Antonio, (PPV), Tony Ayala, San Antonio, vs. Tony Menefee, Lincoln, Neb., 10, middleweights; Carlos Navarro, Los Angeles, vs. Carlos Contreras, Mexico, 12, featherweights; Kevin Kelly, Las Vegas, vs. Sergio Reyes, Ft. Worth, 10, featherweights; James Coker, San Antonio, vs. Urbano Gurrola, Mexico, 10, middleweights.

At Hamburg, Germany, Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Obed Sullivan, Phoenix, 12, heavyweights.

At San Mango D'Acquino, Italy, Luigui Castiglione, Italy, vs. Johnny Armour, England, 12, bantamweights.

At Manilla, Philippines, Reynante Jamili, Philippines, vs. Nathan Singh, 12, super bantamweights.

At Tunica, Miss., (Showtime), Bryon Mitchell, Ozark, Ala., vs. Bruno Girard, France, 12, for Mitchell's WBA super middleweight title; John Ruiz, Methuen, Mass., vs. Jade Scott, Brooklyn, 12, heavyweights; Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. Angel Belgre, Mexico, 10, welterweights.

At Sarajevo, Bosnia, Mensur Pelito, Bosnia, vs. Patrick Madzinga, South Africa, 12, cruiserweights.

Sunday

At Miami, (FSN), Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Antwun Echols, Memphis, 12, for Hopkins' IBF middleweight title; Ahmed Santos, Phoenix, vs. Hicklet Lau, Miami, 12, for Santos' NABF junior welterweight title.

December 17

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, Pedro Ortega, Mexico, vs. Tim Pilant, Omaha, 10, middleweights.

At Germany, Juan Carlos Gomez, Germany, vs. Napolean Tagoe, Ghana, 12, for Gomez's WBC cruiserweight title.

At Pittsburgh, (ESPN2), Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, vs. Renato Cornett, Australia, 12, for Spadafora's IBF lightweight title.

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Mikael Rask, Denmark, 12, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

December 18

At Tunica, Miss., Henry Akinwande, Miami, vs. Tony Halme, Sweden, 10, heavyweights; Ray Mercer, New York, vs. Jason Waller, Wheeling, W.V., 10, heavyweights; Oliver McCall, Nashville, vs. Anthony Willis, Los Angeles, 10, heavyweights.

At Culiacan, Mexico, Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico, vs. Buck Smith, Oklahoma City, 10, welterweights.

January 2

At Seoul, Korea, Cho In-Joo, Korea, vs. Gerry Penalosa, Philippines, 12, for In-Joo's WBC junior bantamweight title.

January 7

At TBA, (ESPN2), Juan Lazcano, Mexico, vs. Julian Wheeler, Washington, 10, lightweights.

January 8

At Albuquerque, N.M., (Showtime), Johnny Tapia, Albuquerque, vs. Jorge Elicier Julio, Colombia, 12, bantamweights; Frans Botha, Newport Beach, Calif., vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

January 13

At TBA, Alexander Zolkin, Westerville, Ohio, vs. Elicier Castillo, Miami, 10, heavyweights; David Bostice, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

January 14

At Thailand, Veerapol Sahaprom, Thailand, vs. Adan Vargas, Mexico, 12, for Sahaprom's WBC bantamweight title.

At Egtved, Denmark, Evans Oure Ashira, Kenya, vs. TBA, 12, junior middleweights.

At El Paso, Texas, Irene Pacheco, Arbolete, Colo., vs. Pedro Pena, Los Angeles, 12, for Pacheco's IBF flyweight title; Ross Puritty, Noble, Ok., vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

January 15

At New York, N.Y., (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. David Telesco, Port Chester, N.Y., 12, for Jones' undisputed light heavyweight title; David Izon, Nigeria, vs. Derrick Jefferson, Detroit, 10, heavyweights; Brian Barbosa, Passaic, N.J., vs. Maurice Brantley, Kansas City, 12, for vacant NABF middleweight title; Billy Lewis, Pensacola, vs. Leslie Stewart, Trinidad, 10, light heavyweights.

January 22

At Tunica, Miss., (HBO), Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. Willie Wise, Buffalo, 10, junior welterweights; Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, 12, for Forrest's NABF welterweight title.

January 29

At Manchester, England, (Showtime), Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., vs. Julius Francis, England, 10, heavyweights.

January 30

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

February 19

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Marco Antonio Barrera, Los Angeles, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title.

February 26

At New York, Oscar De La Hoya, East Los Angeles, vs. Derrell Coley, Washington, 10, welterweights; Arturo Gatti, New York, vs. TBA, 10, junior lightweights.

March 4

At Denver, Stevie Johnston, Denver, vs. Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, 12, for Johnston's WBC lightweight title.

March 25

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Paulie Ayala, Ft. Worth, vs. TBA, 12, for Ayala's WBA bantamweight title.

April 4

At Tampa, Fla., (HBO), Diego Corrales, Sacramento, vs. Derrick Gainer, Pensacola, 12, for Corrales' IBF junior lightweight title.

April 15

At TBA, Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Ike Quartey, Ghana, 12, for Vargas' IBF junior middleweight title.