Fight schedule — January 14, 1999

Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999 | 6:29 a.m.

Friday

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Thomas Tate, Philadelphia, vs. Merqui Sosa, Dominican Republic, 12, for Tate's NABF super middleweight title; Chris Linson, Santa Fe, N.M., vs. James Crayton, Las Vegas, 10, lightweights.

Saturday

At MGM, Las Vegas, (PPV), Mike Tyson, Scottsdale, Az., vs. Frans Botha, South Africa, 10, heavyweights; Robert Garcia, Los Angeles, vs. John Molina, Puerto Rico, 12, for Garcia's IBF junior lightweight title; Goyo Vargas, Mexico, vs. Ben Tackie, Ghana, 12, lightweights; Zab Judah, New York, vs. Wilfredo Negron, Puerto Rico, 12, junior welterweights.

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

January 20

At Italy, Anatoly Alexandrov, Kazakhstan, vs. Stefano Zoff, Italy, 12, junior lightweights.

January 21

At Miami, Oleg Maskaev, Russia, vs. Michael Rush, Kansas City, 10, heavyweights.

At Marksville, La., Razor Ruddock, Canada, vs. Billy Thompkins, New Orleans, 10, heavyweights.

January 22

At Chicago, (ESPN2), Omar Sheika, Catskill, N.Y., vs. Anwar Oshana, Chicago, 10, super middleweights; Rocky Martinez, Chicago, vs. Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, 10, lightweights.

January 23

At Shreveport, La., Cliff Couser, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At Tokyo, Jess Maca, Philippines, vs. Shin Yamato, Japan, 12, bantamweights.

At France, Ali Ennebati, France, vs. Erland Betare, France, 12, middleweights.

At San Severo, Italy, Mzukisi Sikali, South Africa, vs. Luigi Castiglione, Italy, 12, junior bantamweights.

January 25

At Versailles, France, Jean Baptiste Mendy, France, vs. Alberto Sicurella, Argentina, 12, for Mendy's WBA lightweight title; Arnulfo Castillo, Mexico, vs. Anatoly Alexandrov, Russia, 12, junior lightweights.

At Anaheim, Rodney Jones, Campo, Calif., vs. James Lerma, Honolulu, 12, junior middleweights.

January 29

At LaCoruna, Spain, (ESPN2), Keith Mullings, Brooklyn, vs. Javier Castillejo, Spain, 12, for Mullings' WBC junior middleweight title.

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Dana Rosenblatt, Malden, Mass., vs. Aaron Davis, Bronx, 10, middleweights; Don Diego Poeder, Netherlands, vs. Sajad Abdullah Aziz, Detroit, 10, cruiserweights.

At Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico, Livingstone Bramble, Bahamas, vs. Jose Luis Juarez, Mexico, 12, lightweights.

At Tijuana, Mexico, Miguel Martinez, Mexico, vs. Trinidad Mendoza, Mexico, 12, for Martinez's NABF junior bantamweight title.

January 30

At Atlantic City, (HBO), Michael Grant, Norristown, Pa., vs. Ahmed Abdin, Houston, 12, for vacant NABF heavyweight title; Andrew Golota, Poland, vs. Jimmy Thunder, Las Vegas, 10, heavyweights.

At Cottbus, Germany, Freeman Barr, Naples, Fla., vs. Bert Schenk, Germany, 12, middleweights; Thomas Ulrich, Germany, vs. Ali Saidi, Germany, 12, light heavyweights.

At Telford, England, Richie Woodhall, England, vs. Vincenzo Nardiello, France, 12, for Woodhall's WBC super middleweight title.

February 5

At Washington D.C., (ESPN2), Andrew Council, Lanham, Md., vs. Michael Ward, Fort Washington, Md., 10, middleweights; Reggie Green, Tuxedo, Md., vs. Jesus Rodriguez, Mexico, 12, for Green's NABF junior welterweight title.

February 6

At TBA, (Showtime), Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Robert Allen, New Orleans, 12, for Hopkins' IBF middleweight title; William Joppy, Washington, vs. Darren Obah, Australia, 12, for Joppy's WBA middleweight title; Hassine Cherifi, France, vs. Keith Holmes, Washington, 12, for Cherifi's WBC middleweight title.

At Tokyo, Kengo Nagashima, Japan, vs. Yuji Watanabe, Japan, 12, junior lightweights.

At Hammanskrall, South Africa, Vuyani Bungu, South Africa, vs. Victor Llerena, South Africa, 12, for Bungu's IBF super bantamweight title.

February 12

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Stevie Johnston, Denver, vs. Mauro Lucero, Mexico, 10, lightweights; Tony Marshall, Albany, vs. TBA, 10, junior middleweights; Bronco McKart, Monroe, Mich., vs. TBA, 8, junior middleweights.

February 13

At Thomas & Mack Center, (PPV), Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya, East Los Angeles, vs. Ike Quartey, Ghana, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Oba Carr, Detroit, vs. Frankie Randall, Las Vegas, 10, welterweights; Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Angel Chacon, Puerto Rico, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights.

At London, Herbie Hide, England, vs. Orlin Norris, San Diego, 12, heavyweights; Joe Calzaghe, England, vs. Robin Reid, England, 12, super middleweights.

At Stuttgart, Germany, Artur Grigorian, Germany, vs. TBA, 12, lightweights; Vladimir Klitschko, Germany, vs. TBA, 12, heavyweights.

February 18

At Tokyo, Takanori Hatakeyama, Japan, vs. Saul Duran, Mexico, 12, for Hatakeyama's WBA junior lightweight title.

February 20

At New York, (HBO), Pernell Whitaker, Norfolk, Va., vs. Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico, 12, for Trinidad's IBF welterweight title.

At TBA, (Univision), Diego Corrales, Sacramento, vs. TBA, 12, junior lightweights; Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. TBA, 12, junior welterweights.

At Hamburg, Germany, Juan Carlos Gomez, Germany, vs. Marcelo Dominguez, Argentina, 12, for Gomez's WBC cruiserweight title.

February 26

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

February 27

At Berlin, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. TBA, 12, for Ottke's IBF junior middleweight title.

At London, Colin Dunne, England, vs. Phillip Holiday, South Africa, 12, lightweights.

March 6

At TBA, (Univision), Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. Ray Lovato, Las Vegas, 10, welterweights.

March 13

At New York, (PPV), Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, vs. Lennox Lewis, England, 12, for Holyfield's WBA and IBF heavyweight titles and Lewis' WBA heavyweight title.

March 19

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

March 27

At TBA, (Showtime), Sharmba Mitchell, Washington, vs. TBA, 12, for Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight title; Frankie Liles, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 12, for Liles' WBA super middleweight title.

April 17

At TBA, (Showtime), Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 12, for Tapia's WBA bantamweight title; Ricardo Lopez, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, junior flyweights.

April 17

At TBA, (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Steve Collins, Ireland, 12, for Jones' WBA and WBC light heavyweight title.

April 24

At TBA, Mike Tyson, Scottsdale, Az., vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

May 22

At TBA, (HBO), Tim Austin, Cincinnati, vs. TBA, 12, for Austin's IBF bantamweight title.