Boxing schedule

Thursday, June 3, 1999 | 11:23 a.m.

Tonight

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

At Dickson City, Pa., Chris Mills, Scranton, vs. Dan Sheehan, Lawrence, Mass., 8, light heavyweights.

Friday

At Chicago, Terry McGroom, Chicago, vs. Joe Lasisi, Nigeria, 10, cruiserweights.

At Philadelphia, (ESPN2), Richard DeJesus, Wilmington, Del., vs. Orlando Canizales, Laredo, 10, featherweights; Billy Irwin, Niagra Falls, vs. John Lark, Gary, Ind., 10, lightweights; Sammy Ahmad, Philadelphia, vs. John Scully, Windsor, Conn., 8, light heavyweights.

At Biloxi, Miss., Billy Lewis, Pensacola, vs. Jorge Castro, Argentina, 12, heavyweights; Julian Wheeler, Lawfell, La., vs. Victor McKinnis, Pensacola, 12, welterweights; Terrance Lewis, Philadelphia, vs. David Izon, Pensacola, 10, heavyweights.

Saturday

At Biloxi, Miss., (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Reggie Johnson, Houston, 12, for Jones' WBC and WBA and Johnson's IBF light heavyweight titles; Arthur Williams, Las Vegas, vs. Vassily Jirov, Kazakhstan, 12, for Williams' IBF cruiserweight title; Robert Garcia, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Derrick Gainer, Pensacola, 12, for Garcia's IBF junior lightweight title.

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

Sunday

At the New Frontier, Las Vegas, (FSN), Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Las Vegas, vs. Alex Stewart, St. Petersburg, Fla., 10, heavyweights; Marion Iribarren, Miami, vs. Syd Vanderpool, Canada, 10, middleweights.

June 10

At Irvine, Dustin Kim, Honolulu, vs. Carlos Martinez, Los Angeles, 10, featherweights.

June 11

At Vernona, N.Y., Carl Daniels, St. Louis, vs. Bobby Heath, Reading, Pa., 12, for Daniels' USBA junior middleweight title; Greg Haugen, Seattle, vs. Henry Hughes, Cleveland, 10, welterweights; Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, vs. Ricardo Vasquez, Mexico, 10, welterweights; Tracy Patterson, Troy, N.Y., vs. Wilson Santos, Philadelphia, 10, welterweights.

At Fort Worth, (ESPN2) Danny Romero, Albuquerque, vs. Enrique Jupiter, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights; Butterbean Esch, Bay City, Mich., vs. Russell Chasten, Louisville, 4, heavyweights.

June 12

At Wilmington, Mass., (Showtime), Frankie Liles, Las Vegas, vs. Bryon Mitchell, 12, for Liles' WBA super middleweight title; John Ruiz, Matheun, Mass., vs. Fernely Feliz, Dominican Republic, 12, heavyweights.

At the Cal-Neva, Reno, Roger Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, welterweights.

At Indio, Calif., (Univision), Diego Corrales, Sacramento, vs. Jose Luis Baltazar, Mexico, 12, junior lightweights; Eric Morel, Madison, vs. TBA, 8, junior bantamweights; Antonio Margarito, Mexico, vs. Marlon Thomas, Detroit, 10, welterweights.

At Albuquerque, (Telemundo), Adan Vargas, Mexico, vs. Jorge Reyes, Mexico, 12, for Vargas' NABF bantamweight title.

June 13

At Seoul, Korea, Cho In-Joo, Korea, vs. Pone Saengmorakot, Thailand, 12, for In-Joo's WBC junior bantamweight title.

June 18

At Youngstown, Ohio, (ESPN2), Hector Camacho, Orlando, vs. P.J. Goossen, Hollywood, 10, junior middleweights.

At Fayatteville, N.C., (PPV), Bonecrusher Smith, Fayatteville, vs. Larry Holmes, Easton, Pa., 10, heavyweights; Tim Witherspoon, Chicago, vs. Greg Page, Louisville, 10, heavyweights; Juan LaPorte, Mexico, vs. Billy Costello, Kingston, N.Y., 10, middleweights.

June 19

At New York, (HBO), Michael Grant, New York, vs. Lou Savarese, Houston, 12, for Grant's NABF heavyweight title; Jeremy Williams, Long Beach, vs. Hasim Rahman, Baltimore, 10, heavyweights.

At Miami, (FSN), Joel Cassamayor, Cuba, vs. Antonio Hernandez, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.

June 24

At Edmonton, Manny Sobral, Las Vegas, vs. Gavin Todd, Australia, 12, junior middleweights.

June 25

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Vinny Pazienza, Cranston, R.I., vs. Esteban Cervantes, Stockton, Calif., 10, super middleweights.

June 26

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (PPV), Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas, vs. Paulie Ayala, Fort Worth, 12, for Tapia's WBA bantamweight title; Stevie Johnston, Denver, vs. Aldo Rios, Argentina, 12, for Johnston's WBC lightweight title; Butterbean Esch, Bay City, Mich., vs. Peter McNeeley, Medfield, Mass., 4, heavyweights; Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. Ron Weaver, New Orleans, 10, junior middleweights; Tony Marshall, Albany, vs. TBA, 10, junior middleweights.

At London, Vitali Klitschko, Russia, vs. Herbie Hide, England, 12, heavyweights.

At Wroclaw, Poland, Andrew Golota, Poland, vs. Al Cole, Spring Valley, N.Y., 10, heavyweights.

June 27

At Tokyo, Takanori Hatakeyama, Japan, vs. Lakva Sim, Mongolia, 12, for Hatakeyama's WBA junior lightweight title.

July 2

At Sacramento, (ESPN2), Aristead Clayton, Baker, La., vs. Willie Jorrin, Sacramento, 12, for Clayton's NABF super bantamweight title.

July 3

At the New Frontier, Las Vegas, TBA.

July 9

At Cape Cod, R.I., (ESPN2), Zab Judah, New York, vs. David Sample, Las Vegas, 10, junior welterweights; Kip Diggs, Hyannis, Mass., vs. Jose Rivera, Worcester, Mass., 10, junior middleweights.

July 16

At TBA, (FSN), David Reid, Philadelphia, vs. Kevin Kelly, Australia, 12, for Reid's WBA junior middleweight title; Michael Nunn, Davenport, Iowa, vs. TBA, 10, light heavyweights.

At Hampton Beach, N.H., (ESPN2), Bryant Brannon, Trenton, N.J., vs. Tim Davis, Washington, 12, for Brannon's USBA super middleweight title.

July 17

At Lake Tahoe, (HBO), Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Raul Marquez, Houston, 12, for Vargas' IBF junior middleweight title; David Tua, New Zealand, vs. Gary Bell, Cleveland, 12, for Tua's USBA heavyweight title.

July 24

At the Tropicana, Las Vegas, TBA.

July 30

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

July 31

At San Antonio, Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Tszyu's WBC junior welterweight title; Cesar Soto, Mexico, vs. TBA, 12, for Soto's WBC featherweight title.

At Nagoya, Japan, Jesus Rojas, Mexico, vs. Hideki Todaka, Japan, 12, for Rojas' WBA junior bantamweight title.

At Tijuana, Mexico, Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. TBA, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight championship; Tony Ayala, San Antonio, vs. TBA, 8, welterweights.

At the Cal-Neva, Reno, TBA.

August 7

At Atlantic City, (Showtime), Frans Botha, South Africa, vs. Shannon Briggs, New York, 10, heavyweights; Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexico, vs. Angel Vazquez, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

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.