Fight schedule

Thursday, Dec. 21, 2000 | 9:39 a.m.

Dec. 21, 2000

Friday

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. Ray Oliveira, New Bedford, Mass., 12, junior welterweights.

Sunday

At Pyongyang, North Korea, Yo-Sam Choi, Korea, vs. Saman Sorjaturong, Thailand, 12, for Choi's WBC light flyweight title.

Dec. 29

At the Orleans, Las Vegas, Daniel Rodriguez, Mexico, vs. Fernando Velardez, Mexico, 10, featherweights.

At Siracusa, Italy, Vincenzo Rossitto, Italy, vs. Aaron Soria, Argentina, 12, cruiserweights.

At Chester, W.Va., (ESPN2), Brian Barbosa, Passaic, N.J., vs. Carl Daniels, St. Louis, 12, middleweights.

Jan. 5

At Biloxi, Miss., (ESPN2), Chris Johnson, Canada, vs. Reggie Johnson, Houston, 12, for Johnson's NABF light heavyweight title; Marlon Hayes, Newark, vs. Bobby Jones, Harrisburg, Pa., 10, super middleweights.

At Mexico City, Mexico, Julio Alvarez, Mexico, vs. Benito Rodriguez, Mexico, 12, junior bantamweights.

Jan. 6

At Texas Station, Las Vegas, (Showtime), Joel Casamayor, Cuba, vs. Roberto Garcia, Oxnard, Calif., 12, for Casamayor's WBA junior lightweight title; Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, vs. Luisito Espinoza, Philippines, 10, featherweights; Cliff Couser, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 8, heavyweights.

Jan. 7

At Texas Station, (FSN), TBA.

Jan. 12

At TBA, (ESPN2), Michael Moorer, Detroit, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

Jan. 13

At Uncasville, Conn., (Showtime), Zad Judah, New York, vs. Reggie Green, New York, 12, for Judah's WBC junior middleweight title.

At Tunica, Miss., (HBO), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Raul Frank, Guyana, 12, for vacant IBF welterweight title; Michael Grant, New York, vs. Eliecer Castillo, Cuba, 10, heavyweights.

At Bangkok, Thailand, Jose Antonio Aruirre, Mexico, vs. Wandee Chor Chareon, Thailand, 12, for Aguirre's WBC strawweight title.

Jan. 18

At Anaheim, Calif., Danny Perez, El Cajun, Calif., vs. Dennis Allen, Minot, N.D., 12, for Perez's NABF welterweight title.

Jan. 19

At Sacramento, Calif., Willie Jorrin, Sacramento, vs. Oscar Larios, Mexico, 12, for Jorrin's WBC super bantamweight title.

Jan. 20

At the MGM, Las Vegas, (HBO), Floyd Mayweather Jr., Las Vegas, vs. Diego Corrales, Sacramento, 12, for Mayweather's WBC junior lightweight title; Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico, vs. Cesar Bazan, Mexico, 12, for Castillo's WBC lightweight title.

Jan. 21

At the Plaza, Las Vegas, (Univision), Martin Castillo, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, junior bantamweights.

Jan. 23

At Manilla, Philippines, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, vs. Nedal Hussein, Australia, 12, super bantamweights.

Jan. 27

At Munich, Germany, Vitali Klitschko, Germany, vs. Orlin Norris, San Diego, 12, heavyweights; Istvan Kovacs, Germany, vs. TBA, 12, featherweights.

At New York, (HBO), Michael Bennett, Chicago, vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights.

Jan. 29

At Paris, France, Julien Lorcy, France, vs. Jean Baptist-Mendy, France, 12, lightweights.

Feb. 2

At Reno, TBA.

Feb. 3

At Mandalay Bay, (Showtime), Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Sharmba Mitchell, Washington, 12, for Tszyu's IBF and Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight titles.

At Miami, (HBO), Hector Camacho Jr., Miami, vs. Rocky Martinez, Chicago, 10, junior welterweights.

Feb. 17

At TBA, (HBO), Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Guty Espadas, Mexico, 12, for Espadas' WBC featherweight title; James Page, Pittsburg, Calif., vs. Andrew Lewis, Guyana, 12, for Page's WBA welterweight title.

At Tokyo, Japan, Takanori Hatakeyama, Japan, vs. Rick Yoshimura (Roberts), Japan, 12, for Hatakeyama's WBA lightweight title.

Feb. 24

At TBA, (HBO), Shane Mosely, Pomona, Calif., vs. Shannan Taylor, Australia, 12, for Mosley's WBC welterweight title.

March 3

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (Showtime), Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, vs. John Ruiz, Boston, 12, for Holyfield's WBA heavyweight title.