Fight schedule

Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000 | 10:33 a.m.

Updated Dec. 28, 2000

Friday

At the Orleans, Las Vegas, Daniel Rodriguez, Las Vegas, vs. Bobby Velardez, San Bernardino, Calif., 10, featherweights; Juan Pablo Valenzuela, Mexico, vs. Awel Abdula, Ghana, 8, lightweights.

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), James Leija, San Antonio, vs. Freddie Ladd, Memphis, 10, junior welterweights; Israel Vazquez, Mexico, vs. Don Don Concepcion, Philippines, 12, for vacant NABF super bantamweight title.

Jan. 12

At Concho, Okla., (ESPN2), Michael Moorer, Detroit, vs. Terrence Lewis, Philadelphia, 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 Aguirre, 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.

At Biloxi, Miss., Derrick Gainer, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Cedric Mingo, Lancaster, S.C., 12, for Gainer's WBA featherweight title; James Walton, Pensacola, Fla., vs. O'Neill Bell, Atlanta, 12, cruiserweights.

Jan. 19

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

At the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, TBA.

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.

At Sheffield, England, Michael Nunn, Davenport, Iowa, vs. Clinton Woods, England, 10, light heavyweights.

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.

At Atlantic City, N.J., Tim Witherspoon, New York, vs. Monte Barrett, New York, 10, heavyweights.

Jan. 29

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

At Peterborough, England, Scott Harrison, England, vs. Richie Wenton, England, 12, featherweights.

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; Hector Camacho Sr., Miami, vs. TBA, 10, super middleweights.

Feb. 15

At Bangkok, Thailand, Malcolm Tunacao, Thailand, vs. TBA, 12, for Tunacao's WBC flyweight title.

Feb. 16

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Akira Ohigashi, Japan, 12, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

Feb. 17

At the MGM, Las Vegas, (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. 18

At the MGM, Las Vegas, (Univision), TBA.

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.