Fight schedule

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000 | 10:28 a.m.

Friday

At Denver, (ESPN2), Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico, vs. Stevie Johnston, Denver, 12, for Castillo's WBC lightweight title; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. Marcus Rhode, St. Joseph, Mo., 4, heavyweights; Terrance Churchwell, Nashville, vs. Antonio Ramirez, Dominican Republic, 10, lightweights.

At Chateuaroux, France, Bruno Girard, France, vs. Manuel Siaca, Puerto Rico, 12, for Girard's WBA super middleweight title; Julien Lorcy, France, vs. TBA, 12, lightweights.

At the Orleans, Las Vegas, Tye Fields, Des Moines, vs. Dan Kosmicki, Lincoln, Neb., 6, heavyweights.

Saturday

At the MGM, Las Vegas, (Showtime), William Joppy, Washington, vs. Hacine Cherifi, France, 12, for Joppy's WBA middleweight title; Joel Casamayor, Cuba, vs. Radford Beasley, 12, for Casamayor's WBA junior lightweight title; Sharmba Mitchell, Washington, vs. Felix Flores, Mexico, 12, for Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight title.

At Bethnal Green, England, Herbie Hide, England, vs. Wayne Llewelyn, England, 10, heavyweights.

Sunday

At Detroit, (FSN), Steve Forbes, Las Vegas, vs. David Santos, St. Petersburg, Fla., 12, for vacant USBA junior lightweight title; Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Conn., vs. Mike Williams, Houston, 10, heavyweights.

At Phoenix, (Univision), Antonio Margarito, Mexico, vs. Jose Luis Benitez, Mexico, 10, welterweights.

Sept. 22

At Philadelphia, (ESPN2), Golden Johnson, Wichita Falls, Tx., vs. Alex Bunema, Dallas, 10, welterweights.

At Cranston, R.I., Scott Pemberton, Cranston, vs. Alan Watts, Washington, 12, junior middleweights.

Sept. 23

At Rama, Ontario, Canada, (Showtime), Acelino Freitas, Brazil, vs. Carlos Rios, Argentina, 12, junior lightweights; Harry Simon, England, vs. Rodney Jones, Stockton, Calif., 12, junior middleweights.

At London, England, Joseph Laryea, Ghana, vs. Toks Owoh, Nigeria, 12, super middleweights.

At Manchester, England, Giusseppe Lauri, Italy, vs. Richie Hatton, England, 12, junior welterweights.

Sept. 24

At West Wendover, Nev., (Univision), Jorge Paez, Mexico, vs. Justo Sanchez, Brigham City, Utah, 10, lightweights.

Sept. 29

At Kansas City, (ESPN2), James Butler, New York, vs. Jose Spearman, Columbus, Ohio, 12, for Butler's USBA super middleweight title.

Oct. 1

At Phoenix, Az., (Univision), Jorge Arce, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, junior bantamweights.

Oct. 6

At Atlantic City, (ESPN2), Vivian Harris, Philadelphia, vs. DeMarcus Corley, WAshington, 12, for Corley's USBA junior welterweight title.

At the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, TBA.

Oct. 7

At the MGM, Las Vegas, (Showtime) Paulie Ayala, Fort Worth, vs. Johnny Tapia, Albuquerque, 10, super bantamweights; Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., vs. Jose Bonilla, Venezuela, 12, for Morel's WBA flyweight title.

At Berlin, Germany, Armand Krajnc, Sweden, vs. Bert Schenk, Germany, 12, middleweights.

At Uncasville, Conn., (HBO), Kirk Johnson, Canada, vs. Oleg Maskaev, Hungary, 10, heavyweights; Hasim Rahman, Baltimore, vs. Danell Nicholson, Indianapolis, 10, heavyweights.

Oct. 8

At the Plaza, Las Vegas, (Univision), Jesus Salud, Philippines, vs. TBA, 10, junior lightweights.

Oct. 14

At Cologne, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Chris Byrd, Flint, Mich., 12, heavyweights.

Oct. 15

At Nashville, Tenn., (Univision), TBA.

Oct. 20

At Pontiac, Mich., (PPV), Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., vs. Andrew Golota, Poland, 10, heavyweights.

Oct. 27

At TBA, (ESPN2), Juan Lazcano, Sacramento, vs. TBA, 12, for Lazcano's NABF lightweight title.

Nov. 10

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), TBA.