Fight schedule

Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002 | 9:15 a.m.

Updated Dec. 26, 2002

Friday

At the Orleans, Las Vegas, Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, vs. Luis Fernandez, Mexico, 8, junior middleweights.

Jan. 3

At Norman, Okla., (ESPN2), Charles Shufford, Las Vegas, vs. Lawrence Clay-Bey, Boston, 10, heavyweights; Lance Whitaker, Los Angeles, vs. Andre Purlette, Miami, 10, heavyweights.

Jan. 4

At Washington, (HBO), DeMarcus Corley, Washington, vs. Randall Bailey, Miami, 12, junior welterweights; Rosendo Alvarez, Mexico, vs. Beibis Mendoza, Colombia, 12, for Alvarez's WBA junior flyweight title.

Jan. 10

At Galveston, Texas, Reggie Johnson, Houston, vs. Demetrius Jenkins, New Orleans, 10, light heavyweights.

At Uncasville, Conn., (ESPN2), Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs. Alejandro Moreno, Mexico, 12, for Viloria's NABF flyweight title; DaVarryl Williamson, Aurora, Col., vs. Robert Wiggins, East Providence, R.I., 10, heavyweights.

At Warren, Mich., Uriah Grant, Miami, vs. Rydell Booker, Detroit, 10, cruiserweights.

Jan. 11

At Philadelphia, (PPV), Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Morrade Hakkar, France, for Hopkins' WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight titles; Felix Machado, Venezuela, vs. Luis Alberto Perez, Nicaragua, 12, for Machado's IBF junior bantamweight title.

At Providence, R.I., Ray Oliveira, Salem, Mass., vs. Golden Johnson, Dallas, 10, welterweights.

Jan. 13

At Tokyo, Sirimongkol Singmanussak, Thailand, vs. Yongsoo Choi, Japan, 12, for Singmanussak's WBC junior lightweight title.

Jan. 16

At Los Angeles, (HBO), Oscar Larios, Mexico, vs. Marcos Licona, Mexico, 12, for Larios' WBC super bantamweight title; Carlos Madrigal, Mexico, vs. Jose Navarro, Mexico, 12, junior bantamweights.

Jan. 17

At Memphis, Tenn., Thomas Hearns, Detroit, vs. Thomas Reid, Jackson, Tenn., 10, cruiserweights.

Jan. 18

At Melbourne, Australia, (Showtime), Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. James Leija, San Antonio, Texas, 12, for Tszyu's WBC, WBA and IBF junior welterweight titles; Mohammad Abdulaev, Las Vegas, vs. Philip Holiday, South Africa, 10, welterweights.

At Essen, Germany, Artur Grigorian, Germany, vs. Matt Zegan, Poland, 12, lightweights; Michel Trabant, Germany, vs. Alessandro Duran, Italy, 12, welterweights.

Jan. 24

At the Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Philadelphia, Anthony Thompson, Philadelphia, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At St. Paul, Minn., Matt Vanda, St. Paul, vs. Homer Gibbons, Atlanta, 10, junior middleweights.

Jan. 25

At Temecula, Calif., (HBO), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Ricardo Mayorga, Nicaragua, for Forrest's WBC welterweight title; James Toney, Ann Arbor, Mich., vs. Vassiliy Jirov, Kazikhastan, 12, for Jirov's IBF cruiserweight title.

At Reno, Michael Grant, New York, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

Jan. 28

At London, Howard Eastman, England, vs. Erland Betare, France, 12, middleweights.

Jan. 31

At Atlantic City, (ESPN2), Charles Brewer, Philadelphia, vs. Etianne Whitaker, Warren, Ohio, 10, super middleweights; Miguel Figueroa, Camden, N.J., vs. Scott DePompe, West Milford, N.J., 10, junior welterweights.

Feb. 1

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (PPV), Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, vs. Manuel Medina, Mexico, 12, for vacant IBF featherweight title; Carlos Hernandez, Bellflower, Calif., vs. David Santos, St. Petersburg, Fla., 12, for vacant IBF junior lightweight title; Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Cesar Bazan, Mexico, 12, junior welterweights.

At Ledyard, Conn., (Showtime), Rocky Juarez, Houston, vs. Jason Pires, Dallas, 10, featherweights.

At Chemnitz, Germany, Danilo Haussler, Germany, vs. Glenn Catley, England, 12, super middleweights; Oktay Urkal, Turkey, vs. TBA, 12, junior welterweights.

Feb. 8

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (HBO), Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. Raul Marquez, Houston, 10, junior middleweights; Antonio Margarito, Mexico, vs. Andrew Lewis, Ghana, 10, welterweights.

Feb. 15

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

Feb. 22

At Memphis, Tenn., (Showtime), Mike Tyson, Catskills, N.Y., vs. Cliff Etienne, Baton Rouge, La., 10, heavyweights.

March 1

At the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, (HBO), John Ruiz, Las Vegas, vs. Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola, Fla., 12, for Ruiz's WBA heavyweight title.

At Berlin, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Byron Mitchell, Washington, 12, for Ottke's IBF and Mitchell's WBA super middleweight titles.