Fight schedule

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002 | 9:54 a.m.

Updated Nov. 7, 2002

Thursday

At Washington, D.C., Michael Grant, Norristown, Pa., vs. James Walton, Pensacola, Fla., 10, heavyweights.

Friday

At the Stratosphere, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Laila Ali, Las Vegas, vs. Valerie Mahfood, Las Vegas, 10, super middleweights; Arthur Williams, Las Vegas, vs. O'Neil Bell, Atlanta, 12, for Bell's NABF cruiserweight title.

At the Edgewater, Laughlin, Armando Velardez, San Bernardino, Calif., vs. Jose Luis Cruz, Mexico, 8, junior middleweights.

At Tijuana, Mexico, (Telefutra), Ernesto Zepeda, Mexico, vs. Juan Polo Valenzuela, Mexico, 10, lightweights.

At Copenhagen, Denmark, Johnny Bredahl, Denmark, vs. Leo Gamez, Venezuela, 12, for Bredahl's WBA bantamweight title.

At Jamaica, N.Y., Cosme Rivera, Mexico, vs. Pedro Saiz, Dominican Republic, 12, junior welterweights.

At Campion, Colo., Frank Martinez, Nunn, Colo., vs. Carlos Zambrano, Los Angeles, 8, featherweights.

Saturday

At Oklahoma City, (Showtime), Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. Sharmba Mitchell, Takoma Park, Md., 10, junior welterweights; Jeff Lacy, Cincinnati, vs. Ross Thompson, Buffalo, 12, super middleweights.

At Chester, W.Va., (PPV), Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, vs. Dennis Holbaek, Denmark, 12, for Spadafora's IBF lightweight title; Victoriano Sosa, Dominican Republic, vs. Lamar Murphy, Miami, 10, lightweights; Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., vs. Johnny Rivera, Puerto Rico, 10, middleweights.

At West Palm Beach, Fla., Ernest Mateen, Miami, vs. Kelvin Davis, Las Vegas, 10, cruiserweights.

Nov. 15

At Laredo, Texas, (Telefutra), Jesus Chavez, Mexico, vs. Johnny Walker, Detroit, 10, junior lightweights; Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. George Klinesmith, Steubenville, Ohio, 10, junior middleweights.

At TBA, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Dorchester, Mass., Julian Letterlough vs. TBA, 10, light heavyweights.

Nov. 16

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (PPV), Paulie Ayala, Fort Worth, Texas, vs. Erik Morales, Mexico, 12, for vacant WBC featherweight title; Bones Adams, Las Vegas, vs. Guty Espadas, Mexico, 12, featherweights; Jorge Arce, Mexico, vs. Augustin Luna, Mexico, 12, for Arce's WBC junior flyweight title.

At Nuremburg, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Kabary Salem, Egypt, 12, for Ottke's IBF super middleweight title.

Nov. 17

At Grand Forks, N.D., Virgil Hill, Bismarck, N.D., vs. Joey DeGrandis, Boston, 12, light heavyweights.

Nov. 22

At Atlantic City, (Telefutra), Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Arthur Cruz, Los Angeles, 10, lightweights.

At Caguas, Puerto Rico, (ESPN2), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Ubaldo Hernandez, Mexico, 10, junior welterweights; Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rico, vs. Lee Sandoval, Nicaragua, 10, junior flyweights.

At Lemoore, Calif., Hector Camacho Jr., Miami, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights.

Nov. 23

At Atlantic City, (HBO), Mickey Ward, Boston, vs. Arturo Gatti, New York, 10, junior welterweights.

At Anaheim, Calif., (Telefutra), Julio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. Carlos Ramirez, Mexico, 10, lightweights.

At Dortmund, Germany, Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Larry Donald, Cincinnati, Ohio, 12, heavyweights; Juan Carlos Gomez, Germany, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

Nov. 30

At Atlantic City, (PPV), round-robin heavyweight tournament.

Dec. 5

At Bangkok, Thailand, Yodsanan Nantachai, Thailand, vs. Lamont Pearson, Chicago, 12, junior lightweights.

Dec. 6

At Pontiac, Mich., (PPV), Christy Martin, Orlando, Fla., vs. Mia St. John, Los Angeles, 10, middleweights.

At Eagle Pass, Texas, (Telefutra), Orlando Salido, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, junior lightweights.

Dec. 7

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (HBO), Floyd Mayweather Jr., Las Vegas, vs. Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico, 12, for Mayweather's WBC lightweight title; Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Jameel McCline, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 12, heavyweights.

At Leipzig, Germany, Markus Beyer, Germany, vs. Eric Lucas, Canada, 12, for Lucas' WBC super middleweight title.