Fight schedule
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 | 9:26 a.m.
National TV in parentheses
Friday
At Saratoga Gaming and Raceway, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Frank Houghtaling, Albany, N.Y., vs. Shakha Moore, Norwalk, Conn., 10, welterweights.
At the Orleans Arena, Las Vegas (ESPN2), Samuel Lopez, Phoenix, vs. Leopoldo Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for the vacant WBA Fedelatin bantamweight title; Jose Juan Vasquez, Puerto Rico, vs. Ricardo Olmeda, Mexico, 10, super middleweights.
Saturday
At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Winky Wright, Washington, vs. Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico, 12, WBC middleweight elimination bout; Zab Judah, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Cosme Rivera, Mexico, 12, for Judah's WBC welterweight title.
At Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Wash., Kenny Ellis, Tacoma, Wash., vs. Aaron Norwood, Hattiesburg, Pa., 10, super middleweights.
Tuesday
At the Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Jose Reyes, Vineland, N.J., vs. Kevin Kelley, Flushing, N.Y., 10, lightweights; Eddie Chambers, Homewood, Pa., vs. Ross Puritty, Norman, Okla., 10, heavyweights.
May 20
At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla., O'Neill Bell, Lithonia, Ga., vs. Dale Brown, Canada, 12, for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title.
May 21
At United Center, Chicago (HBO), Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. Andrew Golota, Chicago, 12, for Brewster's WBO heavyweight title; Paul Briggs, Australia, vs. Tomasz Adamek, Poland, 12, for the vacant WBC light heavyweight title; Ricardo Mayorga, Nicaragua, vs. Alex Garcia, Mexico, 12, WBC super welterweight elimination bout.
May 28
At Staples Center, Los Angeles (PPV), Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico, vs. Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, 10, super lightweights; Carlos Hernandez, West Covina, Calif., vs. Jesus Chavez, Austin, Texas, 12, super featherweight elimination bout; Rafael Marquez, Mexico, vs. Ricardo Vargas, Mexico, 12, for Marquez's IBF bantamweight title.
June 4
At M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England (SHO), Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Ricky Hatton, Britain, 12, for Tszyu's IBF junior welterweight title.
June 11
At Madison Square Garden, New York (HBO), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Muhammad Abdullaev, Germany, 12, for Cotto's WBO junior welterweight title.
At MCI Center, Washington, Mike Tyson, Phoenix, vs. Kevin McBride, Brockton, Mass., 10, heavyweights.
June 18
At Fedex Forum, Memphis, Glen Johnson, Miami, vs. Antonio Tarver, Tampa, Fla., 12, for Johnson's IBO light heavyweight title.
June 25
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J. (PPV), Arturo Gatti, Jersey City, N.J., vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich., 12, for Gatti's WBC super lightweight title.
July 16
At MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas (PPV), Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Jermain Taylor, Little Rock, Ark., 12, for the world middleweight title.
IBF rankings
EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- The International Boxing Federation official rankings as of April 2005 (Americans unless otherwise noted):
Heavyweight (over 200 pounds)
Champion
Chris Byrd
1, Monte Barrett. 2, Hasim Rahman. 3, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine. 4, Davarryl Williamson. 5, Jameel McCline. 6, Nicolai Valuev, Russia. 7, Sergei Lyakovich. 8, Samuel Peter. 9, Sinan Samil Sam, Turkey. 10, Larry Donald.
Cruiserweight (200 pounds)
Champion
Vacant
1, O'Neil Bell. 2, Not rated. 3, Dale Brown, Canada. 4, Carl Thompson, England. 5, Krystov Wlodarczyk, Poland. 6, Felix Cora. 7, Wayne Braithwaite, Guyana. 8, Steve Cunningham. 9, Vadim Tokarev, Russia. 10, Firat Arslan, Germany.
Light Heavyweight (175 pounds)
Champion
Clinton Woods, England
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Thomas Ulrich, Germany. 4, Montell Griffin. 5, Julio Gonzalez. 6, Pietro Aurino, Italy. 7, Silvio Branco, Italy. 8, Jason DeLisle, Australia. 9, Rico Hoye. 10, George Jones.
Super Middleweight (168 pounds)
Champion
Jeff Lacy
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Robin Reid, England. 4, Librado Andrade. 5 Cristian Sanavia, Italy. 6, Robert Steiglitz, Germany. 7, Scott Pemberton. 8, Syd Vanderpool, Canada. 9, Manny Siaca. 10, Omar Sheika.
Middleweight (160 pounds)
Champion
Bernard Hopkins
1, Sam Soliman, Australia. 2, Kingsley Ikeke. 3, Felix Sturm, Germany. 4, Jermain Taylor. 5, Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico. 6, Fernando Vargas. 7, Howard Eastman, Guyana. 8, Ray Joval, Netherlands. 9, Kelly Pavlik. 10, Bert Schenk, Germany.
Junior Middleweight (154 pounds)
Champion
Kasim Ouma
1, Roman Karmazin, Russia. 2, Not rated. 3, Shannon Taylor, Australia. 4, Cory Spinks. 5, Teddy Reid. 6, Kofi Jantuah. 7, Verno Phillips. 8, Keith Holmes. 9, Rodney Jones. 10, Eduardo Sanchez.
Welterweight (147 pounds)
Champion
Zab Judah
1, Cosme Rivera, Mexico. 2, David Estrada. 3, Frederick Klose, France. 4, Michele Trabant, France. 5, Diobelys Hurtado. 6, Shane Mosley. 7, Walter Matthysse, Argentina. 8, Mark Suarez. 9, Carlos Quintana, Puerto Rico. 10, Jose Celeya.
Junior Welterweight (140 pounds)
Champion
Kostya Tszyu, Australia
1, Ricky Hatton, England. 2, Not rated. 3, Juan Urango, Colombia. 4, Jung Bung-kim, South Korea. 5, Naoufel Ben Rabah, Australia. 6, Sharmba Mitchell. 7, Lovemore Ndou, Australia. 8, Oktay Urkal, Turkey. 9, Cesar Bazan, Mexico. 10, Juan Carlos Rubio.
Lightweight (135 pounds)
Champion
Vacant
1, Not rated. 2, Ricky Quiles. 3, Leavander Johnson. 4, Steffano Zoff, Italy. 5, Javier Juaregi, Mexico. 6, Isaac Hlatshwayo, South Africa. 7, Michael Clark. 8, Victor Sosa, Dominican Republic. 9, Eleazer Contreras. 10, Edner Cherry.
Junior Lightweight (130 pounds)
Champion
Robbie Peden
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Jose Cotto, Puerto Rico. 4, Manuel Medina, Mexico. 5, Javier Alvarez, Argentina. 6, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines. 7, Mzonke Fana, South Africa. 8, Nadal Hussein, Australia. 9, Nate Campbell. 10, Alex Arthur, Scotland.
Featherweight (126 pounds)
Champion
Juan Marquez, Mexico
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym, Thailand. 4, Orlando Salido, Mexico. 5, Valdemir Pereira, Brazil. 6, Spend Abazi, Denmark. 7, Michael Brodie, England. 8, Humberto Soto, Mexico. 9, Gairy St. Clair, Australia. 10, Robert Guerrero.
Junior Featherweight (122 pounds)
Champion
Israel Vasquez, Mexico
1, Celestino Caballero, Panama. 2, Not rated. 3, Ricardo Cordoba, Panama. 4, Jose Aguiniga. 5, Jorge Linares, Venezuela. 6, Esham Pickering, England. 7, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Mexico. 8, Yoddamrong Sithyodthong, Thailand. 9, Art Simonyan. 10, Jose Luis Valbuena, Venezuela.
Bantamweight (118 pounds)
Champion
Rafael Marquez, Mexico
1, Cruz Carbajal, Mexico. 2, Not rated. 3, Steve Molitor, Canada. 4, Silence Mabuza, South Africa. 5, Heriberto Ruiz, Mexico. 6, Mauricio Pastrana, Colombia. 7, Ricardo Vargas, Mexico. 8, Roger Gonzalez. 9, Jorge Lacierva, Mexico. 10, Simone Maludrottu, Italy.
Junior Bantamweight (115 pounds)
Champion
Luis Perez, Nicaragua
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Luis Bolano, Columbia. 4, Dimitri Kirlov, Russia. 5, Jose Navarro. 6, Alexander Munoz, Venezuela. 7, Malcolm Tunacao, Philippines. 8, Gerson Guererro, Mexico. 9, Medgoen Singsurat, Thailand. 10, Z Gorez, Philippines.
Flyweight (112 pounds)
Champion
Vic Darchinian, Australia
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Damaen Kelly, Ireland. 4, Rosendo Alvarez, Nicaragua. 5, Irene Pacheco, Colombia. 6, Luis Maldonado, Mexico. 7, Brian Villoria. 8, Mzukisi Sikali, South Africa. 9, Jair Jiminez, Colombia. 10, Diosado Gabi, Philippines.
Junior Flyweight (108 pounds)
Champion
Jose Burgos, Mexico
1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Ulises Solis, Mexico. 4, Will Grigsby. 5, Wendyl Janiola, Philippines. 6, Carlos Fajardo, Nicaragua. 7, Juanito Rubillar, Philippines. 8, Bert Batanwang, Philippines. 9, Hugo Cazarez, Mexico. 10, Jose Aguirre, Mexico.
Mini Flyweight (105 pounds)
Champion
Muhammad Rachman, Indonesia
1, Omar Soto, Mexico. 2, Not rated. 3, Chana Porpaoin, Thailand. 4, Pitchit Siriwat, Thailand. 5, Juan Landaeta, Venezeula. 6, Fahlan Sakreerin, Thailand. 7, Noel Tunacao, Philippines. 8, Ernesto Rubillar, Philippines. 9, Eriberto Gejon, Philippines. 10, Daniel Reyes, Colombia.
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