Friday, March 7, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
National TV in parentheses
March 7
At Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, N.Y., Willie Monroe, Rochester, N.Y., vs. Scott Lopeck, West Hartford, Conn., 12, for the vacant NABU North American super middleweight title; Richie Melito, Queens, N.Y., vs. John Carlo, Danbury, Conn., 10, for the New York State heavyweight title.
March 8
At the Albuquerque (N.M.) Convention Center, (HBO), Johnny Tapia, Albuquerque, vs. Jorge Barrera, Mexico, 12, for the vacant WBO junior bantamweight title; Danny Romero, Albuquerque, vs. Jaji Sibali, South Africa, 12, for Romero's IBF junior bantamweight title.
March 11
At Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Miss. (USA), Dominic Carter, Metairie, La., vs. Rocky Gannon, Bay City, Mich., 12, for Carter's IBA light heavyweight title; Kirk Johnson, Canada, vs. Everton Davis, Los Angeles, 10, heavyweights.
March 12
At Stadium Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. (DIRECT), Roger Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Mich., vs. Carlos Miranda, Cotulla, Texas, 10, welterweights; Jeff Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Mich., vs. Eric Jakubowski, Whiting, Ind., 10, lightweights.
March 14
At the Pepsi Arena, Albany, N.Y. (ESPN), Kevin Kelley, Flushing, N.Y., vs. Jesus Salud, Philippines, 12, for Kelley's WBU featherweight title.
At the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix (Telemundo), Enrique Sanchez, Mexico, vs. Joe Manzano, San Diego, 12, for the vacant NABF junior featherweight title; Ahmed Santos, Mexico, vs. Manny Castillo, Los Angeles, 10, lightweights.
March 15
At the Marin Center, San Rafael, Calif., Paul Nave, San Rafael vs. Jose Luis Madrid, Mexico, 12 for WBB junior welterweight title.
March 17
At Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Calif., Hector Lopez, Glendale, Calif., vs. Carlos Bolillo Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Lopez' NABO junior welterweight title; Jose Badillo, Puerto Rico, vs. Roberto Villarreal, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.
March 21
At Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO), Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola, Fla., vs. Montell Griffin, Chicago, 12, for Jones' WBC light heavyweight title.
March 22
At the Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas (PPV), Azumah Nelson, Ghana, vs. Genaro Hernandez, Los Angeles, 12, for Nelson's WBC super featherweight title; Michael Carbajal, Phoenix, vs. Scotty Olson, Canada, 12, for the vacant IBA light flyweight title; Jesse James Leija, San Antonio, vs. Joel Perez, Alice, Texas, 12, for the vacant NABF lightweight title.
March 25
At Oxnard, Calif., Derrell Coley, Capitol Heights, Md., vs. Kip Diggs, Hyanis, Mass., 12, for the vacant NABF welterweight title.
March 29
At the Las Vegas Hilton (Showtime), Michael Moorer, Detroit, vs. Vaughn Bean, Chicago, 12, for Moorer's IBF heavyweight title; Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico, vs. Tony Martin, Philadelphia, 10, super lightweights; Alex Sanchez, Puerto Rico, vs. Victor Burgos, Mexico, 12, for Sanchez' WBO mini-flyweight title; Laurent Boudouani, France, vs. Carl Daniels, St. Louis, 12, for Boudouani's WBA junior middleweight title.
March 30
At Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn. (CBS), James Douglas, Columbus, Ohio, vs. Brian Scott, Kansas City, 10, heavyweights.
April 5
At Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, N.J. (CBS), David Tua, New Zealand, vs. Oleg Maskaev, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, for Tua's WBC International heavyweight title.
April 6
At Jaffa Mosque, Altoona, Pa. (ESPN), Kenny Sigurani, Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Meldrick Taylor, Philadelphia, 12, for Sigurani's WBF welterweight title.
April 7
At the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, Calif., Willie Jorrin, Sacramento, Calif., vs. Enrique Jupiter, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.
At Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, Calif., Carlos Hernandez, Bellflower, Calif., vs. Miguel Granados, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.
April 12
At Caesars Palace, Las Vegas (PPV), Pernell Whitaker, Norfolk, Va., vs. Oscar De La Hoya, East Los Angeles, Calif., 12, for Whitaker's WBC welterweight title.
April 26
At Atlantic City , N.J., Convention Center (HBO), George Foreman, Houston, vs. Lou Savarese, New York, 12, for Foreman's WBU heavyeight title.
May 3
At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, vs. Mike Tyson, Southington Township, Ohio, 12, for Holyfield's WBA heavyweight title.
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