Fight schedule -- August 6, 1998

Tonight

At Avoyolles, La., (ESPN), Orlin Norris, San Diego, vs. Nate Miller, Philadelphia, 12, cruiserweights; Vladimar Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Carlos Monroe, Los Angeles, 10, heavyweights.

At Worley, Idaho, (USSB), Kirk Johnson, Canada, vs. Levi Billups, San Diego, 10, heavyweights; Josh Dempsey, Torrance, Calif., vs. Anthony Green, Brooklyn, 10, heavyweights.

Saturday

At Devil's Lake, N.D., Mike Weaver, Los Angeles, vs. Rocky Pepeli, New York, 12, heavyweights.

Sunday

At Columbus, Ohio, (ESPN2), Kenny Keene, Emmett, Idaho, vs. Dominic Carter, New Orleans, 12, cruiserweights; Ed Dalton, Emmett, Idaho, vs. Troy Speakman, Columbus, 12, light heavyweights.

Monday

At Anaheim, Joel Luna Zarate, Mexico, vs. Mauricio Martinez, Panama, 10, featherweights; Isreal Vazquez, Mexico, vs. Juan Manuel Chavez, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights; Jesus Mayorga, Mexico, vs. Dwain Williams, Los Angeles, 10, middleweights.

Tuesday

At Miami, (USA), Hector Camacho, Orlando, vs. Tony Menefee, Denver, 12, junior middleweights; Razor Ruddock, Jamaica, vs. Rodolfo Marin, Puerto Rico, 10, heavyweights.

August 14

At El Paso, Oscar Andrade, Mexico, vs. Javier Munoz, El Paso, 12, for Andrade's NABF flyweight title.

August 15

At Los Angeles, (Univision), Melchor Cobb-Castro, Mexico, vs. Tomas Rivera, Mexico, 12, flyweights; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; Diego Corrales, Las Vegas, vs. Richard Avila, Mexico,10, junior lightweights.

At El Paso, (PPV), Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Rafael Ruelas, Los Angeles, 10, junior middleweights; Luisito Espinosa, Philippines, vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez, Mexico, 12, for Espinosa's WBC featherweight title; Wolfgramm, Tonga, vs. Jose Luis Gonzalez, Cuba, 10, heavyweights.

At Cannes, France, Jean Baptiste-Mendy, France, vs. Alberto Sicurella, Italy, 12, for Mendy's WBA lightweight title.

August 17

At Inglewood, Calif., Jose Badillo, Puerto Rico, vs. Vincent Howard, Guyana, 10, junior lightweights; Antonio Ramirez, Dominican Republic, vs. Sandro Marcos, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.

August 18

At Tunica, Miss., (USA), David Tua, New Zealand, vs. vs. Elicier Castillo, Cuba, 10, heavyweights; Jose Luis Lopez, Sacramento, vs. Adrian Stone, Atlantic City, 10, welterweights.

August 20

At Nice, France, Ike Quartey, Ghana, vs. Andre Pestriaev, Russia, 12, for Quartey's WBA welterweight title.

At Sacramento, Will Jorrin, Sacramento, vs. Julio Cardona, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

August 21

At Cannes, France, Hassine Cherifi, France, vs. TBA, 12, for Cherifi's WBC middleweight title.

August 22

At the Tropicana, Las Vegas, (USSB), Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, vs. Luiz Freitas, Argentina, 12, featherweights; Ed Mahone, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At Atlantic City, (HBO), Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Jose Rivera, Worcester, Mass., 10, junior middleweights; Arturo Gatti, Jersey City, vs. Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, 10, junior lightweights.

At Leipzig, Germany, Axel Schulz, Germany, vs. Scott Welch, England, 12, heavyweights; Charles Brewer, Philadelphia, vs. Antoine Byrd, Atlantic City, 12, for Brewer's IBF super middleweight title; Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. William Krijnen, Denmark, 10, light heavyweights.

At Chicago, Iran Barkley, Philadelphia, vs. Tony LaRosa, Chicago, 10, heavyweights.

At Pretoria, South Africa, Winky Wright, Florida, vs. Harry Simon, South Africa, 12, junior middleweights.

At Pesaro, Italy, Verno Phillips, Dallas, vs. Paolo Pizzamiglio, Italy, 12, junior middleweights.

August 23

At Tokyo, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Japan, vs. Paulie Ayala, Dallas, 12, for Tatsuyoshi's WBC bantamweight title; Cesar Bazan, Mexico, vs. Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Japan, 12, for Bazan's WBC lightweight title.

August 28

At the Las Vegas Hilton, (Showtime), William Joppy, Washington, vs. Roberto Duran, Panama, 12, for Joppy's WBA middleweight title; Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, vs. Robert Allen, Atlanta, 12, for Hopkins' IBF middleweight title.

August 29

At the Las Vegas Hilton, (USSB), Johnny Tapia, Las Vegas, vs. Carlos Hernandez, Coachella, Calif., 10, junior bantamweights; Mauricio Pastrana, Colombia, vs. Carlos Murillo, Panama, 12, for Pastrana's IBF junior flyweight title; Christy Martin, Orlando, vs. Cheryl Nance, Winston-Salem, N.C., 8, women, lightweights; James Page, Pittsburg, Calif., vs. TBA, 10, welterweights.

At Seoul, Gerry Penalosa, Philippines, vs. Ingoo Cho, Korea, 12, for Penalosa's WBC junior lightweight title.

At Tijuana, Mexico, Manuel Medina, Mexico, vs. Edward Barrios, Mexico, 12 rounds for Medina's IBF featherweight title; Isaac Cruz, Mexico, vs. Javier Valadez, Mexico, 10, lightweights.

At Reno, Carlos Rubio, Mexico, vs. Horatio Garcia, Sacramento, 10, welterweights.

At Norwich, England, Herbie Hide, England, vs. Willi Fischer, Germany, 12, heavyweights.

September 4

At Wroclaw, Poland, Andrew Golota, Chicago, vs. Tim Witherspoon, Philadelphia, 10, heavyweights.

At Helinski, Finland, Tony Halme, Finland, vs. Mika Kihlstrom, Finland, 10, heavyweights.

September 5

At Telford, England, Richie Woodhall, England, vs. Vincenzo Nardiello, Italy, 12 rounds for Woodhall's WBC middleweight title.

At Tokyo, Yongsoo Choi, Japan, vs. Takanori Hatakeyama, Japan, 12, for Choi's WBA junior lightweight title.

September 12

At Tijuana, Mexico, Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Junior Jones, New York, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. TBA, 10, welterweights; Cesar Soto, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, featherweights.

September 17

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

September 18

At Thomas & Mack Center, (PPV), Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, vs. Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. Larry Barnes, New York, 10, junior middleweights; Enrique Sanchez, Mexico, vs. Carlos Barreto, Venezuela, 12, for Sanchez's WBA junior lightweight title; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights; Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, six rounds, featherweights; Cory Spinks, St. Louis, vs. TBA, six rounds, junior welterweights.

September 19

At Atlanta, (Showtime), Evander Holyfield, Atlanta, vs. Vaughn Bean, New York, 12, for Holyfield's IBF heavyweight title.

At the Las Vegas Hilton, David Reid, Philadelphia, vs. James Coker, Dallas, 12, junior middleweights; Robert Garcia, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Ramon Ledon, Miami, 12, for Garcia's IBF junior lightweight title.

At Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Oberhausen, Germany, Dariusz Michalszewski, Germany, vs. Mark Prince, England, 12, light heavyweights.

September 23

At Tokyo, Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Koji Matsumoto, Japan, 12, for Norwood's WBA featherweight title.

September 25

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN), Terry Norris, San Diego, vs. Dana Rosenblatt, Malden, Mass., 12, middleweights; Raul Marquez, Houston, vs. TBA, 10, junior middleweights.

September 26

At Montville, Conn., (HBO), Lennox Lewis, London, vs. Zeljko Mavrovic, Croatia, 12, for Lewis' WBC heavyweight title; Michael Grant, New York, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

October 3

At the Las Vegas Hilton, (HBO), Genaro Hernandez, Los Angeles, vs. Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, 12, for Hernandez's WBC junior lightweight title; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; Augie Sanchez, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, six rounds, featherweights.

October 31

At Cashman Field, Las Vegas, (HBO), Prince Naseem Hamed, England, vs. TBA, 12, featherweights.

November 21

At Thomas & Mack Center, (PPV), Las Vegas, Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Terry Norris, San Diego, vs. Keith Mullings, Brooklyn, 12, for Mullings' WBC junior middleweight title; Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. Raul Marquez, Houston, 12, for Campas' IBF junior middleweight title.

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