Fight schedule -- July 9, 1998

Tonight

At Marksville, La., (USSB), Hasim Rahman, Baltimore, vs. Garing Lane, Hillcrest, Md., 10, heavyweights; Derrick Banks, Detroit, vs. Jeff Wooden, Mariana, Fla., 10, heavyweights.

Friday

At Miami, (ESPN), Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Luis Enrique Mendoza, Colombia, 12, for Norwood's WBA featherweight title; Frankie Randall, Las Vegas, vs. Danny Sanchez, Leisure, Fla., 10, junior welterweights; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. William Ruiz, Colombia, 8, welterweights.

Saturday

At San Antonio, (PPV), James Leija, San Antonio, vs. Azumah Nelson, Ghana, 12, featherweights; Gabe Ruelas, Los Angeles, vs. Troy Dorsey, Dallas, 10, junior lightweights; Goyo Vargas, Mexico, vs. Tracy Patterson, New York, 12, junior lightweights.

At Reno, Frank Tate, Houston, vs. Tyler Hughes, Lincoln, Neb., 10, light heavyweights.

Sunday

At Cope Cod, R.I., (ESPN2), Zab Judah, Atlantic City, vs. Otillio Villareal, Manhatten, 10, welterweights; Joey DeGrandis, Boston, vs. Scott Lopek, Queens, 10, super middleweights.

At Munich, Germany, Kim Weber, Germany, vs. Mario Schiesser, France, 12, heavyweights.

July 14

At Bay St. Louis, Miss., (USA), Chris Byrd, Flint, Mich., vs. Quinn Navarre, Dallas, 10, heavyweights; Purcell Miller, Washington, vs. Carl Daniels, St. Louis, 12, junior middleweights.

July 17

At Fresno, Ray Lovato, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 8, junior welterweights.

July 18

At New York, (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Lou DelValle, Long Island, 12, for WBC and WBA light heavyweight titles; Kevin Kelley, Flushing, vs. Derrick Gainer, Pensacola, Fla., 10, junior lightweights.

At Sheffield, England, Carl Thompson, England, vs. Chris Eubank, England, 12, cruiserweights.

At Arizona Charlie's, Las Vegas, Alejandro Montiel, Mexico, vs. Julio Coronel, Mexico, 12, flyweights.

At Casino West, Yerington, TBA.

July 19

At Lake Charles, La., Danny Romero, Albuquerque, vs. Tomas Cordova, Colombia, 10, junior bantamweights.

July 20

At Inglewood, Calif., Ed Mahone, Los Angeles, vs. Daniel Netto, Argentina, 12, heavyweights; Mauricio Martinez, Panama, vs. Hugo Dianzo, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

July 21

At Atlantic City, (USA), Andrew Golota, Chicago, vs. Corey Sanders, Mitchellville, Md., 10, heavyweights; Ramon Garbey, Cuba, vs. TBA, 8, cruiserweight; Joel Casamayor, Cuba, vs. TBA, 8, junior middleweights.

July 25

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

At the Tropicana, Las Vegas, (USSB), Jorge Paez, Mexico, vs. Gustavo Fabian Cuello, Argentina, 12, junior lightweights.

At Reno, David Mendez, Mexico, vs. Fernando Zuniga, Mexico, 12, middleweights.

July 26

At TBA, (ABC), Keith Mullings, Brooklyn, vs. Shibata Flores, Los Angeles, 12, for Mullings' WBC junior middleweight championship; Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., vs. TBA, 8, flyweights; Zahir Raheem, Philadelphia, vs. TBA, 6, featherweights.

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Vinny Pazienza, Providence, vs. Glenwood Brown, Willingboro, N.J., 10, super middleweights; Acelino Freitas, Brazil, vs. Golden Johnson, Fort Worth, 12, for vacant NABF lightweight title.

July 28

At Tunica, Miss., Antwun Echols, Davenport, Iowa, vs. Urbano Gurrolo, Mexico, for Echols' NABF and USBA middleweight titles; Anthony Jones, Detroit, vs. Steve Martinez, Houston, 10, junior middleweights.

At Nagoya, Japan, Satoshi Iida, Japan, vs. Julio Gamboa, Nicaragua, 12, for Iida's WBA junior bantamweight title.

July 30

At Los Angeles, Pedro Pena, Los Angeles, vs. Edgar Garcia, Lakeside, Calif., 10, junior lightweights.

July 31

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, TBA.

August 1

At Uraguay, Orlin Norris, San Diego, vs. Pedro Franco, Uraguay, 12, heavyweights.

August 2

At The Mirage, Las Vegas, TBA.

At Beziers, France, Fabrice Tiozzo, France, vs. Ezequiel Paixao, Spain, 12, for Tiozzo's WBA cruiserweight title.

At Uncasville, Conn., Drake Thadzi, South Africa, vs. John Scully, Hartford, 10, light heavyweights.

August 4

At Auburn Hills, Mich., Joseph Kiwanuka, Las Vegas, vs. Eric Lucas, Canada, 12, super middleweights; Bronco McKart, Flint, vs. Tim Shocks, Detroit, 12, junior middleweights.

August 6

At Miami, (ESPN), Vince Phillips, Las Vegas, vs. Hector Quiroz, Mexico, 12, for Phillips' IBF junior welterweight title; Vassiliy Jirov, Scottsdale, vs. TBA, 10, cruiserweights.

August 15

At Los Angeles, (Univision), Cesar Soto, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, featherweights; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At Australia, Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Rafael Ruelas, Los Angeles, 10, junior middleweights.

August 18

At TBA, (USA), David Tua, New Zealand, vs. vs. Elicier Castillo, Cuba, 10, heavyweights; Jose Luis Lopez, Sacramento, vs. TBA, 10, welterweights.

August 22

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

At Leipzig, Germany, Axel Schulz, Germany, vs. Scott Welch, England, 12, heavyweights.

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.

September 4

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

September 5

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.

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. Oba Carr, Detroit, 10, junior middleweights; Frankie Randall, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights; Butterbean Esch, Jasper, Ala., vs. TBA, 4, heavyweights.

September 26

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

October 3

At TBA, (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.

October 31

At TBA, (HBO), Prince Naseem Hamed, England, vs. TBA, 12, featherweights.

November 21

At Thomas & Mack Center, 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.

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