Fight schedule -- April 15, 1999

Tonight

At Miami, (USSB), Hasim Rahman, Baltimore, vs. Arthur Weathers, Louisville, 10, heavyweights; Willie Williams, East Points, Ga., vs. Derrick Banks, Detroit, 10, heavyweights.

At Bangkok, Thailand, Mauro Blanc, Mexico, vs. Veraphol Sahaprom, Thailand, 12, for Sahaprom's WBC bantamweight title.

Friday

At Tunica, Miss., (ESPN2), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Steve Martinez, Houston, 12, for Forrest's NABF welterweight title; Zab Judah, New York, vs. Juan Torres, Mexico, 10, junior welterweights.

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, Manuel Medina, Mexico, vs. Victor Polo, Colombia, 12, for Medina's IBF featherweight title; Pedro Ortega, Mexico, vs. Larry Dixon, San Diego, 12, junior middleweights.

At Copenhagen, Denmark, Khalid Rahilou, France, vs. Thomas Damgaard, Denmark, 12, junior welterweights; Brian Nielsen, Denmark, vs. Tim Witherspoon, Philadelphia, 10, heavyweights.

Saturday

At Indio, Calif., (HBO), Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. John Brown, Atlantic City, 12, for Mosley's IBF lightweight title; Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, vs. Angel Manfredy, Gary, Ind., 10, lightweights.

At Mexico City, Jesus Chavez, Mexico, vs. Julio Alvarez, Mexico, 10, junior lightweights.

Sunday

At Miami, (FSN), John McClain, Las Vegas, vs. Ramon Garbey, Miami, 10, cruiserweights; Joel Casamayor, Miami, vs. Adan Casillas, Mexico, 10, featherweights; Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Las Vegas, vs. Eli Dixon, Cleveland, 10, heavyweights.

Monday

At Helsinki, Finland, Iran Barkley, Chicaco, vs. Tony Halme, Finland, 10, heavyweights.

April 24

At Washington D.C., (Showtime), Sharmba Mitchell, Takoma Park, Md., vs. Reggie Green, Tuxedo, Md., 12, for Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight title; Hassine Cherifi, France, vs. Keith Holmes, Washington, for Cherifi's WBC middleweight title; Mark Johnson, Washington, vs. Ratanachnai Vorapin, Thailand, 12, for vacant IBF junior bantamweight title.

At Albuquerque, (Univision), Johnny Tapia, Albuquerque, vs. Sergio Liendo, Argentina, 10, bantamweights; Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., vs. Jose Sosa, Argentina, 10, junior bantamweights; David Sample, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 8, lightweights.

At Quezon City, Philippines, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, vs. Gabriel Mira, Mexico, 12, for Pacquiao's WBC flyweight title.

At Kakogawa, Japan, Toshiaki Nishoika, Japan, vs. Shigeru Nakazato, Japan, 10, bantamweights.

At Salt Lake City, TBA.

April 26

At Anaheim, Jesus Salud, San Diego, vs. Nestor Lopez, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights.

April 30

At Marksville, La., Aristead Clayton, Baker, La., vs. Jose De Jesus, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights; Julian Wheeler, Lawtell, La., vs. David Montes, Mexico, 10, junior welterweights.

May 1

At Pensacola, Fla., (HBO), Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Derrick Gainer, New York, 10, featherweights.

At London, Harry Simon, England, vs. Kevin Lueshing, England, 12, junior middleweights.

May 6

At Tacoma, Wash., Obed Sullivan, Houston, vs. Derrick Jefferson, Detroit, 10, heavyweights.

May 7

At All-American Sports Park, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. Marlon Thomas, Detroit, 12, junior welterweights; Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico, vs. Leonard Townsend, Chicago, 10, welterweights; Carlos Gerena, Puerto Rico, vs. TBA, 10, junior lightweights.

May 8

At the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, (PPV), Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Wayne McCullough, Las Vegas, 12, for Morales' WBC super bantamweight title; Nestor Garza, Mexico, vs. Carlos Barreto, Venezuela, 12, for Garza's WBA super bantamweight championship; Jorge Paez, Mexico, vs. Bones Adams, Henderson, Ky., 10, featherweights; Kevin Kelley, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, featherweights.

At the Cal-Neva, Reno, TBA.

At Philadelphia, Miss., Chris Byrd, Flint, vs. John Sargent, Chicago, 10, heavyweights.

At Berlin, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Gabriel Hernandez, Mexico, 12, for Ottke's IBF super middleweight title.

May 9

At Minot, N.D., (FSN), Michael Nunn, Davenport, Iowa, vs. William Guthrie, St. Louis, 10, light heavyweights; Virgil Hill, Bismarck, N.D., vs. TBA, 10, cruiserweights.

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Humberto Aranda, Costa Rica, 12, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

At the New Frontier, Las Vegas, TBA.

May 15

At El Paso, (Univision), Luisito Espinosa, Philippines, vs. Cesar Soto, Mexico, 12, for Espinosa's WBC featherweight title.

At TBA, Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Tszyus's WBC junior welterweight title.

May 20

At Robinsonville, Miss., Oleg Maskaev, Russia, vs. Shane Sutcliffe, Canada, 10, heavyweights.

May 21

At The Orleans, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), TBA.

May 22

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (HBO), Oscar De La Hoya, Big Bear, Calif., vs. Oba Carr, Detroit, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC welterweight title; Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Goyo Vargas, Mexico, 12, for Mayweather's WBC junior lightweight title; Nicolas Cervera, Colombia, vs. TBA, 10, junior middleweights.

May 23

At Kansas City, Ray Berry, Sevierville, Tenn., vs. Glenn Robinson, Bronx, 12, light heavyweights; Randle Carver, Kansas City, vs. Mario Iribarren, Miami, 10, super middleweights.

At Seoul, Korea, Cho In-Joo, Korea, vs. Rafael Sosa, Argentina, 12, for In-Joo's WBC junior bantamweight title.

May 29

At Puerto Rico, Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico, vs. Vincent Pettway, Baltimore, 12, for Trinidad's IBF welterweight title.

At South Africa, Benedict Ledwaba, South Africa, vs. John Michael Johnson, Dallas, 12, super bantamweights.

June 3

At Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Chris Byrd, Flint, vs. Jose Ribalta, Cuba, 10, heavyweights.

June 5

At Biloxi, Miss., (HBO), Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Reggie Johnson, Houston, 12, for Jones' WBA and Johnson's IBF light heavyweight titles.

At Munich, Germany, Torsten May, Germany, vs. Adolpho Washington, Chicago, 10, light heavyweights.

June 12

At the Cal-Neva, Reno, TBA.

June 19

At TBA, (HBO), Michael Grant, New York, vs. TBA, 12, for Grant's NABF heavyweight title.

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