Fight schedule

Friday

At Ledyard, Conn., (ESPN2), Mark Johnson, Washington, vs. Jorge Lacierva, Panama, 12, for Johnson's IBF junior bantamweight title.

Saturday

At Mashantuckett, Conn., (HBO), Stevie Johnston, Denver, vs. Angel Manfredy, Gary, Ind., 12, for Johnston's WBC lightweight title; Arturo Gatti, New York, vs. Reyes Munoz, Puerto Rico, 10, lightweights.

At Managua, Nicaragua, Yambito Gamboa, Nicaragua, vs. Francisco Tejedor, Colombia, 12, junior bantamweights.

August 20

At Chester, Maine, Israel Cordona, Hartford, vs. Paul Spadafora, Pittsburgh, 12, lightweights.

At San Antonio, (PPV), Tony Ayala, San Antonio, vs. Manuel Esparza, Mexico, 10, junior middleweights.

August 21

At Miami, (Showtime), Kostya Tszyu, Australia, vs. Miguel Angels Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Tszyu's WBC junior welterweight title.

At TBA, Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. Wilfredo Rivera, Puerto Rico, 10, welterweights.

August 26

At Atlanta, Livingstone Bramble, Las Vegas, vs. Theo Holland, 10, welterweights.

August 27

At Augusta, Ga., (ESPN2), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Santiago Samaniego, Puerto Rico, 12, for Forrest's NABF welterweight title; Brandon Mitchum, Las Vegas, vs. Larry Marks, 10, junior middleweights.

At Boise, Cleveland Corder, Boise, vs. Rob Bleakley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 12, junior middleweights.

August 28

At the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, (HBO), David Reid, Philadelphia, vs. Keith Mullings, Baltimore, 12, for Reid's WBA junior middleweight title; Monte Barrett, Queens, N.Y., vs. Lance Whitaker, Los Angeles, 12, heavyweights.

At Bremen, Germany, Dariusz Michalczewski, Germany, vs. Montell Griffin, Chicago, 12, light heavyweights.

At Tunica, Miss., Kennedy McKinney, Memphis, vs. Mario Diaz, Mexico, 10, super bantamweights; David Izon, Pensacola, Fla., vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

August 29

At Osaka, Japan, Veeraphol Nakornluang, Thailand, vs. Joichiro Tatsuyoski, Japan, 12, for Nakornluang's WBC bantamweight title.

August 30

At the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, Wayne McCullough, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, super bantamweights; Hector Camacho Jr., Miami, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights; Derrick Harmon, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, light heavyweights.

September 3

At TBA, (ESPN2), Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia, vs. Golden Johnson, Dallas, 12, for NABF lightweight title.

September 4

At Magdeburg, Germany, Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Thomas Tate, Philadelphia, 12, for Ottke's IBF super middleweight title.

At the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, (Showtime), Ricardo Lopez, Mexico, vs. Will Grigsby, Minneapolis, 12, for Grigsby's IBF junior flyweight title; Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico, vs. TBA, 10, welterweights.

September 5

At Tokyo, Cho In-Joo, Korea, v.s Keiji Yamaguchi, Japan, 12, for In-Joo's WBC junior bantamweight title.

September 10

At Madrid, Spain, Javier Castillejo, Spain, vs. Paolo Roberto, Sweden, 12, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

September 11

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (HBO), Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, vs. Carlos Gerena, Mexico, 12, for Mayweather's WBC junior lightweight title; Freddie Norwood, Las Vegas, vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, 12, for Norwood's WBA featherweight title.

September 17

At the All-America SportPark, Las Vegas, (ESPN2), Antonio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. TBA, 12, junior welterweights; Maurice Harris, Las Vegas, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights; Cory Spinks, St. Louis, vs. TBA, 10, junior welterweights.

At Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, Manny Pacquiao, Thailand, vs. Medgoen 3-K Battery, Thailand, 12, for Pacquiao's WBC flyweight title.

September 18

At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, (PPV), Oscar De La Hoya, Big Bear, Calif., vs. Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico, 12, for De La Hoya's WBC and Trinidad's IBF welterweight titles; Nestor Garza, Mexico, vs. Carlos Nararro, Mexico, 12, for Garza's WBA super bantamweight title; Joe Calzaghe, England, vs. TBA, 12, super middleweights; Tony Marshall, Albany, vs. Ray Domenge, Omaha, 10, junior middleweights.

September 25

At Cologne, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Axel Schulz, Germany, 12, heavyweights.

At Washington D.C., (Showtime), William Joppy, Silver Spring, Md., vs. Julio Cesar Green, New York, 12, for Joppy's WBA middleweight title; Sharmba Mitchell, Tacoma Park, Md., vs. Elio Ortiz, Venezuela, 12, for Mitchell's WBA junior welterweight title; Keith Holmes, Washington, vs. TBA, 12, for Holmes' WBC middleweight title.

At Caesars Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, TBA.

October 2

At MGM, Las Vegas, Mike Tyson, Phoenix, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At Tokyo, Kengo Nagashima, Japan, vs. Yangsoo Seung, Korea, 10, junior lightweights.

October 11

At Tokyo, Takeo Imaoka, Japan, vs. Tony Wehbee, Australia, 12, featherweights.

November 6

At TBA, Naseem Hamed, England, vs. Cesar Soto, Mexico, for Soto's WBC featherweight title.

At London, Roy Jones, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Gianfranco Rocchigiani, Germany, 12, for Jones' WBC, IBF and WBA light heavyweight titles.

December 11

At MGM, Las Vegas, Mike Tyson, Phoenix, vs. TBA, 10, heavyweights.

At Los Angeles, Oscar De La Hoya, East Los Angeles, vs. Javier Castillejo, Spain, for Castillejo's WBC junior middleweight title.

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