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Antwun Echols vs. Tito Mendoza TBA ESPN2 Masaki Kawabata vs. Takefumi Sakata (Japanese Flyweight Title) Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Apr. 16 - YOSHIRO NAKANO vs. TERUO NAGASE (Japanese Welterweight Title) Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan April 19 At the New Haven (Conn.) Coliseum, Vernie Torres, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Neddy Garcia, Mission, Texas, 12, for the vacant WBO junior bantamweight intercontinental title; Junior Jones, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Manuel Sepeda, Austin, Texas, 10, junior lightweights. April 20 At Cincinnati (ESPN2), Bronco McKart, Monroe, Mich., vs. Carlos Bojorquez, Mexico, 10, junior middlweights Apr. 20 - CESAR AVILA vs. ASHOT SINDOYAN The Hilton Pasadena, California Saturday, April 21 -- at Johannesburg, South Africa (HBO) -- 12 rounds, WBC and IBF heavyweight titles: Lennox Lewis (38-1-1, 28 KOs) vs. Hasim Rahman (34-2, 28 KOs). Sunday, April 22 -- at Indio, California (FOX) -- 12 rounds, IBF junior featherweight title: Steve Forbes (19-1, 5 KOs) vs. Justin Juuko (35-4-1, 26 KOs). Apr. 27 - THOMAS TATE vs. SCOTT PEMPERTON TBA ESPN2 April 27 At Caesars Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Nev. (ESPN2), Pernell Whitaker, Norfolk, Ba., vs. Carlos Bojorquez, Mexico, 10, junior middleweights Saturday, April 28 -- at Cardiff, Wales (SHOWTIME - tape delay) -- 12 rounds, super middleweights: Joe Calzaghe (30-0, 25 KOs) vs. Mario Veit (30-0, 18 KOs); 12 rounds, super middleweights: Richie Woodhall (26-2, 16 KOs) vs. Toks Owoh (15-2, 11 KOs) April 28 At Manhattan Center, New York (HBO), Andrew Lewis, Guyana, vs. Larry Marks, Wilmington, Del., 12, for Lewis' WBA welterweight title; Julio Diaz, Coachella, Calif., vs. Justo Scencio, New York, 10, featherweights Friday, April 29 -- at Las Vegas (espn2) -- 10 rounds, junior middleweights: Pernell Whitaker (40-3-1, 17 KOs) vs. Carlos Bojorquez (14-4-2, 10 KOs). Apr. 30 - HIROAKI MURAKOSHI vs. TAKUYA KIYA (Japanese Super Flyweight Title) Shizuoka, Japan May 4 -- At Uncansville, Conn. (ESPN2), Scott Pemberton, New Bedford, Mass., vs. Thomas Tate, Houston, 12 for Pemberton's NABF super middleweight title. Saturday May 5 -- at El Paso, Texas -- At Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas (HBO), Fernando Vargas, vs. Wilfredo Rivera, 10 rounds, WBC lightweight title: Jose Luis Castillo (42-4-1, 38 KOs) vs. Juan Lazcano (26-2-1, 19 KOs).12 rounds, Saturday May 5 -- At El Paso, Texas (SHOWTIME) -- 12 rounds, WBA super featherweight title: Joel Casamayor (24-0, 15 KOs) vs. Edwin Santana (27-3-5, 7 KOs); 12 rounds, super featherweights: Acelino Freitas (29-0, 29 KOs) vs. Laszlo Bognar (26-3-1, 12 KOs) ; Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico, vs. Juan Lazcano, Sacramento, Calif., 12, for Castillo's WBC lightweight title May 11 At Savannah, Ga. (ESPN2), Terronn Millett, St. Louis, vs. Carlos Gonzalez, Mexico, 10, welterweights Saturday, May 12 --At Madison Square Garden, New York City (TVKO) -- 12 rounds, WBA middleweight title: William Joppy (32-1-1, 24 KOs) vs. Felix Trinidad (39-0, 32 KOs).(TVKO), for Trinidad's WBA super welterweight-IBF junior middleweight titles and Joppy's WBA middleweight title. May 15 At Honolulu, Hawaii (ESPN2), Jesus Salud, Waipahu, Hawaii, vs. Bobby Boy Velardez, San Bernardino, Calif., 10, featherweight. May 18 At Ledyard, Conn. (ESPN2), Mickey Ward, Lowell, Mass., vs. Steve Quinonez, Palm Springs, Calif., 10, junior welterweight. May 19 At Washington, This fight is on hold until Hasim Rahman decides who next opponent will be.... Mike Tyson vs. David Izon, Nigeria, 10 rounds heavyweights. May 19 At Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn., Charles Brewer, Philadelphia, and Antwun Echols, Memphis, Tenn., 12, NABA super middleweight title. Sunday, May 20 -- at TBA -- 12 rounds, WBC super flyweight title: Masamori Tokuyama (23-2-1, 5 KOs) vs. In-Joo Choi (18-1, 7 KOs). May 22 At San Francisco, Calif. (ESPN2), Robert Davis, Akron, Ohio, vs. Terrance Lewis, Philadelphia, 10, heavyweight. May 25 At Prior Lake, Minn. (ESPN2), Reggie Johnson, Houston, vs. Will Taylor, Philadelphia, 12, light heavyweights; Terrance Cauthen, Philadelphia, vs. Franco Ogentho, 10, junior welterweights. Saturday, May 26 -- at Grand Rapids, Michigan (HBO) -- 12 rounds, WBC super featherweight title: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (25-0, 19 KOs) vs. Carlos Hernandez (33-2-1, 21 KOs). for Mayweather's WBC super featherweight title. Friday, June 1 -- at Sacramento, California (espn2) -- 12 rounds, WBC super bantamweight title: Willie Jorin (28-0, 12 KOs) vs. Michael Brodie (29-1, 20 KOs). Saturday, June 2nd -- ZAB JUDAH vs. TBA (IBF Junior Welterweight Title) TBA Showtime Saturday, June 2nd -- ISTVAN KOVACS vs. JUAN PABLO CHACON (WBO Featherweight Title) Népstadion Universum Box-Promotion Friday, June 8th -- at Turning Stone casino near Verona N.Y. -- Laila Ali (U.S.) (8-0, 6 KOs) vs. Jacqui Frazier-Lyde (U.S.)(7-0, 7 KOs) -- 8 rounds, Friday, June 8th -- ERIC MOREL vs. MIKE TREJO (WBA Flyweight Title) Madison, Wisconsin Saturday, June 9th At Las Vegas, Francisco Castillejo, Spain, vs. Oscar De La Hoya, Whittier, Calif., 12, for the WBC super welterweight title. Saturday, June 9th SVEN OTTKE vs. TBA (IBF Super Middleweight Title) Nürnberg, Germany Monday, June 11th HIROYUKI YOSHINO vs. JOYA KAWAI (Japanese Super Welterweight Title) Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, June 12th -- FABIEN GUILLERME vs. ALEXANDER YAGUPOV (European Bantamweight Title) Nice, France June 23 KOSTYA TSZYU vs. OKTAY URKAL (WBC Super Lightweight Title) TBA Showtime July 2 -- MASAKAZU SATAKE vs. TBA (OPBF Super Lightweight Title) Hiroshima, Japan July 7 VASSILY JIROV vs. JAMES TONEY (IBF Cruiserweight Title) TBA HBO July 28th Saturday, At Staples Center, Los Angeles (PPV), Roy Jones, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., vs. Julio Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for the world light heavyweight title; Erik Morales, Mexico, vs. Injin Chi, South Korea, 12, for the WBC featherweight title; Derrick Gainer, Pensacola, Fla., vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico, 12, for the WBA featherweight title. Aug. 1 CLARENCE BONES ADAMS vs. PAULIE AYALA (WBA Super Bantamweight Title) Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada HBO Aug. 5 JOHN RUIZ vs. EVANDER HOLYFIELD (WBA Heavyweight Title) Beijing, China Don King Productions, Inc. SET |