Boxing Schedule Update May 2008
May 12 (Monday), 2008
| In Brielpoort, Belgium Innocent Anyanwu (13-0-1) vs. Zsolt Botos (6-32) Nefzi Ayoub (6-0) vs. Carlos Schram (5-11-2) Tony Ingelrest (5-0) vs. Miasnik Arivshatjan (2-12) |
May 13 (Tuesday), 2008
| At The Otara Leisure Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Sakeasi Dakua (23-10-3) vs. Bob Gasio (8-11) Daniel Tai (14-4-2) vs. Seiaute Mailata (8-7-1) Joey Wilson (5-1) vs. Fomai Tua (0-0) In Kopeysk, Russia |
May 14 (Wednesday), 2008
| In New York City, NY (ESPN2) Frankie Figueroa (18-2) vs. Luis Rodriguez (22-1) (ESPN2) Joel Torres (9-0) vs. Christopher Fernandez (15-4) Luis Castro (3-0) vs. Alberto Amaro (3-1) |
May 15 (Thursday), 2008
| At The Red Lion Hotel, Sacramento, CA Michael Simms (19-9-1) vs. Derrick Harmon (25-6) Otis Griffin (18-3-2) vs. Carl Cockerman (12-17-3) Christian Cruz (12-9-1) vs. Ernesto Castaneda (10-7-1) At Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, France At Estadio Ave Fenix, San Luis, Argentina |
May 16 (Friday), 2008
| At The Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV (ESPN2) Chris Byrd (40-4-1) vs. Shaun George (16-2-2) (ESPN2) Koba Gogoladze (20-2) vs. Ji-hoon Kim (13-5) Ruslan Provodnikov (7-0) vs. Brian Gordon (4-0) At The Morongo Casino, Cabazon, CA (Telefutura) Antonio Escalante (17-2) vs. David Martinez (18-3-1) Eduardo Escobedo (20-3) vs. TBA Michael Franco (10-0) vs. Jamie Gutierrez (3-1) FOR TICKET INFORMATION CALL: 1-800-252-4499 At The Civic Center, Kissimmee, FL At The Washington Avenue Armory, Albany, NY In Estadio Delmi, Salta, Argentina At Club El Linqueno, Buenos Aires, Argentina In Torino, Italy In Trieste, Italy At The Italian Cultural Centre, Edmonton, Canada At Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico At The Orion Function Centre, Campsie, Australia NEW Mohamed Elomar (15-1) vs. Brendan Batty (11-17) NEW Leonardo Zappavigna (13-0) vs. David Wiremu (14-16-3) NEW Peter Kazzi (10-1) vs. Damien Smith (3-14-1) At The Civic Centre, Motherwell, Scotland At Kyuden Gym, Fukuoka, Japan |
May 17 (Saturday), 2008
| At Auditorio Centenario, Durango, Mexico (PPV) Cristian Mijares (34-3-2) vs. Alexander Munoz (32-2) (The Ring Magazine #3 Jr. Bantamweight vs. #2) (WBC and WBA Jr. Bantamweight belts) (PPV) Humberto Soto (44-6-2) vs. Juan Carlos Salgado (18-0-1) (The Ring Magazine #4 Jr. Lightweight vs. Unranked) (PPV) Omar Salado (19-0-2) vs. Julio Miranda (25-3-1) (The Ring Magazine #6 Jr. Flyweight vs. Unranked) In Aguascalientes, Mexico (PPV) Ulises Solis (26-1-2) vs. Glenn Donaire (16-3-1) (The Ring Magazine #1 Jr. Flyweight vs. Unranked) (IBF Jr. Flyweight belt) (PPV) Humberto Gutierrez (22-0-1) vs. Efren Hinojosa (29-4-1) NEW (PPV) Brandon Rios (16-0) vs. Ricardo Dominguez (24-3) NEW Brian Viloria (21-2-1) vs. TBA NEW Omar Chavez (9-0) vs. TBA At Buffalo Bills Casino, Primm, NV At Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, DE At Eisstadion, Weisswasser, Germany At The Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan At The Aviator Sports Arena, New York City, Ny At The St. Paul Armory, Saint Paul, MN At Riehle Brothers Pavilion, Lafayette, IN At The Pontchartain Center, Kenner, LA At The Parque Balneario, Rafaela, Argentina NEW Carlos Herrera (15-0) vs. Cesar Silva (5-2-1) NEW Diego Hernandez (16-6) vs. Diego Loto (9-12-3) At The Telarah Bowling Club, Telarah, Australia In Kharkov, Ukraine At The Freeport Hall, Dorchester, MA |
May 18 (Sunday), 2008
| At Cebu City Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, The Philippines Rocky Fuentes (20-6-2) vs. TBA |
May 19 (Monday), 2008
| In Tokyo, Japan Yusuke Kobori (22-2-1) vs. Jose Alfaro (20-3) Paulus Moses (22-0) vs. Yoshitaka Kato (12-2-1) At The Windhoek Country Club, Windhoek, Namibia |
May 21 (Wednesday), 2008
| At Camp LeJeune, Jacksonville, NC (ESPN2) Stevie Johnston (42-5-1) vs. Edner Cherry (23-5-2) (ESPN2) Freddie Norwood (42-2-1) vs. Johnnie Edwards (13-2-1) Arthur Williams (43-15-1) vs. Clarence Moore (5-3-1) Tommy Rainone (11-0) vs. Omar Pena (5-0) Keith Thurman (4-0) vs. TBA At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
May 22 (Thursday), 2008
| At The Viking Hotel, St. Louis, MO NEW Rob Calloway (69-7-4) vs. TBA NEW Shawn Hammack (15-6-2) vs. Ted Muller (19-13-2) NEW Kevin Engel (13-1) vs. TBA At Yubileiny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia |
May 23 (Friday), 2008
| At TBA, Lincoln, RI (ESPN2) Peter Manfredo (30-5) vs. TBA (ESPN2) Aaron Williams (17-0-1) vs. TBA At The Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England In Zagreb, Croatia |
May 24 (Saturday), 2008
| At The City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England (Versus) Ricky Hatton (43-1) vs. Juan Lazcano (37-4-1) (For The Ring Magazine World Jr. Welterweight Championship) (Versus) Paul Malignaggi (24-1) vs. Lovemore N’dou (46-9-1) (The Ring Magazine #2 jr. Welterweight vs. #6) (IBF Jr. Welterweight belt) Matthew Hatton (33-3-1) vs. Craig Watson (12-2) At Honeysuckle Boiler Room, Newcastle, Australia |
May 28 (Wednesday), 2008
| At The Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia Anthony Mundine (31-3) vs. Sam Soliman (35-10) (The Ring Magazine #2 Super Middleweight vs. Unranked) Solomon Haumono (14-0) vs. Cliff Couser (26-15-2) Daniel Lovett (15-3) vs. Crazy Kim 928-4) |
May 29 (Thursday), 2008
| At Michaels Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, MD Mike Paschal (16-0-1) vs. Larry Marks (29-9-1) Carney Bowman (9-0) vs. TBA FOR TICKET INFORMATION CALL: 1-410-766-7474 |
May 30 (Friday), 2008
| At The Expo Mart, Monroeville, PA Monty Meza Clay (27-1) vs. Fernando Lizarraga (16-4-1) Latif Mundy (10-0-1) vs. George Rivera (8-1) At The Monticello Raceway, Monticello, NY At The Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX NEW Michael Torres (10-0) vs. Gilbert Vera (9-1-1) In Istanbul, Turkey |
May 31 (Saturday), 2008
| In Chetumal, Mexico Jorge Linares (25-0) vs. Feider Viloria (21-2-1) (The Ring Magazine #7 Featherweight vs. Unranked) (WBC Featherweight belt) Guty Espadas Jr. (41-7) vs. Naoki Matsuda (28-7-3) At The Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa At The Cebu City Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, The Philippines Malcolm Tunacao (21-2-3) vs. Rashid Ally (11-9-7) Jether Oliva (8-0) vs. Tata Betonia (3-3-1) At The Showboat Casino, Atlantic City, NJ NEW Danny Santiago (29-4-1) vs. TBA NEW Patrick Lopez (12-1) vs. TBA At Coliseo Angel Espada, Salinas, Puerto Rico At Harrah’s Rincon Casino, Valley Center, CA |
June 1 (Sunday), 2008
| In Jozefow, Poland Matt Zegan (37-4) vs. Dariusz Snarski (23-27-2) |
June 2 (Monday), 2008
| In Olbia, Italy Leonard Bundu (14-0-1) vs. Nicola Conti (9-0) Simone Maludrottu (26-2) vs. TBA |
June 4 (Wednesday), 2008
| At The Tropicana Casino, Atlantic City, NJ NEW Yusaf Mack (24-2-2) vs. TBA NEW James Moore (15-0) vs. Ishmail Arvin (14-1-4) |
June 5 (Thursday), 2008
| At The HP Pavilion, San Jose, CA Jose Celaya (31-4) vs. Ricardo Cortes (22-2-1) Manuel Quezada (22-4) vs. Teke Oruh (14-1-1) |
June 6 (Friday), 2008
| In TBA, Montreal, Canada (ESPN2) Herman Ngoudjo (16-2) vs. Souleymane M’Baye (36-2-1) (The Ring Magazine Unranked Jr. Welterweight vs. #6) (ESPN2) Jean Pascal (21-0) vs. Fulgencio Zuniga (20-2-1) Phil Lo Greco (15-0) vs. TBA At The Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading, PA At The Grand Casino, Hinckley, MN NEW Kenny Kost (14-4) vs. Justin Flanagan (8-1) NEW Allen Litzau (12-3) vs. Jose Laureano (18-13-1) At The James Knight Center, Miami, FL At The Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Australia |
June 7 (Saturday), 2008
| At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ (HBO) Kelly Pavlik (33-0) vs. Gary Lockett (30-1) (For The Ring Magazine World Middleweight Championship) (WBC and WBO Middleweight belts) (HBO) Daniel Ponce De Leon (34-1) vs. Juan Manuel Lopez (21-0) (The Ring Magazine #3 Jr. Featherweight vs. Unranked) (WBO Jr. Featherweight belt) At The Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT (WBC Jr. Middleweight belt) (Showtime) Carlos Quintana (25-1) vs. Paul Williams (33-1) (The Ring Magazine #3 Welterweight vs. #4) (WBO Welterweight belt) In Maracay, Venezuela (WBA Jr. Featherweight belt) Juan Landaeta (24-6-1) vs. Adan Hernandez (13-0) Fernando Angulo (20-4) vs. Randy Suico (28-3) At Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (The Ring Magazine #3 Jr. Flyweight vs. Unranked) (WBC Jr. Flyweight belt) NEW Omar Romero (25-2-1) vs. Juanito Rubillar (45-10-7) At The Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa At The Wessman Arena, Superior, WI In Rome, Italy In Saint-Nazaire, France At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
June 8 (Sunday), 2008
| At IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan Takashi Kunishige (18-2-1) vs. Yuji Kanemitsu (11-1) |
June 9 (Monday), 2008
| At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Munetsugu Kayo (16-2-1) vs. Takumi Suda (8-3-1) |
June 11 (Wednesday), 2008
| At The Hard Rock Times Square, New York City, NY NEW (ESPN2) Sechew Powell (23-1) vs. Deandre Latimore (18-1) |
June 12 (Thursday), 2008
| At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Hozumi Hasegawa (23-2) vs. Cristian Faccio (15-2) (The Ring Magazine #1 Bantamweight vs. Unranked) (WBC Bantamweight belt) Edwin Valero (23-0) vs. Takashiro Shimada (22-3-1) (The Ring Magazine #4 Jr. Lightweight vs. Unranked) (WBA Jr. Lightweight belt) At The Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT |
June 13 (Friday), 2008
| At The Sundance Square, Fort Worth, TX NEW (Telefutura) David Lopez (34-12) vs. Michael Walker (18-0-2) (The Ring Magazine #9 Middleweight vs. Unranked) NEW Vanessa Juarez (8-0) vs. TBA In TBA, Scranton, PA At The Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, NM At The Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT At The Reno Ballroom, Reno, NV At The Mountbatten Center, Portsmouth, England In Crotone, Italy |
June 14 (Saturday), 2008
| At The Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Willie Limond (29-2) vs. Graham Earl (25-3) In Chaves, Portugal |
June 15 (Sunday), 2008
| At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Mikihito Seto (26-6-1) vs. Shoji Kimura (20-2-2) |
June 16 (Monday), 2008
| At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Mikihito Seto (26-6-1) vs. Shoji Kimura (20-2-2) Hiroyasu Matsuzaki (17-2) vs. Shoot Mifune (11-6-2) |
June 20 (Friday), 2008
| At The Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (Showtime) Andre Ward (15-0) vs. Jerson Ravelo (18-2) (Showtime) Eddie Chambers (30-1) vs. Raphael Butler (31-4) At York Hall, London, England At The Civic Centre, Wolverhampton, England At The Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Canada NEW Tony Badea (26-6-1) vs. Kris Andrews (11-8-2) In Palawan, The Philippines |
June 21 (Saturday), 2008
| At The Seminole Hard Rock Casino, Hollywood, FL (Showtime) Arthur Abraham (26-0) vs. Edison Miranda (30-2) (The Ring Magazine #1 Middleweight vs. Unranked) (Showtime) Giovanni Lorenzo (26-0) vs. Raul Marquez (40-3-1) At TBA, USA (HBO) Andre Berto (21-0) vs. Miguel Rodriguez (29-2) At The National Indoor Stadium, Birmingham, England Paul Smith (23-0) vs. Steven Bendall (28-4) Bradley Pryce (26-6) vs. TBA At Brondby Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (The Ring Magazine #1 Super Middleweight vs. Unranked) |
June 24 (Tuesday), 2008
| In Melbourne, Australia Jeff Fenech (28-3-1) vs. Azumah Nelson (39-5-2) |
June 25 (Wednesday), 2008
| At The Playboy Mansion, Beverly Hills, CA (ESPN2) Julio Diaz (34-4) vs. Rolando Reyes (29-4-2) (The Ring Magazine #5 Lightweight vs. Unranked) (ESPN2) Shawn Hawk (16-0-1) vs. Eric Fields (11-1) |
June 27 (Friday), 2008
| At York Hall, London, England Esham Pickering (33-6) vs. Matthew Marsh (9-1) Paul Bowen (13-1-1) vs. TBA At The Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa Samora Msophi (8-1) vs. Mfundo Gwayana (8-3) At The Campbelltown Catholic Club, Sydney, Australia |
June 28 (Saturday), 2008
| At The Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, NV (PPV) David Diaz (34-1-1) vs. Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2) (The Ring Magazine #2 Lightweight vs. The Jr. Lightweight Champion) (WBC Lightweight belt) (PPV) Steven Luevano (35-1) vs. Mario Santiago (19-1) (The Ring Magazine #4 Featherweight vs. Unranked) (WBO Featherweight belt) FOR TICKET INFORMATION CALL: 1-702-632-7580 At Centro Recreativo del Educador, Penonome, Panama |
June 30 (Monday), 2008
| At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Yasutaka Kuroki (17-3) vs. Makoto Suzuki (21-12-2) |
July 3 (Thursday), 2008
| At Estadio Luna Park, Bueno Aires, Argentina NEW Hugo Garay (30-3) vs. Yuri Barashian (25-3) |
July 4 (Friday), 2008
| At The Orient Theatre, East London, South Africa NEW Ali Funeka (29-1-2) vs. TBA |
July 5 (Saturday), 2008
| At The Oberhausen Arena, Oberhausen, Germany Ruslan Chagaev (24-0-1) vs. Nikolai Valuev (48-1) (The Ring Magazine #3 Heavyweight vs. #4) (WBA Heavyweight belt) Wladimir Sidorenko (21-0-2) vs. Anselmo Moreno (21-1-1) (The Ring Magazine #3 Bantamweight vs. #10) (WBA Bantamweight belt) At Planet Hollywood Casino, Las Vegas, NV (WBO Jr. Welterweight belt) In Donetsk, Ukraine At Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
July 6 (Sunday), 2008
| At City Gym, Takasago, Japan Nobuto Ikehara (27-2) vs. Masayuki Mitani (21-3) Akihito Nishio (12-3-2) vs. Hideaki Nakamoto (2-0) |
July 10 (Thursday), 2008
| At Stade Georges Racine, Clichy, France Stefano Zoff (43-12-3) vs. Anthony Mezaache (14-5-1) |
July 12 (Saturday), 2008
| At The Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany (HBO) Wladimir Klitschko (50-3) vs. Tony Thompson (31-1) (The Ring Magazine #1 Heavyweight vs. Unranked) (IBF and WBO Heavyweight belts) In TBA, Dublin, Ireland At The New Alhambra, Philadelphia, PA NEW Larry Robinson (9-3) vs. TBA |
July 19 (Saturday), 2008
| In TBA, Germany Alexander Povetkin (15-0) vs. TBA (The Ring Magazine #5 Heavyweight vs. Unranked) Francesco Pianeta (15-0) vs. Scott Gammer (18-2-1) |
July 25 (Friday), 2008
| At York Hall, London, England Jonathan Thaxton (33-8) vs. Lee Meager (21-2) |
July 26 (Saturday), 2008
| At TBA, USA (PPV) Miguel Cotto (32-0) vs. Antonio Margarito (36-5) (The Ring Magazine #1 Welterweight vs. #5) (WBA and WBO Welterweightweight belts) At The Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, The Philippines (WBO Bantamweight belt) NEW Ciso Morales (11-0) vs. Hussein Pazzi (17-8-1) |
August 2 (Saturday), 2008
| At TBA, USA (Showtime) Dimitri Kirilov (29-3-1) vs. Vic Darchinyan (29-1-1) (The Ring Magazine #6 Jr. Bantamweight vs. #10) (IBF Jr. Bantamweight belt) |
August 23 (Saturday), 2008
| At The Drusba Sportpalace, Donetsk, Ukraine NEW Vyacheslav Senchenko (26-0) vs. TBA NEW Stas Kashtanov (22-0) vs. TBA |
September 2 (Tuesday), 2008
| At The Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa Cassius Baloyi (35-3-1) vs. TBA (IBF Jr. Lightweight belt) |
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