Upcoming fights
April 26
At Dresden, Germany
Zsolt Erdei, Germany, vs. DeAndrey Abron, Youngstown, Ohio, 12, for Erdei's WBO light heavyweight title; Sergei Dzindziruk, Germany, vs. Lukas Konecny, Germany, 12, for Dzindziruk's WBO junior middleweight title; Denis Boytsov, Germany, vs. Robert Hawkins, Philadelphia, 10, heavyweights.
At Queretaro, Mexico
(PPV), Hector Velazquez, Mexico, vs. Elio Rojas, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, WBC featherweight eliminator; Hecto Velazquez, Mexico, vs. Elio Rojan, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, WBC featherweight eliminator; Bernabe Concepcion, Philippines, vs. Torrence Daniels, Denver, 12, for Concepcion's NABF super bantamweight title; Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Mexico, vs. Giuseppe Loriga, Italy, 10, super welterweights.
April 30
At River Rock Casino, Vancouver, British Columbia
(ESPN2), Joel Julio, Colombia, vs. Ishe Smith, Las Vegas, 10, junior middleweights.
May 2
At Santa Ynez, Calif.
(SHO), Anthony Hanshaw, Massillon, Ohio, vs. Andre Dirrell, Flint, Mich., 10, super middleweights.
May 3
At Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
Firat Arslan, Germany, vs. Darnell Wilson, Takoma Park, Md., 12, for Arslan's WBA cruiserweight title.
At Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.
(HBO), Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, vs. Steve Forbes, Las Vegas, 12, junior middleweights; Jorge Linares, Tokyo, vs. Billy Dib, Australia, 12, for Linares' WBC featherweight title.
May 7
At Boston
(ESPN2), Mike Oliver, Hartford, Conn., vs. Julio Zarate, Mexico, 12, for Oliver's IBO super bantamweight title.May 9
At Atlantic City, N.J.
(ESPN2), Elvir Murigi, New York, vs. Omar Sheika, Paterson, N.J., 10, light heavyweights.
May 10
At Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England
(SHOWTIME), Junior Witter, England, vs. Timothy Bradley, Palm Springs, Calif., 12, for Witter's WBC super lightweight title; Carl Froch, England, vs. Dennis Inkin, Germany, 12, super middleweights.
May 14
At New York
(ESPN2), Francisco Figueroa, Bronx, N.Y., vs. Luis Rodriguez, Mexico, 10, light welterweights.
May 16
At Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas
(ESPN), Chris Byrd, Las Vegas, vs. Shaun George, Brooklyn, N.Y., 10, light heavyweights.
May 17
At Miami
(HBO), James Kirkland, Austin, Texas, vs. Eromosele Albert, Miami, 10, junior middleweights; Yuriorkis Gamboa, Miami, vs. Darling Jimenez, Bronx, 10, junior lightweights; Alfredo Angulo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Richard Gutierrez, Miami, 10, junior middleweights.
At Aguascalientes, Mexico
(PPV), Jorge Arce, Mexico, vs. Devid Lookmahanak, Thailand, 12, super flyweights.
At Durango, Mexico
Cristian Mijares, Mexico, vs. Alexander Munoz, Venezuela, 12, for Mijares' WBA and Munoz's WBC super flyweight titles.
At Mexico City
Ulises Solis, Mexico, vs. Juanito Rubillar, Philippines, 12, for Solis' IBF light flyweight title.
May 19
At Tokyo
Jose Alfaro, Nicaragua, vs. Yusuke Kobori, Japan, 12, for Alfaro's WBA lightweight title.
May 24
At City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England
(VERSUS), Ricky Hatton, Britain, vs. Juan Lazcano, Sacramento, Calif., 12, for Hatton's IBO light welterweight title; Paulie Malignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Lovemore N'Dou, South Africa, 12, for Malignaggi's IBF junior welterweight title.
At Tui Arena, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Sven Ottke, Germany, vs. Dariusz Michalczewski, Poland, 12, cruiserweights.
At Isla Margarita, Venezuela
Celestino Caballero, Panama, vs. Lorenzo Parra, Venezuela, 12, for Caballero's WBA super bantamweight title.
May 30
At Istanbul, Turkey
Sinan Samil Sam, Germany, vs. Matt Skelton, Britain, 12, for vacant European heavyweight title.
May 31
At Nordhein-Westfalen, Germany
Ruslan Chagaev, Germany, vs. Nikolay Valuev, Russia, 12, for Chagaev's WBA heavyweight title; Wladimir Sidorenko, Germany, vs. Anselmo Moreno, Panama, 12, for Sidorenko's WBA bantamweight title.
At Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
(PPV), Shane Mosley, Pomona, Calif., vs. Zab Judah, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, welterweights; Jorge Barrios, Argentina, vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, junior lightweights.
June 7
At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J.
(HBO), Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Gary Lockett, Wales, 12, for Pavlik's WBC and WBA middleweight titles; Daniel Ponce De Leon, Mexico, vs. Juan Manuel Lopez, Puerto Rico, 12, for Ponce De Leon's WBO junior featherweight title.
At Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.
(SHO), Vernon Forrest, Atlanta, vs. Sergio Mora, Los Angeles, 12, for Forrest's WBC junior middleweight title; Carlos Quintana, Puerto Rico, vs. Paul Williams, Augusta, Ga., 12, for Quintana's WBO welterweight title.
June 15
At Tokyo
Edwin Valero, Tokyo, vs. Israel Perez, Argentina, 12, for Valero's WBA super featherweight title.
June 20
At Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
(SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif., vs. Jerson Ravelo, Newark, N.J., 12, for the NABO super middleweight title; Cris Arreola, Riverside, Calif., vs. TBA, 12, heavyweights; Eddie Chambers, Philadelphia, vs. Raphael Butler, Rockester Minn., 10, heavyweights.
June 21
At Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla.
(SHO), Edison Miranda, Puerto Rico, vs. Arthur Abraham, Germany, 12, middleweights.
June 28
At Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas
(PPV), David Diaz, Chicago, vs. Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, 12, for Diaz's WBC lightweight title.
July 5
At Las Vegas
(SHO), Ricardo Torres, Bolivar, vs. Kendall Holt, Patterson, N.J., 12, for Torres' WBO junior welterweight title; Giovanni Lorenzo, Dominican Republic, vs. Raul Marquez, Houston, 12.
July 12
At Hamburg, Germany
(HBO), Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, vs. Tony Thompson, Washington, for Klitschko's IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight titles.
July 26
At TBA
(PPV), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Antonio Margarito, Mexico, 12, for Cotto's WBA welterweight title.
August 2
At TBA
(SHO), Dimitri Kirilov, Russia, vs. Vic Darchinyan, Armenia, 12, for Kirilov's IBF junior bantamweight title.
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