:boxing: HardDoor's Autumn Boxing Preview - '08 Edition

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The dates and bouts listed for this season's boxing preview is pretty much complete, save for a few fights that happened at the beginning of September (for now...). The comment snippets will be coming soon, but in the meantime, here's a look at what you can expect this autumn.

::Big courtesy to Fightnews.com and Boxing Records Online for their compilations of fight schedules and results, as well as ESPN::

[C] = Major Championship Match. Only the champions defending their titles are noted as such, though their opponents may be holding a belt that they are not defending.

[NIXED] = The scheduled fight was cancelled, or "nixed". This can happen at any time for any given circumstance, such as an injury or a contract disagreement.

TBA = "To Be Announced", or in this case, "Fighter To Be Announced". Sometimes, an opponent for a fighter may not be announced or set until very close to the fight time. This can be due to a number of reasons, ranging from a sudden change in fighters due to last-minute difficulties, to the lack of an actual opponent having been chosen yet.


September

:Sat.09.13.08:
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Joel Casamayor (Lightweight)

[NIXED] [C] WBA, IBF, WBO Lightweight Champion Nate Campbell vs Joan Guzman

[C] WBC Light Middleweight Champion Sergio Mora vs Vernon Forrest

[C] WBC Light Welterweight Timothy Bradley vs Edner Cherry [Showtime]


:Mon.09.16.08:
[C] (Interim WBC Light Flyweight Championship) Jorge Arce vs Rafael Concepcion

Jorge Solis vs Jorge Samudio (Super Featherweight)


:Wed.09.17.08:
Ronald Hearns vs Alexander Pacheco Quiroz (Light Middleweight)


:Thurs.09.18.08:
DaVarryl Williamson vs Cerrone Fox (Heavyweight)


:Fri.09.19.08:
Almazbek Raiymkulov vs Javier Jauregui (Lightweight)


:Thurs.09.25.08:
Paul Williams vs Andy Kolle (Middleweight) [Versus]

Chris Arreola vs Carlos Garcia (Heavyweight) [Versus]


:Fri.09.26.08:
Omar Pittman vs Yusaf Mack (Light Heavyweight)

Vicente Escobedo vs Dominic Salcido (Lightweight)


:Sat.09.27.08:
Shane Mosley vs Ricardo Mayorga (Light Middleweight) [HBO]

[C] WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto vs Steve Forbes [HBO]

[C] WBC Light Flyweight Champion Edgar Sosa vs Sonny Boy Jaro

Tarvis Simms vs Robert Frazier (Middleweight)


October

:Fri.10.03.08:
Michael Walker vs Antwun Echols (Middleweight)

Eddie Chambers vs Livin Castillo (Heavyweight)

Mike Alvarado vs Manuel Garnica (Light Welterweight)


:Sat.10.04.08:
Kassim Ouma vs Martinus Clay (Light Middleweight)

Yuriorkis Gamboa vs Marcos Ramirez (Featherweight) [HBO]

[C] (Interim WBC Light Middleweight Championship) Sergio Martinez vs Alex Bunema [HBO]

Alfredo Angulo vs Andrey Tsurkan (Light Middleweight) [HBO]

Juan Manuel Lopez vs Cesar Figueroa (Light Featherweight)


:Sat.10.11.08:
[C] WBC Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter vs Vitali Klitschko [Showtime]

[C] IBF, IBO Light Heavyweight Champion Antonio Tarver vs Chad Dawson [Showtime]


:Thurs.10.16.08:
[C] WBC Featherweight Champion Oscar Larios vs Tahahiro Aoh

[C] WBC Bantamweight Hozumi Hasegawa vs Alejandro Valdez


:Fri.10.17.08:
[C] IFBA Light Middleweight Champion Holly Holm vs Mary Jo Sanders

[NIXED] Aaron Pryor Jr. vs Sam Merza (Super Middleweight)


:Sat.10.18.08:
Kelly Pavlik vs Bernard Hopkins (Light Heavyweight) [PPV - HBO]


:Wed.10.22.08:
[NIXED] Edgar Santana vs TBA (Light Welterweight)

Randall Bailey vs DeMarcus Corley (Light Welterweight)


:Thurs.10.23.08:
Demetrius Andrade vs Patrick Cape (Light Middleweight)


:Fri.10.24.08:
[C] IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute vs Liberado Andrade

[C] WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John vs Hiroyuki Enoki

Ronald Hearns vs Paul Calvette (Light Middleweight)


:Sat.10.25.08:
[C] WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler vs Danilo Haussler

Howard Eastman vs Andrew Lewis (Middleweight)


November

:Sat.11.01.08:
[C] WBC, WBA Super Flyweight Champion Cristian Mijares vs IBF Super Flyweight Champion Vic Darchinyan [Showtime]

Felix Sturm vs Sebastian Sylvester (Middleweight)

Daniel Ponce De Leon vs Damian David Marchiano (Featherweight)

Andre Dirrell vs Victor Oganov (Super Middleweight) [Showtime]

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Matt Vanda (Light Middleweight)


:Sat.11.08.08:
[C] IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham vs Raul Marquez [PPV]

Roy Jones Jr. vs Joe Calzaghe (Light Heavyweight) [PPV - HBO]

Dmitriy Salita vs Derrick Campos (Light Welterweight)
--Originally, Salita was to fight WBA Light Welterweight Champion Andreas Kotelnik, but the fight was changed after Kotelnik pulled out...

Danny Williams vs Albert Sosnowski (Heavyweight)


:Tues.11.11.08:
Glen Johnson vs Aaron Norwood (Light Heavyweight)

[NIXED] Edison Miranda vs TBA (Light Heavyweight)

Buddy McGirt Jr vs Marcus Upshaw (Super Middleweight)


:Thurs.11.13.08:
Peter Manfredo, Jr. vs Sakio Bika (Super Middleweight)
--A match of former Contender boxers and Joe Calzaghe conquerees...

Cornelius Bundrage vs Grady Brewer (Light Middleweight)

Jaidon Codrington vs William Gill (Super Middleweight)
--Codrington's first fight since his unexpected epic war with Sakio Bika during the live Contender finale (lost via KO in the 8th).


:Sat.11.15.08:
Jermain Taylor vs Jeff Lacy (Super Middleweight) [HBO]

Kermit Cintron vs Lovemore N'dou (Welterweight)

David Haye vs Monte Barrett (Heavyweight)

Chazz Witherspoon vs Adam Richards (Heavyweight)


:Sat.11.22.08:
[C] IBO Light Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi [HBO]


:Sat.11.30.08:
[NIXED] Danny Williams vs Francois Botha (Heavyweight)
--See the results to Williams' earlier fight to find out why the fight was cancelled...