Bray Off Local Card, Will Spar With Lewis

John Bray, the former national amateur heavyweight champion from Van Nuys, has been taken off Wednesday’s boxing card at the Warner Center Marriott.

John Hernandez, Bray’s trainer, said Friday the 1991 U.S. champion will spend the next month training in Big Bear and serving as sparring partner for heavyweight contender Lennox Lewis.

Bray, 13-2-1 with four knockouts since turning pro in October, 1992, will fight at the Marriott on May 10 when he is scheduled to meet King Ipitan, another young and promising heavyweight, in the 10-round main event.

“It was kind of an iffy thing from the start,” Hernandez said of Wednesday’s cancellation. “We were trying to get him a tuneup bout but it didn’t work out. We’re trying to get him in the best shape possible. This is an opportunity to get some real quality sparring in.”

Promoter Peter Broudy has replaced Bray with Derrick Jefferson, a former Golden Gloves champion from Detroit who will be making his professional debut in a four-round bout against an undetermined opponent.

Undefeated lightweight “Sugar” Shane Mosley, who has won 15 of his 16 fights by knockout, will meet Raul Hernandez of Mexico City in Wednesday’s 10-round main event. Mosley is ranked eighth by the World Boxing Council. Hernandez, 19-19-1, last year lost tough bouts against world champion Gabriel Ruelas and top contender David Kamau.

Jurisprudence

The trial date of Jonathan Beauregard was confirmed for May 1 at a hearing Friday in San Bernardino Superior Court. The former Cal State Northridge football player is charged with two counts of attempted murder and is free on $100,000 bail.

Volleyball

Notre Dame High’s Marie Bournoutian has committed to play for Iona College in New York. Bournoutian, an outside hitter, sat out most of the season because of a sprained right ankle.

Basketball

Harvard-Westlake sophomore Jason Collins scored 15 points and Chatsworth junior Eddie Miller added 11 Friday to lead an American Roundball Corp. traveling team to a 106-90 victory over an all-star team from Richmond, Va., in the first round of the Virginia Invitational at Hampton University.

Mater Dei sophomore Schea Cotton led the ARC team with 21 points and Harvard sophomore Jarron Collins scored 10.

Baseball

The Golden State Baseball League will hold league-wide open tryouts today at Merced College and April 15 at Southern California College in Costa Mesa. Both tryouts will begin at 9 a.m.

Information: 818-349-1592.

* Contributing: Jeff Fletcher, Irene Garcia, Mike Hiserman, Bryan Rodgers.