NEW YORK Promoter Don King plans to have heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman fight in China in August on the same card as the Evander Holyfield-Hohn Ruiz bout, a lawyer close to the situation said Friday.

Pat English, a lawyer for the promotion company, Main Events, said King would match Rahman in China against little-known Brian Nielsen of Denmark. The China bouts have been scheduled for August 4, Reuters reported.

Nielsen has built his 60-1 record against the likes of Kevin Cook, Thomas Williams, Jeff Pegues and Troy Weida.

Nielsen's one loss was to Dick Ryan, who knocked him out in June 1999. The Dane avenged that loss by beating Ryan on a decision after eight rounds.

Earlier on Friday, King virtually ensured a slew of lawsuits over the right to promote Rahman when he signed the new champion to a promotional contract, said Cedric Kushner, who insists he still is Rahman's promoter.

Late on Friday, former champion Lennox Lewis filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in New York to block the contract Rahman signed with King, said Donald Tremblay, a spokesman for Main Events, Lewis's U.S. promoter.