MACAU COMPLETE WEIGHIN RESULTS AND PHOTOS
By Rich Mazon
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 22 Nov 2014
Macau - Before the restaurants and shops open for the day, before the gamblers and shoppers pour in at The Venetian Macau, sixteen fighters are up early for the weigh-in of a big boxing weekend in this entertainment capital city in the Far East.
Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri will face off in a WBO welterweight clash at the resort's Cotai Arena Sunday morning at 10 (Saturday evening at 10 in the US).
Pacquiao, had no problem making the catch weight limit of 144 pounds to defend his title, he was 143.8 lbs.
Algieri stepped in the scales twice and was both over on his two attempts, he weighed in at 144.4 and then he stripped down his trunks to try a second time, but he was still over the limit at 144.2 lbs.
He was successful on his third attempt at making weight, less than an hour after he initially stepped in the scales, this time he was 143.6 lbs.
And the main event fight tomorrow is now officially on.
"I want to repeat those early days in my boxing career. I want to get back the aggressiveness and the hunger when I was young. " stated a lean Pacquiao, whose recent ring encounters were devoid of the knockout his fans were clamoring for.
"I know I did all the hard work that I need to do, I know that I have the talent and skills to do it and this is a dream come true and I'm ready to rock." was Algieri's pronouncement.
Pacquiao and Algieri during the weighin.
Zou Shiming flexes muscles during weighin.
Vasyl Lomachenko (L) and Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo.
Vargas and DeMarco.
Tso and Sabu.
Ancajas vs Majiha.
Other weights for tomorrow's seven- fight undercard are as follows:
In the co-main event, Chinese star, Zou Shiming and Pacquiao look-alike Kwanpichit Onesongchaigym of Thailand are identical at 112 lbs.
WBO featherweight champ Vasyl Lomanchenko will defend his title belt against another Thai fighter, Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo. Both are at the featherweight limit of 126 lbs.
Jessie Vargas of Las Vegas who will stake his WBA super lightweight belt weighed in at 140 lbs. His challenger, former title holder Antonio De Marco of Mexico is at 139.3 lbs.
Super welterweights Kuok Kun Ng of China is 153.9 while Stephen Attard is at 151.1 lbs.
Super Flyweights, Rex Tso of Hong Kong weighed 114.8 while Espinos Sabu of Indonesia is at 115.6 lbs.
The lone Filipino fighter in the undercard, Jerwin Ancajas of Cavite City is 116.9 while opponent Fadhili Majiha of Tanzania is at 116.3 lbs. They will figure in an 8 round Bantamweight bout.
Light Heavyweight Qu Peng of China was 174.2 while opponent Andrew Robinson of New Zealand was 174.4 lbs. They are the biggest of all of the fighters in tomorrow's sports spectacle which will be carried live by HBO Pay Per View in the States Saturday night.
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