WEIGHTS FROM THE MANDALAY BAY: WARD - 175 LBS., KOVALEV - 175 LBS.
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 17 Jun 2017
Las Vegas, Nevada:- The promoters for the big rematch of two of the better known and possibly the best light heavyweight fighters in today?s boxing world held the official weigh-in today for all the participants for tomorrow?s extravaganza at the Events Center of Mandalay Bay.
The results are as follows:
Andre Ward ( 31-0-0, 15KO) Oakland, CA ????????.??175 lbs
Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KO) Kopeysk, Russia???????175 lbs
The Ward-Kovalev Fight is for the following belts:
WBA Super World Light Heavyweight
IBF Light Heavyweight
WBO Light Heavyweight
Andre Ward on the scales.
Sergey Kovalev flexes his muscles during the weighin.
Guillermo Rigondeaux (L) and Moises Flores pose during the weighin.
Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0-0, 11KO) Santiago de Cuba?????121.5 lbs
Moises Flores (25-0-0,17KO) Guadalajara, Mexico???????? 122?lbs
The Rigondeaux-Flores Fight is for the following belts:
WBA Super World Super Bantamweight
IBO World Super Bantamweight
Dmitry Bivol (L) and Cedric Agnew.
Dmitry Bivol (10-0-0, 8KO) St. Petersburg, Russia???????173.5 lbs
Cedric Agnew ( 29-2-0, 15KO) Chicago, Illinois?????????175.lbs
Luis Arias (L) and Arif Magomedov.
Luis Arias (17-0-0, 8KO) Milwaukee, Wisconsin?????????160 lbs
Arif Magomedov (18-1-0, 11KO) Kizlyar, Russia?????????159.5bs
The Arias- Magomedov Fight is for the USBA Super Middleweight belt
Other Results:
Fabiano Pena (16-7-1, 13KO) Chiapas, MX ????????166 lbs?
Vaughn Alexander (9-0-0,6KO) St Louis, MO???????..161. lbs
Christopher Martin (30-8-3, 10KO) San Diego, CA????..125.75 lbs
Tramaine Williams (10-0-0, 3KO) New Haven , CT???? 125 lbs
Alex Sandro Duarte (6-0-0 , 4KO) Sau Paolo, BZL????.. 159 lbs
Bakham Murtazaliev (8-0-0, 6KO) Grozny, RS??????.. 159.5 lbs
Zoltan Sera (28-12-0, 19 KO) Budapest, HU????????.170.5. lbs
Junior Younan (11-0-0,8KO) Brooklyn, NY?????????170.5 lbs
Jonathan Steel (7-0-0, 5KO) Dallas, TX?????..146.lbs
Enriko Gogokhia (4-0-0, 2KO)??????????.146.5 lbs
Brando Sanudo (5-4-0, 2K0) San Felipe, MX??..144 lbs
John Bauza (6-0-0, 3KO) North Nergen, NJ???..143 lbs
Ward vs. Kovalev 2: ?The Rematch,? that will be seen live on HBO PPV?is presented by Roc Nation Sports, Main Events, Andre Ward Promotions, Krusher Promotions and Corona Extra, sponsored by Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Jetlux, Life10 Electrolyte, Zappos, D?USS? Cognac, ProSupps andPowered by Monster. Tickets for Ward-Kovalev 2: ?The Rematch? are available on?axs.com?and at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Box Office.
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