WEIGHTS AND PHOTOS FROM LAS VEGAS: CANELO - 160 LBS, GGG - 160 LBS
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 16 Sep 2017
LAS VEGAS -- Golden Boy Promotions and its numerous partners held the official weighin moments ago before a capacity crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for tomorrow's blockbuster Canelo vs GGG unified middleweight championship at the T-Mobile Arena. The huge crowd was predominantly pro Canelo.
The weights are as follows:
Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KO) Guadalajara, MX ???..160 lbs
Gennady Golovkin (37-0-0,33KO) Los Angeles ?????160 lbs
The fight is for the WBC, WBA, IBF and IBO Ring Middleweight titles
Joseph Diaz Jr 24-0-0, 13 KO So. El Monte, CA ???????..126 lbs
Rafael Rivera 25-0-2,16KO Tijuana MX??????????127 lbs
Rivera is 1 lb over and has an hour to lose it. Fight is for the WBC Featherweight Title Eliminator.
Randy Caballero 24-0-0, 14KO) Coachella, CA ?????121 lbs
Diego de la Hoya 19-0-0, 9KO Mexicali, MX???????..122 lbs
Fight is for the NABF and vacant NABO Super bantamweight title
Serhili Bohachuk 4-0-0, 4KO Los Angeles ???????.150 lbs
Joan Jose Valenzuela 5-8-0,5KO Tijuana, MX -------------154.5 lbs
Vergil Ortiz 6-0-0-6KO Dallas TX ????????????140. lbs
Cesar Valenzuela 7-1-0, 2 KO Phoenix, Az???????.140 lbs
Marlen Esparza 2-0-0 (0KO) Houston, TX ????????.111.5 lbs
Aracely Palacio 8-7-0, 1KO Durango MX ?????????.110 lbs
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