KUALA LUMPUR COMPLETE WEIGHIN RESULTS (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 14 Jul 2018
KUALA LUMPUR ? All the protagonists for Sunday's 'Fight of Champions' headed by defending WBA world welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse of Argentina and his Filipino challenger Manny Pacquiao made weight promptly during the official weighin held at the Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Center (MITEC) Saturday morning for tomorrow's (Sunday morning / Saturday night in the Americas) mega boxing event at the 16,000 capacity Axiata Arena here.
The WBA world title fights were supervised by Renzo Bagnariol of Nicaragua who is the WBA first vice-president while the IBF world title fight was supervised by IBF official Fritz Gaston of the Philippines.
Below are the official weights:
Blue Corner
vs
Red Corner
12 rounds WBA World Welterweight Championship
Lucas Matthysse, 39-4-0, 36KOs (Argentina) ? 146.7 lbs
Manny Pacquiao, 59-7-2, 38KOs (Philippines) ? 146 lbs
Referee: Kenny Bayless of Las Vegas
Judges: Stanley Christodoulou (South Africa), Jean Robert Laine (Monaco), Glenn Feldman (USA)
Supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol.
Jhack Tepora (L) and Edivaldo Ortega (R).
12 rounds WBA vacant Interim World Featherweight Championship
Edivaldo Ortega, 26-1-1, 12KOs (Mexico) ? 125.6 lbs
Jhack Tepora, 21-0-0, 16KOs (Philippines) ? 125.4 lbs
Referee: Roberto Ramirez Jr. of Puerto Rico
Judges: Gustavo Padilla (Panama), Byung-Moo Kim (Korea), John Robert Laine (Monaco).
Supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol.
Moruti Mthalane (R) and Muhammad Waseem (L).
12 rounds vacant IBF World Flyweight Championship
Muhammad Waseem, 8-0-0, 6KOs (Pakistan) ? 111.3 lbs
Moruti Mthalane, 35-2-0, 24KOs (South Africa) ? 111.5 lbs
Referee: Malik Walid (USA)
Judges: Samuel Conde (Puerto Rico), Silvestre Abainza (Philippines), Glenn Feldman (USA)
Supervisor: Darryl Peoples.
Lu Bin (L) and Carlos Canizales (R).
12 rounds WBA World Flyweight Championship
Bin Lu, 1-0-0, 1KO (China) ? 106.7 lbs
vs
Carlos Canizales, 20-0-1, 16KOs (Venezuela) ? 106.4 lbs
Referee: Gustavo Padilla
Judges: Roberto Ramirez Jr (Puerto Rico), John Robert Laine (Monaco), T. Shimakawa (Japan).
Supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol.
10 rounds Lightweight
Yongqiang Yang, 10-0-0, 7KOs (China) ? 134.9 lbs
vs
Harmonito de la Torre, 19-1-0, 12KOs (Philippines) ? 134.4 lbs
8 rounds Welterweight
Terry Tzouramanis, 20-3-3, 3KOs (Australia) ? 144.5 lbs
vs
Jayar Inson, 16-1-0, 11KOs (Philippines) ? 145.8 lbs
8 rounds Super Flyweight
Yuki Strong Kobayashi, 13-7-0, 7KOs (Japan) ? 119.4 lbs
vs
Vincent Astrolabio, 11-1-0, 7KOs (Philippines) ? 118.8 lbs
8 rounds Super Lightweight
JR Magboo, 17-1-2, 8KOs (Philippines) ? 134.5 lbs
vs
George Kambosos, Jr, 14-0-0, 8KOs (Australia) ? 135.7 lbs
6 rounds Super Bantamweight
Ratchanon Sawangsoda, 12-2-0, 12KOs (Thailand) ? 122.3 lbs
vs
Juan Miguel Elorde, 25-1-0, 13KOs (Philippines) ? 122.9 lbs
6 rounds Welterweight
Siddharth Ravindra Varma, 4-1-0, 1KO (India) ? 145.9 lbs
vs
Theena Thayalan, 5-0-0, 2KOs (Malaysia) ? 145.9 lbs
4 rounds Featherweight (Swing bout)
Jundullah Fauzan (Indonesia) ? 124.3. lbs
vs
Aiman Abu Bakar, 7-0, 3KOs (Malaysia) ? 126.2 lbs
First bout is scheduled at 7:00 o'clock in the morning. The Pacquiao-Matthysse main event will start at 11:00 a.m. The The Axiata Arena gate opens at 6:00 a.m.
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