WEIGHTS FROM SHANGHAI: PETALCORIN ? 105 LBS., TELLO ? 105 LBS.; YANG ? 135 LBS., SUKKASEM ? 135 LBS.
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 25 Aug 2014
SHANGHAI ? The official weighin for tomorrow's 'First of Power' boxing event got underway Monday afternoon at the plush Sheraton Shanghai Pudong with title hopefuls Randy Petalcorin (R, above photo) of the Philippines and Walter Tello (L) of Panama both came in at 105 lbs., 3 lbs under the weight limit of their WBA Interim light flyweight (112 lbs) title bout, signifying both fighters are ready to rumble for Tuesday's main event at the Mercedez Benz Arena here.
Petalcorin who has a record of 21-1-1 with 16 KOs will try to capture his firt world title while Tello (20-7, 8KOs) tries to capture the Interim title in his second attempt. He lost to Alberto Rossel of Peru in March last year in his first attempt.
Petalcorin (R) and Tello pose during Monday's weighin.
Undefeated Chinese Ik Yang (C) and Thailand's Kukkasem Kietyongyuth (R) pose during the weighin.
Ik Yang being interviewed by TV broadcaster and Zou Shiming's wife Ying Ying.
Yang and Kietyongyuth pose with WBO Vice President Leon Panoncillo Jr (C) with the WBO belt.
Photos by Dong Secuya.
In the co-main event, undefeated local attraction Ik Yang (15-0-1, 9KO) scaled at 135 lbs while his opponent Kukkasem Kietyongyuth of Thailand also stepped in at 135 lbs for their 10-round WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight title bout.
Below are the weights for the rest of the fights:
Zhou Yun Fei, China (2-0, 2KO) ? 167 lbs vs Marcos Amado, Australia (4-1, 2KO) ? 166 lbs.
6 rounds Super Middleweight
Qu Peng, China (5-0-1, 3KO) ? 172 lbs vs Marlon Alta, General Santos, PH (12-4, 9KO) ? 170 lbs.
4 rounds Light Heavyweight
Xu Que, China (0-1, 0KO) ? 125 lbs vs Liu Yongcai, Wuhan, China (1-0-1, 1KO) ? 125 lbs
Ma Yi Ming, Da Lian, China (10-5, 6KO) ? 111 lbs vs Morakote PatanakanGym, Bangkok Thailand (8-4, 4KO) ? 112 lbs
6 rounds Flyweight
Halimubieke, China ? 132 lbs vs Phompetch TwinGym, Bangkok, Thailand ? 135 lbs
6 rounds Lightweight bout
The first fight starts at 7:05 in the evening at the Mercedez Benz Arena with the post-fight press conference to follow at around 10:45 p.m. The event is being promoted by SECA in partnership of with Top Rank.
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