LAS VEGAS – Unlike Jermall Charlo, David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade met their contractual obligations Friday morning by making weight for their 12-round, 168-pound title fight Saturday night.
Benavidez was 167 pounds, one below the super middleweight limit, when he stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale. Andrade was approximately half-a-pound heavier, 167.6 pounds, when he weighed in.
Moments earlier Friday morning, Jermall Charlo came in 3.4 pounds overweight for his 10-round, non-title fight against Jose Benavidez Jr., the co-feature of Showtime Pay-Per-View’s telecast Saturday night (//krikya360.com/jermall-charlo-comes-3-plus-pounds-overweight-non-title-fight-with-jose-benavidez-jr--179492). Charlo officially weighed 166.4 pounds, 3.4 pounds above their contracted catch weight of 163 pounds and 5.2 pounds heavier than Benavidez (161.2).
Reporters weren’t permitted to attend the official weigh-in for this entire 12-bout card because it was conducted behind closed doors Friday morning at an undisclosed location inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
A ceremonial weigh-in is scheduled for 3 p.m. PT at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. That scripted event is open to the public.
David Benavidez (27-0, 23 KOs) will defend his WBC interim super middleweight title against Andrade (32-0, 19 KOs) in the main event of Showtime Pay-Per-View’s four-fight broadcast from Mandalay Bay’s Michelob ULTRA Arena. Phoenix’s Benavidez, 26, is listed by BetMGM’s sportsbook as a 4-1 favorite to defeat the 35-year-old Andrade, a former WBO middleweight and WBA/WBO 154-pound champion.
The official weights for five fights on the Benavidez-Andrade undercard are listed below.
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Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs), Houston, 166.4 pounds vs. Jose Benavidez Jr. (28-2-1, 19 KOs), Phoenix, 161.2 pounds, 10 rounds, super middleweights.
Subriel Matias (19-1, 19 KOs), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 139.8 pounds vs. Shohjahon Ergashev (23-0, 20 KOs), Fergana, Uzbekistan, 139.8 pounds, 12 rounds for Matias’ IBF junior welterweight title.
Hector Luis Garcia (16-1, 10 KOs, 3 NC), San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic, 129.4 pounds vs. Lamont Roach (23-1-1, 9 KOs), Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 129.6 pounds, 12 rounds for Garcia’s WBA super featherweight title.
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Sergey Lipinets (17-2-1, 13 KOs), Martuk, Kazakhstan, 139.4 pounds vs. Michel Rivera (24-1, 14 KOs), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 138.8 pounds, 10 rounds, junior welterweights.
Vito Mielnicki Jr. (15-1, 10 KOs), Roseland, New Jersey, 153.2 pounds vs. Alexis Salazar (25-5, 10 KOs), Norwalk, California, 152.8 pounds, 10 rounds, junior middleweights.
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for krikya360.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
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