By Jake Donovan
Sergio Mora came to the Gulf Coast with the intention of winning his second major title. While that chance evaporated with the incarceration of originally scheduled opponent and middleweight titlist Jermain Taylor, the show goes on for Mora as he faces late replacement Abraham Han in a 12-round regional title fight Friday evening at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Both fighters came in exactly at the 160 lb. limit, though Han had to strip down to his birthday suit in order to make weight.
The bout headlines live on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights.
In the televised co-feature, unbeaten red hot prospect Erickson Lubin faces very late replacement Michael Finney in a scheduled eight-round bout.
Lubin (8-0, 6KOs) weighed 153 lb. for the bout. Finney, who replaces Rodolfo Quintanilla, will weigh in later this evening when he arrives in town.
FULL WEIGHTS
Sergio Mora (27-3-2, 9KOs), 160 lb. vs. Abraham Han 23-1, 14KOs), 160 lb.
MAIN EVENT - 12 rounds, middleweight
Erickson Lubin (8-0, 6KOs), 153 lb. vs. Michael Finney (weight to come)
CO-FEATURE - 8 rounds, super welterweight
Domonique Dolton (15-0, 8KOs), 155.2 lb. vs. Juan Carlos Rojas (7-8-1, 5KOs), 153.6 lb.
8 rounds, super welterweight
Steve Lovett (10-0, 8KOs), 178 lb. vs. James Johnson (28-43-4, 17KOs), 178.8 lb.
8 rounds, cruiserweight
Ahmed Elbiale (8-0, 8KOs), 176.2 lb. vs. Dustin Craig Echard (10-0, 7KOs), 172.6 lb.
6 rounds, light heavyweight
Isiah Thomas (13-0, 6KOs), 198.8 lb. vs. Brad Austin (10-14, 7KOs), 179.2 lb.
6 rounds, cruiserweight
Dennis Galarza (6-1, 4KOs), 128. 4 lb. vs. Manuel de los Reyes Herrera (21-14-1, 15KOs), 130.2 lb.
6 rounds, super featherweight
Leo Hall (4-0, 4KOs), 175.4 lb. vs. Dakota Dawson (3-1, 2KOs), 173.8 lb.
6 rounds, light heavyweight
Ryan Karl (5-0, 5KOs), 146 lb. vs. Brett Simmons (2-0-2, 1KO), 143.2 lb.
6 rounds, super lightweight
Justin DeLoach (9-0, 5KOs) vs. Cesar Vila (7-2, 3KOs)
6 rounds, middleweight
Darwin Price (5-0, 3KOs) vs. Christian Steele (4-12-2, 1KO)
4 rounds, super lightweight
Steven Ortiz (0-0, 0KOs) vs. Evan Woolsey (2-5, 0KOs)
4 rounds, lightweight
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of krikya360.com, as well as a member of Transnational Boxing Ratings Board and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
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