SAUL ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Jaime Munguia made the burden in Las Vegas earlier, leaving solely the battle night time formalities to finish. Claiming all week that he stays contemporary and motivated by a sport that has made him multimillions, four-belt king Canelo scaled 166.8 lbs whereas undefeated challenger Munguia got here in at 167.4 lbs.
Mario Barrios’ defence of the WBC Interim welterweight title is on after he scaled 146.6 lbs. Trying snug on the 147-pound restrict, his opponent Fabian Maidana was barely lighter at 146.2 lbs.
The one hitch on the primary card occurred through the Brandon Figueroa weigh-in. Figueroa got here in at 125.4 lbs and is eligible to retain his WBC Interim featherweight strap. Opponent Jessie Magdaleno can’t take residence the title, even in victory, after he scaled 128.6 lbs.
Regardless of being over the stipulated 126-pound restrict, a deal was agreed for the battle to proceed. That is the second scare of the week for Figueroa after Magdaleno didn’t attend the grand arrivals and a short second of confusion appeared to counsel that there could be no opponent for ‘The Heartbreaker’.
Eimantas Stanionis and his opponent Gabriel Maestre hit their targets, as did Jesus Ramos and Vito Mielnicki Jr.
The well-attended ceremonial weigh-in gave the followers a last likelihood to see their heroes earlier than going through off within the ring. The precise official weights had already been taken and recorded behind closed doorways.
Full weights (televised portion):
Canelo Alvarez (166.8) vs. Jaime Munguia (167.4)
WBC, WBA, IBF & WBO super-middleweight titles
Mario Barrios (146.6) vs. Fabian Maidana (146.2)
WBC Interim welterweight title
Brandon Figueroa (125.4) vs. Jessie Magdaleno (128.6)
WBC Interim featherweight title
Eimantas Stanionis (146.6) vs. Gabriel Maestre (146.8)
WBA welterweight title
Jesus Ramos (154.6) vs. Johan Gonzalez (153.6)
10 rounds, super-welterweight
Vito Mielnicki Jr (153.6) vs. Ronald Cruz (152.2)
10 rounds, super-welterweight
