We’ve received drama already forward of the undisputed light-weight title struggle in Melbourne.
WBA, IBF, and WBO light-weight champion George Kambosos Jr (20-0, 10 KOs), competing in entrance of his dwelling followers for the primary time since his well-known upset of Teofimo Lopez final November, got here in .36 lbs over the 135 lbs restrict for his unification bout in opposition to WBC champion Devin Haney (27-0, 15 KOs).
Kambosos weighed with out and with the towel, and he was heavy on his preliminary try. He was given two hours to chop to 135 lbs or else he’d be stripped of his three belts and solely Haney can be eligible to win something tomorrow. It took below that two-hour restrict for him to drop to 134.49 lbs, thus making Saturday’s title matchup official and no stripping of the belts on the dimensions.
Haney weighed in at 134.95 lbs with none points, by the way in which. We did have tensions flare up on the staredown after Kambosos’ failure to hit the restrict on this primary attempt.
Earlier than weighing in once more, apparently there was some form of controversy over the dimensions talked about by Australian TV, creating flashbacks to UFC 274 and Charles Oliveira. Evidently we didn’t need to go that far on this event, however Kambosos’ excuse for lacking weight initially was some semi-serious suggestion that he did it on function.
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Kambosos vs. Haney airs stay on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.
