KUALA LUMPUR ? All the protagonists for Sunday’s ‘Fight of Champions’ headed by defending WBA world welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse of Argentina and his Filipino challenger Manny Pacquiao made weight promptly during the official weighin held at the Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Center (MITEC) Saturday morning for tomorrow’s (Sunday morning / Saturday night in the Americas) mega boxing event at the 16,000 capacity Axiata Arena here.
The WBA world title fights were supervised by Renzo Bagnariol of Nicaragua who is the WBA first vice-president while the IBF world title fight was supervised by IBF official Fritz Gaston of the Philippines.
Below are the official weights:
Blue Corner vs Red Corner
12 rounds WBA World Welterweight Championship Lucas Matthysse, 39-4-0, 36KOs (Argentina) ? 146.7 lbs Manny Pacquiao, 59-7-2, 38KOs (Philippines) ? 146 lbs Referee: Kenny Bayless of Las Vegas Judges: Stanley Christodoulou (South Africa), Jean Robert Laine (Monaco), Glenn Feldman (USA) Supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol.
Jhack Tepora (L) and Edivaldo Ortega (R).
12 rounds WBA vacant Interim World Featherweight Championship Edivaldo Ortega, 26-1-1, 12KOs (Mexico) ? 125.6 lbs Jhack Tepora, 21-0-0, 16KOs (Philippines) ? 125.4 lbs Referee: Roberto Ramirez Jr. of Puerto Rico Judges: Gustavo Padilla (Panama), Byung-Moo Kim (Korea), John Robert Laine (Monaco). Supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol.
Moruti Mthalane (R) and Muhammad Waseem (L).
12 rounds vacant IBF World Flyweight Championship Muhammad Waseem, 8-0-0, 6KOs (Pakistan) ? 111.3 lbs Moruti Mthalane, 35-2-0, 24KOs (South Africa) ? 111.5 lbs Referee: Malik Walid (USA) Judges: Samuel Conde (Puerto Rico), Silvestre Abainza (Philippines), Glenn Feldman (USA) Supervisor: Darryl Peoples.
Lu Bin (L) and Carlos Canizales (R).
12 rounds WBA World Flyweight Championship Bin Lu, 1-0-0, 1KO (China) ? 106.7 lbs vs Carlos Canizales, 20-0-1, 16KOs (Venezuela) ? 106.4 lbs Referee: Gustavo Padilla Judges: Roberto Ramirez Jr (Puerto Rico), John Robert Laine (Monaco), T. Shimakawa (Japan). Supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol.
10 rounds Lightweight Yongqiang Yang, 10-0-0, 7KOs (China) ? 134.9 lbs vs Harmonito de la Torre, 19-1-0, 12KOs (Philippines) ? 134.4 lbs
8 rounds Welterweight Terry Tzouramanis, 20-3-3, 3KOs (Australia) ? 144.5 lbs vs Jayar Inson, 16-1-0, 11KOs (Philippines) ? 145.8 lbs
8 rounds Super Flyweight Yuki Strong Kobayashi, 13-7-0, 7KOs (Japan) ? 119.4 lbs vs Vincent Astrolabio, 11-1-0, 7KOs (Philippines) ? 118.8 lbs
8 rounds Super Lightweight JR Magboo, 17-1-2, 8KOs (Philippines) ? 134.5 lbs vs George Kambosos, Jr, 14-0-0, 8KOs (Australia) ? 135.7 lbs
6 rounds Super Bantamweight Ratchanon Sawangsoda, 12-2-0, 12KOs (Thailand) ? 122.3 lbs vs Juan Miguel Elorde, 25-1-0, 13KOs (Philippines) ? 122.9 lbs
6 rounds Welterweight Siddharth Ravindra Varma, 4-1-0, 1KO (India) ? 145.9 lbs vs Theena Thayalan, 5-0-0, 2KOs (Malaysia) ? 145.9 lbs
4 rounds Featherweight (Swing bout) Jundullah Fauzan (Indonesia) ? 124.3. lbs vs Aiman Abu Bakar, 7-0, 3KOs (Malaysia) ? 126.2 lbs
First bout is scheduled at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. The Pacquiao-Matthysse main event will start at 11:00 a.m. The The Axiata Arena gate opens at 6:00 a.m.
