WEARING HIS trunks and pair of boxing shoes, Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 138 ? lbs on Wednesday morning (Tuesday afternoon in the US) to pass a requirement by the World Boxing Council for fighters to undergo a pre-fight weigh-in 30 days before their scheduled bout.
“He (Pacquiao) was on the scales wearing his shoes,” trainer Freddie Roach said. “His real weight is about 136 (lbs),” added Roach.
Rudy Tellez, the WBC’s Southern California representative, supervised the weigh-in held at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California.
Pacquiao’s opponent on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas, Mexican Erik Morales, had been weighed in the presence of WBC Executive Secretary Mauricio Sulaiman, over the weekend in Mexico City.
Morales, clad in boxer shorts, tipped the scales at 142 lbs, a pound under the maximum weight allowable.
The official weigh-in for the two fighters will be held on Nov. 17 at the Wynn Las Vegas, but Pacquiao and Morales would still have to weigh in on Nov. 11 as per WBC rules to determine if they are right on target in their respective bids to cut down on weight.
When the WBC weighs the two on Nov. 11, they both should not weigh more than 136 ? lbs, according to Games and Amusements Board Boxing Division Chief Dr. Nasser Cruz, who has a copy of the correspondence that Sulaiman furnished Pacquiao and Morales’ camps.
To make sure Pacquiao does not encounter problems with the scales in the week-before-the-fight weigh-in, Cruz, a member of the WBC’s Medical Advisory Board, will arrive in Los Angeles on Nov. 10 to lend his expertise on the matter.
The super-featherweight limit is 130 lbs and Pacquiao has never had any difficulties making it for almost two years now, while Morales has had problems going down to that level.
But with experts from Velocity Sports Performance in Los Angeles helping him out, Morales believes he can get the job done and climb the ring in top form.
