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WEIGHTS FROM LAPULAPU CITY: VILLANUEVA - 115 LBS, MENDEZ - 115 LBS (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 27 Nov 2015
LAPULAPU CITY, CEBU -- King Arthur Villanueva had to be in his birthday suit before he was able to make the 115 lb limit during the official weighin held at the Gaisano Capital in Mactan this afternoon ahead of his WBC international super flyweight championship fight against Victor 'Spock' Mendez of Mexico in the main event of 'Pinoy Pride 34 -- Back with a Vengeance' card tomorrow night at the Hoops Dome here.
Villanueva weighed half a pound over the limit in his first try before he took out all his clothes to get the required weight. Mendez stepped the scales at 115 lbs in his first try.
In the co-feature bout, Milan Melindo came in at 113.75 lbs while his opponent Victor Emmanuel Olivo of Mexico weighed in at 113 lbs for their 10-round junior flyweight bout.
Below are the official weights during Friday's weighin:
Arthur Villanueva (PH) - 115 lbs vs Victor Mendez (Mexico) - 115 lbs
WBC international super flyweight championship
12 rounds
Milan Melindo (PH) - 113.75 lbs vs Victor Olivo (Mexico) - 113 lbs
10 round flyweight
img src="http://philboxing.com/news/pix/cataraja-nenggo.weighin.400w.jpg">
Kevin Jake Cataraja (PH) - 112 lbs vs Faris Nenggo (Indonesia) - 112 lbs.
6 round flyweight
AJ Banal (PH) - 127 lbs vs Emilio Norfat (Tanzania) - 124.5 lbs
10 round featherweight
Rocky Fuentes (PH) - 114 lbs vs Afrizal Tamboresi (Indonesia) - 115 lbs
8 round super flyweight
Melvin Jerusalem (Bukidnon) - 105 vs Crison Omayao (Bukidnon) - 109
10 round minimumweight
Chris Ganoza (Leyte) - 104 lbs vs Fabio Marfa (Mandaue City) - 104 lbs
6 round minimumweight
Christian Bacolod (Cebu City) - 109 lbs vs Delfin de Asis (Bukidnon) - 111 lbs
4 round junior flyweight
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