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WEIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS: KOVALEV - 175 LBS, WARD - 175 LBS
PhilBoxing.com Sat, 19 Nov 2016

The official weighin for the unified light heavyweight battle between defending WBO/IBF/WBA world champion Sergey Kovalev of Russia and challenger Andre Ward of Oakland, California got underway Friday afternoon at the MGM Grand Arena in las Vegas. Kovalev (30-0-1, 26KOs) and Ward (30-0-0, 15KOs) are both undefeated and the winner will most likely crowned as the world No. 1 pound for pound fighter on the planet.
Below are the official weights:
WBA Super World light heavyweight title
IBF World light heavyweight title
WBO World light heavyweight title
12 rounds
Sergey Kovalev (Russia) - 175 lbs
Andre Ward (Oakland, CA) - 175 lbs
WBO NABO super lightweight title - 10 rounds
Super Lightweight
Maurice Hooker (Dallas, Texas) - 139 lbs
Darleys Perez (Columbia) - 137.5 lbs
NABF light heavyweight title - 10 rounds
Isaac Chilemba (South Africa) - 174.75 lbs
Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine) - 174.75 lbs
WBA Continental Americas middleweight title - 10 rounds
Curtis Stevens (New York) - 157.5 lbs
James De la Rosa (Mexico) - 159.75 lbs
8 rounds Super Lightweight
Sonny Fredrickson (Toledo, Ohio) - 140 lbs
Gabriel Duluc (Boston, Massachusetts) - 139.75 lbs
8 rounds Middleweight
Botirsher Obidov (Uzbekistan) - 157 lbs
Bakhram Murtazaliev (Russia) - 160 lbs
6 rounds middleweight
Henry Beckford (New York) - 160.5 lbs
Meirim Nursultanov (Kazakhstan) - 159 lbs
4 rounds Super Middleweight
Claressa Shields (Flint, Michigan )- 167 lbs
Franchon Crews (Baltimore, Maryland) - 168 lbs
6 rounds Featherweight
Vincent Jennings (Grand Rapids, Michigan) - 126.5 lbs
Tyler McCreary (Toledo, Ohio) - 128 lbs
4 rounds Heavyweight
Brice Ritani Coe (San Pedro, CA) - 242 lbs
Darmani Rock (Philadelphia, PA) - 241 lbs
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