Las Vegas, NV: Golden Boy Promotions and its partners Corona Extra, ShowTime and MGM early this afternoon held the official weigh in for the fighters appearing in tomorrow?s fight card at the MGM Grand.
The fight features UK?s Amir Khan and St Louis? son, Devon Alexander. The fight card is in direct confrontation with the one being held by Top Rank Promotions that has Tim Bradley and Argentina?s Diego Chavez at the Cosmopolitan down the Strip from MGM.
Amir Khan (29-3-0-19KO) came in at 147 lbs. Not to be outdone, his opponent, Devon Alexander of St Louis, MO (26-10-,14KO came in as well at the same weight of 147 lbs
Khan and Alexnder fights for the WBC Silver Welterweight title.
Top photo: Keith Thurman and Leonard Bundu.
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Khan and Alexander pose during Friday's weighin.
Jermell Charlo and Mario Lozano.
Abner Mares and Jose Ramirez.
Victor Ortiz and Manuel Perez.
Photos by Esther Lin / SHOWTIME.
Fighters for the supporting main event. Keith Thurman of Clearwater, FL (23-0-0,21 KO) hit the scales at 146 lbs while his opponent, Leonard Bundu of Cisterna, Italy ( 31-0-2,11KO) was a tad heavier at 146.6 lbs.
Abner Mares of Guadalajara (27-1-1,14KO) will attempt to bounce back from his only defeat to Johnny Gonzales was a sizzling 127lbs. Unfortunately his opponent Jose Ramirez of Mazatlan, MX (24-3-2,15KO) tip the scales at 3 pounds over the limit and was given 1 hour to lose the excess baggage before he will be allow to weigh in again today.
Fighters for the first televised event on ShoTime, Jermall Charlo (19-0-0,15KO) of Clearwater FL and his opponent Lenny Bottai of Livorno, Italy (22-2-0,9KO both weigh-in at 154 lbs.
Other weights;
Jarmell Charlo (24-0-0, 11 KO) of Houston ? 153 lbs
Mario Lozano (27-5-0, 20 KO) of Chihuahua, MX ? 153 lbs
Errol Spence Jr ( 14-0-0, 11 KO) of DeSoto, Texas ? 149.75 lbs
Javier Castro ( 27-7-0, 22KO) of Ciudad Juarez, MX- 151.5 lbs
Victor Ortiz (29-5-2, 22KO) of Ventura, CA ? 146.5 lbs
Manuel Perez (21-10-1, 4KO) of Denver, CO ? 1465 lbs
Yoshihiro Kamegai ( 24-2-1, 21 KO) of Tokyo Japan ? 151 lbs
Oscar Godoy (13-3-0, 6KO) of San Jose, CA ? 150 lbs
Beibut Shumenov (14-20-,9KO) of Las Vegas -200 lbs
Robert Tomas Jr (14-2-1, 9 KO of Beckly, West Virginia ? 201 lbs
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