FRESNO, CA — The official weighin of the double world championships Top Rank promoted card got underway Friday afternoon here (early Saturday morning in Manila) at the Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Co. with the historic all-Filipino IBF world super flyweight title fight between defending champion Jerwin Ancajas and challenger Jonas Sultan on the main event. In the co-feature bout, Khalid Yafai of the UK will defend his WBA world super flyweight title against David Carmona of Mexico. The fights will be at the Save Mart Center here Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila).
The official weighin was supervised by Sean Wells of the California Boxing Commission, Rob Scott of the IBF and Ron Pavett of the WBA and hosted by veteran ring announcer Lupe Contreras.
Photos by Jhay Otamias / PhilBoxing.com.
Below are the official weights:
IBF world super flyweight championship 12 rounds Jerwin Ancajas, 29-1-1, 20KOs (Philippines) — 114.8 lbs Jonas Sultan, 14-3-0, 9KOs (Philippines) — 114.4 lbs
WBA world super flyweight championship 12 rounds Khalid Yafai, 23-0-0, 14KOs (UK) — 114.8 lbs David Carmona, 21-5-5, 9KOs (Mexico) — 118.6 lbs Carmona was 3.6 lbs over the super flyweight limit.
Khalid Yafai (L) vs David Carmona.
Ismael Muwendo (L) and John Vincent Moralde.
Lightweight 8 rounds Ismail Muwendo, 19-0-0, 12KOs (Uganda) — 132.6 lbs John Vincent Moralde, 19-1-0, 10KOs (Philippines) — 132 lbs
Super featherweight 6 rounds Isidro Ochoa, 4-0, 1KO (Fresno, CA) — 125.6 lbs Ricardo Arias, 1-3-1 0KO (Rancho Mirage, CA) — 127.2 lbs
Isidro Ochoa vs Ricardo Arias.
Bryan Lua vs Francisco Camacho.
Super featherweight 6 rounds Bryan Lua, 4-0-0, 1KO (Madera, CA) — 131.2 lbs Francisco Camacho, 5-7-1, 2KOs (Mexico) — 130.8 lbs
Welterweight 10 rounds Alexander Besputin, 9-0-0, 7KOs (Russia / Oxnard, CA) — 146.6 lbs Saul Corral, 27-11-0, 18KOs (Mexico) — 148 lbs
Alexander Besputin vs Saul Corral.
Leonardo Reyes vs Manuel Manzo.
Bantamweight 4 rounds Manuel Manzo, 2-6-1, 1KO (Fresno, CA) — 117.6 lbs Leonardo Reyes, 7-15-0, 3 KOs (Mexico) — 118.8 lbs
Lightweight 4 rounds Piotr Apostol, 4-0-0, 2KOs (Althenia, NJ) — 137 lbs Carlos Castillo, 4-5-0, 3KOs (Lindsay, CA) — 135.4 lbs
Lightweight 4 rounds Jose Salinas, 4-0-0, 1KO (Indio, CA) — 132.4 lbs Carlos Apodaca, 2-9-2, 0KO (Mexico) — 130.8 lbs
