The weigh-in ceremony in Monaco was completed without surprises at the Salle le des Etoile, where the stars of the program, the WBA 160 lbs. middleweight super champion and interim WBC, Gennady Golovkin and his challenger, Briton Martin Murray where in the weight as expected.
Golovkin (31-0, 28 KO’s) stopped the scale at 159.8 lbs. (72.07 kgs) and Murray (29-1-1, 12 KO) gave 159.9 lbs (72.52 kgs).
In the same program the WBA 105 lbs minimum champion, South African Hekkie Budler will fight against Mexican Jesús Silvestre.
Budler weighed 104.9 lbs. (47.56 kgs) and Silvestre 105.4 lbs. (47.78 kgs).
Both fights will be supervised by WBA vice-president Gilberto Jesús Mendoza.
The referee is the Puerto Rican Luis Pabon, while the cards will be added by South African Stanley Christodoulou, Fernando Barbosa (US) and Jack Woodburn (CAN).
While for the Budler vs Silvestre Stanley Christodoulou, will be the referee, with Luis Pabon (PUR), Philippe Verbeke (BEL) and Pawel Kardini (POL) as judges.
