Ward-Kovalev and Rigondeaux-Flores made the weight in Las Vegas

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Ward-Kovalev and Rigondeaux-Flores made the weight in Las Vegas
Ward-Kovalev y Rigondeaux-Flores hicieron el peso en Las Vegas.

Ward-Kovalev and Rigondeaux-Flores made the weight in Las Vegas

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Ward-Kovalev and Rigondeaux-Flores made the weight in Las Vegas
Ward-Kovalev y Rigondeaux-Flores hicieron el peso en Las Vegas.

Ward-Kovalev y Rigondeaux-Flores hicieron el peso en Las Vegas.
Ward-Kovalev and Rigondeaux-Flores made the weight in Las Vegas.

World Boxing Association Light heavyweight super champion, USA Andre Ward (31-0, 15KO), and Russian Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KO) rematch will be the main card of Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas.

Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11KO) will defend his super bantamweight title against Mexican Moises Flores (25-0, 17KO).

Both fights contenders met at the weight-in on Friday and complied with the official weights.

Ward, stopped the scale at 175 pounds and is ready to defend his championship belt against Kovalev, who stopped the scale at 175.  The supervisor for this fight is Nicaragua Renzo Bagnariol, and the referee will be the American Tony Weeks. The score cards will supervise Dave Moretti, Steve Weisfeld and Glenn Feldman, all USA native.

The “Jackal” Rigondeaux also made the weight stopping the scale at 121.5 pounds and Flores at 122. Bagnariol will also supervise the actions. The third man on the ring will be Vic Drakulich, and the Americans Burt Clements, Glenn Trowbridge and Adalaide Byrd will score the actions.

 


Georges Groves - Boxer of the month - May 2017



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