WBC junior light-weight titleholder O’Shaquie Foster got here in on the 130-pound weight restrict whereas challenger Abraham Nova was a pound below at Thursday’s weigh-in forward of their twelve-round scheduled bout tomorrow night time at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Foster (21-2, 12 knockouts) of Orange, Tex. might be making his second title protection – and first since signing with Prime Rank – whereas Nova (23-1, 16 KOs) of Albany, N.Y. is hoping to earn his third straight win in his first world title alternative.
The cardboard may also characteristic a non-title junior light-weight bout of be aware as Andres Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs) of North Las Vegas meets Bryan Chevalier (20-1-1, 16 KOs) of Bayamon, Puerto Rico in a ten-round bout. Cortes weighed 130 whereas Chevalier was 129 kilos.
Photograph by Mikey Williams/Prime Rank
Opening up the ESPN broadcast at 9 p.m. ET is a ten-round showdown between featherweight boxers as Bruce Carrington (10-0 6 KOs) of Brooklyn, N.Y. faces Bernard Torres (18-1, 8 KOs) of Gran, Norway by means of Tagbilaran Metropolis, Philippines. Carrington got here in at 125.6 kilos whereas Torres was 125.4 kilos.
Six further undercard bouts will happen on ESPN+, starting at 5:20 p.m. ET.
Guido Vianello 242.2 lbs vs. Moses Johnson 248.4 lbs (Heavyweight— 8 Rounds)
Isaah Flaherty 158.4 lbs vs. Julien Baptiste 158.2 lbs (Middleweight — 6 Rounds)
Ofacio Falcon 130 lbs vs. Edward Ceballos 129.6 lbs (Junior Light-weight — 6 Rounds)
Tiger Johnson 140.4 lbs vs. Paulo Galdino 141.8 lbs (Junior Welterweight — 8 Rounds)
Euri Cedeno 159 lbs vs. Antonio Todd 158.6 lbs (Middleweight — 8 Rounds)
Arnold Gonzalez 150 lbs vs. Charles Stanford 147.6 lbs (Welterweight — 6 Rounds)
