Weigh-in report from England: Suarez loses out on title opportunity
Weigh-in report from England: Suarez loses out on title opportunity
Source: Wasserman Boxing
31/08/2023
Source: Wasserman Boxing
31/08/2023
Great Britain's Lyndon Arthur (21-1) and Argentina's Braian Suarez will battle it out tomorrow (Friday) in Bolton, England, but only Arthur can win the vacant IBO light heavyweight title. Suarez missed weight by less than a pound and can no longer win the IBO belt. Arthur weighed in at 174.5 pounds but Suarez was over the light heavyweight limit at 175.7. The rivals were originally due to square off in March, but a medical issue forced Suarez to pull out just 24 hours before their showdown. As for the IBO title, it was last contested in October, and has since been vacated by Padraig McCrory.
The co-feature will decide the vacant British junior middleweight title with Samuel Antwi coming in at 153.7 and Mason Cartwright at 153.6.
Here are the running order and official weights for the remianing bouts:
First bell 7pm
Four rounds: Niall Fielding 129.4 -vs.- John Spencer 130;
Four rounds: Alex Murphy 139.2 -vs.- Joshua Ocampo 136.8;
Four rounds: Ashley Marron 149.8 -vs.- Petar Aleksandrov 148.2;
Six rounds: Ben Marksby 141.8 -vs.- Jordan Ellison (not weighed in yet); and
Six rounds: Codie Smith 130.1 -vs.- Eliecer Quezada 128.6.
