Billam-Smith, Clarke Make Weight for Zuffa Boxing 12; Mosley Jr. Hits 160 on Second Try

The Copper Box is locked. The former WBO cruiserweight champ and the British rival who has been chasing him both made the number.

Chris Billam-Smith weighed 199.5 pounds and Cheavon Clarke 198.8 at Friday's official Zuffa Boxing 12 weigh-in in London, according to Zuffa's scale posts. They headline Saturday night at the Copper Box Arena on Sky Sports and Paramount+, a 10-round cruiserweight main event that grew out of those barnstorming Bournemouth wins over Ryan Rozicki and Jack Massey.

Zuffa posted the headliners' readings Friday:

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In the co-main, Denzel Bentley and Shane Mosley Jr. both registered 160 pounds for their middleweight 10-rounder — but Mosley needed a second try. Sky Sports reported the American was a pound over on the first attempt, took the full hour, stripped again and made the limit. Bentley told Sky he was glad Mosley got it off: "Credit to him, I didn't think he'd get it off. I'd rather he made it."

Zuffa's co-main scale post:

The rest of the nine-bout card also cleared. Zach Parker (174.9) and Umar Dzambekov (174.8) lead the prelims at light heavyweight. Main-card notes from the official report: Da'Mazion Vanhouter 230.6 vs. Ivan Balaz 244.8; Sam Hickey 161.4 vs. Amaury Massenaux 160.6; Lucas Roehrig 199.7 vs. Connal McDonald 199.8; Kayla Allen 142.5 vs. Julia Igel 142.4. Prelims also include Vinnie Kemp 156.2 vs. Liam McElhinney 155.3 and Masood Abdulah 125.4 vs. Adan Palma 124.8.

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Saturday in London, Billam-Smith wants the W back and Clarke wants the statement. The scale said both men showed up ready.