Canelo 167.6, Mbilli 167.8: WBC Title Fight Is Official in Riyadh
No drama on the scale. Canelo and Mbilli both came in under 168, and Saturday's WBC title fight is official.
Canelo Alvarez weighed 167.6 pounds and champion Christian Mbilli 167.8 for their WBC super middleweight title fight in Riyadh, per The Ring. TV Azteca Deportes reported the same weights.
The rest of the featured bouts made weight too:
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- Jaime Munguia 167.4 vs. Nikita Zon 167.5. The Ring billed it as Munguia's WBA super middleweight title being up for grabs; the WBA has not confirmed that on the record.
- Rafael Espinoza 125.8 vs. Ricardo Blandon 126 for the WBO featherweight title (The Ring). Blandon replaced Lorenzo Parra on late notice.
The card runs on DAZN pay-per-view from Kingdom Arena on Saturday, Oct. 31. Dan Rafael reports main event ring walks at about 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT.
One fight won't happen: the vacant IBF 140-pound title fight is off after Lindolfo Delgado stayed home and no replacement was found.
The Kimster's read
Two tenths of a pound apart and both comfortably on weight. Neither man had to squeeze, so there are no excuses Saturday. Canelo gets a fresh, strong champion, and Mbilli gets the fight he's chased for years. After the week this card has had, a clean weigh-in is a win.
More: our Canelo-Mbilli preview, Munguia-Zon, and why Biyarslanov went home.
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Sources
- The Ring (X): Canelo-Mbilli weights x.com
- TV Azteca Deportes (X) x.com
- The Ring (X): Munguia-Zon weights x.com
- The Ring (X): Espinoza-Blandon weights x.com
- Dan Rafael (X): start times x.com
- DAZN Boxing (X) x.com
- Sporting News: full undercard www.sportingnews.com
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