Mijares, Darchinyan make weight

October 31, 2008 by Edgar Gonzalez

World champions Cristian Mijares and Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan made weight for their WBC/WBA/IBF super flyweight unification bout. Both scaled in at the 115lb division limit for Saturday’s clash at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. For the co-feature between 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist Andre “Matrix” Dirrell and Victor Oganov, both weighed in at 167.5. The card will be shown live at 9pm EST/PST (delayed on West Coast) on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Photo by Raymond Rodriguez.

From the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. weight in after a new contract 156 vs. Matt Vanda 156 for tomorrow night’s “Final Impact” card promoted by Top Rank, televised on PPV:
Nonito Donaire 112 vs. Moruti Mthalane 111
Jorge Arce 115 vs. Isidro Garcia 115
Lamont Peterson 140 vs. Lanardo Tyner 140
Matt Korobov 165 vs. Mario Evangelista *
Will weigh in late.
Vanes Martirosyan 157 vs. Charlie Howe 159
Ty Barnett 137 vs. Johnny Edwards 137
Mark Tucker 177 vs. Terrance Wilson 170 photo by Chris Cozzone.