Welterweight Alexis Roach weighed in at 146.4 lbs, and Raul Curiel got here in 146.6 kilos on Friday on the weigh-in for his or her 12-round headliner this Saturday, December 14th, on the Toyota Middle in Ontario, California. The occasion will probably be proven stay on DAZN starting at 5:00 p.m. ET.
(Credit score: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)
Welterweight contenders Rocha (25-2, 16 KOs) and Curiel (15-0, 13 KOs) will probably be squaring off for what is predicted to be a warfare on this Golden Boy-promoted card. Rocha, 27, is trying to decide up his third consecutive victory since being stopped within the sixth spherical by Giovani Santillan on October 21, 2023, in Inglewood, California.
Rocha bounced again from that loss in his final battle, beating beforehand unbeaten Santiago Dominguez by a one-sided 10-unanimous resolution on July nineteenth in Indio, California.
“I’ve skilled very onerous for this battle. I do know this battle can open all of the doorways for a world title shot, and that’s my dream,” mentioned Curiel. “This battle is for Mexico; it’s for all my individuals who have my again and assist me. I do know I’m going to win. This camp was an amazing one, and I’m in one of the best form of my profession.”
Within the chief assist weights, junior middleweight contender Charles Conwell (20-0, 15 KOs) weighed 153.8 lbs, and his opponent Gerardo Vergara (2-0, 13 KOs) weighed 152.8 lbs.
Tremendous flyweight John “Scrappy” Ramirez (13-1, 9 KOs) got here in at 114.6 lbs, and his opponent Ephram Bui (10-0, 8 KOs) weighed in at 111.3 lbs. Scrappy, 28, is coming off a large 12-round unanimous resolution loss to David Jimenez (16-1, 11 KOs) on April twentieth on the Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, New York.
That was a shock loss to Ramirez as a result of many had anticipated him to defeat Jimenez going into it, however he wasn’t aggressive in opposition to the Costa Rican fighter. What made the defeat worse was the variety of eyeballs that noticed the battle as a result of it was on the undercard of Devin Haney vs. Ryan Garcia.
Weights:
Alexis Rocha 146.4 vs. Raul Curiel 146.6
Charles Conwell 153.8 vs. Gerardo Vegara 152.8
John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez 114.6 vs. Ephraim Bui 113.8
Marlen Esparza 114 vs. Arley Mucino 111.8
