Bethnal Inexperienced, UK: Johnny Fisher and Alen Babic Weigh In forward of their Heavyweight Contest tomorrow night5 July 2024. Photograph credit score: Mark Robinson, Matchroom Boxing
Johnny Fisher arrived at his lightest weight in additional than a yr, forward of his first profession headliner.
‘The Romford Bull’ checked in at 240 ½ kilos. whereas former bridgerweight title challenger Alen Babic weighed 216.4 kilos. Their scheduled ten-round heavyweight contest airs this Saturday on DAZN from Copper Field Enviornment in London’s Hackney Wick neighborhood.
Fisher (11-0, 10 knockouts) was 242 ¾ kilos for every of his final two begins, together with his U.S. debut earlier this yr. The 25-year-old from Romford, London scored a first-round knockout of Dmytro Bezus (10-2, 5 KOs) on February 3 in Las Vegas.
The win prolonged Fisher’s present six-fight knockout streak. He’s but to go previous seven rounds in his three-plus yr profession.
Croatia’s Babic (12-1, 11 KOs) remains to be on the profession mend after a tough previous couple of years. He was knocked out within the first spherical by Lukasz Rozanski of their WBC bridgerweight title final April in Rzeszow, Poland.
The setback got here eleven months after Babic was dropped within the opening spherical of a Could 2022 factors win over Adam Balski at London’s The O2. It stays his solely battle to go the gap or past the sixth spherical.
Babic, 33, returned to the win column with a sixth-round stoppage of Steve Robinson on March 31 at The O2.
Beneath are the weights for the remainder of the undercard.
12 rounds, junior light-weight
Reece Bellotti (18-5, 14 KOs), Watford, Hertfordshire, 129.4 kilos
Levi Giles (15-1, 4 KOs), Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 129.7 kilos
6 rounds, junior middleweight
Leli Buttigieg (4-0, 1 KO), Newham, London, 157.8 kilos
Jiri Hauke (4-4, 2 KOs), Jesenik, Czech Republic, 156.6 kilos
10 rounds, cruiserweight
John Hedges (9-0, 3 KOs), Takeley, Essex, 199 kilos
Lewis Oakford (5-0, 0 KOs), Excessive Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 197.1 kilos
10 rounds, flyweight
Maisey Rose Courtney (6-0, 0 KOs), London, 111.6 kilos
Jasmine Zpotoczna (7-1, 0 KOs), Wakefield, Yorkshire, 111.6 kilos
6 rounds, junior light-weight
Giorgio Visioli (3-0, 3 KOs), Guildford, Surrey, 133.8 kilos
Tampela Maharusi (10-6-4, 5 KOs), Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania, 133.4 kilos
6 rounds, middleweight
Jimmy Sains (5-0, 5 KOs), London, 163.1 kilos
Damien Lacoudray (3-1-1, 1 KO), Toulon, France, 161 ½ kilos
4 rounds, heavyweight
Lewis Pochetty (2-0, 2 KOs), Barnet, London, 216.6 kilos
Amine Boucetta (8-13, 0 KOs), Ghent, Belgium through Ras El Ma, Morocco, 232.6 kilos
