Weights by Trish Kilcullen, Photos by Peter Mark Heintzelman – The long-anticipated night of fantastic boxing takes place at the from the XL Center, at OneCivic Center Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut. First bell rings at 6pm. HBO live coverage begins at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. PT. Remaining tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50, and $35, (plus any applicable fees and surcharges), can be purchased at the XL Center box office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 and online at www.xlcenter.com.
Stay tuned to EastSideBoxing for fight night photo gallery coverage. Friday afternoon, at Hartford, Connecticut’s XL Center, and with Gary Shaw Productions and world title belts at stake, the boxers tipped the scales, for the final weights for tomorrow’s world championship bout and undercards at stake, and the weights were as follows:
“Bad” Chad Dawson- 175 lbs 28-0-0- 17 KO’s New Haven, CT 27 year old southpaw v. Glenn “Gentleman” Johnson – 173 ½ lbs 49-12-2, 33 KO’s Miami, FLA via Jamaica 40 years old – orthodox..
12 Rounds at Light Middleweight:
Alfredo Angulo – 153 ½ lbs
16-1-0, 13 KO’s
Coachella, California, via Mexicali, BC, Mexico
27 years old orthodox
Rated #1 in Mexico and 8th in the World
v.
Harry Joe Yorgey – 153 ¼ lbs
Bridgeport, PA
22-0-1, 10 KO’s
31 year old orthodox
Rated 26th in the World and 8th in the USA
10 Rounds Light Middleweight
Tyrone “Young Gun” Brunson – 157 lbs
Philadelphia, PA
20-0-1, 19 KO’s
24 years old orthodox
v.
Jose “El Macho” Medina – 157 ½ lbs
Philadelphia, PA, via Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
15-15-0, 11 KO’s
34 year old orthodox
8 Rounds Bantamweight
Chris Avalos – 118 lbs.
Lancaster, California
12-0-0, 10 KO’s
19 years old
Rated 1st in USA and 20th in the world
v.
Robert “Don’t Lose” DaLuz – 121 ½ lbs
Providence, RI
12-21-3, 9 KO’s
31 years old
8 Rounds Welterweight
Orlanda “Olimpico” Lora – 148 lbs
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
25-0-1, 18 KO’s
28 years old
v.
Octavio “El Águila” Narvaez – 152 ¾ lbs
Chinandega, Nicaragua
7-7-1, 4 KO’s
28 years old
6 Rounds Middleweight
Michael “Chairman of the Board” Oliveira – 160 lbs
Miami, Florida
8-0-0, 6 KO’s
19 years old
v.
Francisco “Flash” Ruben Osorio – 160 lbs
Miami, Florida, via Barranquilla, Colombia
12-6-0, 10 KO’s
33 years old
4 Rounds Heavyweight
Emad Ali – 207 lbs
New York
2-0-0, 2 KO’s
28 years old
v.
Kelsey Arnold – 241 lbs
Lexington, Tennessee
1-3-2, 0 KO’s
25 years old
