With a buzz surrounding The Theatre Lobby at Madison Square Garden, each of the fighters stepped onto the scale all in the hopes of making weight for their respective fights that are going to take place on June 10.
As a sea of journalist along with family and friends all watched on, each warrior stepped onto the scale and with their proper weight announced, went on to face their opponent.
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With a ton of encouraging words and cheers each one made weight, with each one trying to make their opponent blink when it came time for the face-offs.
Here are the results from the day:
• Josh Taylor 139.8 lbs. vs. Teofimo Lopez 140 lbs
(Taylor’s WBO and Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight World Titles — 12 Rounds)
Judges: Steve Gray, Joe Pasquale and Benoit Roussel
Referee: Michael Griffin
• Xander Zayas 152.8 lbs vs. Ronald Cruz 152.4 lbs
(Zayas’ NABO & NABF Junior Middleweight Titles — 8 Rounds)
(ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET/3:15 p.m. PT)
• Robson Conçeicão130.6 lbs vs. Nicolas Polanco 130 lbs
(Junior Lightweight — 10 Rounds)
• Omar Rosario 139.2 lbs vs. Jan Carlos Rivera 138.4 lbs
(Junior Welterweight— 8 Rounds)
• Damian Knyba 261.4 lbs vs. Helaman Olguin 256.8 lbs
(Heavyweight — 8 Rounds)
• Bruce Carrington 126.8 lbs vs. Luis Porozo 126.4 lbs
(Featherweight — 8 Rounds)
• Henry Lebron 129.2 lbs vs. Carlos Ramos 129.6 lbs
(Junior Lightweight — 10 Rounds)
* The Jamaine Ortiz–Humberto Galindo fight was canceled as Ortiz was unable to make the weight.
Things went just about as standard as any weigh-in would. With two of the fighters from Puerto Rico representing their country by having their countries flag around their shoulders. Even Xander Zayas got in on the fun of celebrating his country as one of his team members proudly waved the Puerto Rican flag in the background as he made weight.
As fight by fight made weight the buzz got louder and louder as the day quickly got to the co-main events. The first half of the co-main event features Ronald Cruz and Zayas. The two standing in front of the crowd and media with much fanfare were gentlemen and after the face off greeted each other with respect.
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It was when the weigh-ins got to the Main Event that things got heated, as Josh Taylor expressing joy and passion after making weight stepped of the scale and started to say words to his opponent Teofimo Lopez.
Taylor got extra animated pointed to his head, as members of the Top Rank security had to hold the Scottish Boxing star back from his opponent for the second day in a row.
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It had seemed at first as if Lopez didn’t even notice what was happening, then the Brooklyn-fighter looked over and confidently looked at his opponent and barked some words of his own.
Josh definitely got the supporters in the Theatre fired up with his actions, as fans and reporters a like tried to capture the viral moment for the followers around the world to see.
Now it is just a matter of counting down the minutes and hours as boxing fans around the work anticipate what is going to be one of the more action-packed card that Top Rank has brought to the Garden.
All the action can be seen on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN +, with the undercard airing on ESPN + on 5:15 p.m. prior to the co-main events on ESPN starting at 10:00 pm.
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