Rahman and Tua Weigh-In

Hasim Rahman and David Tua both weighed in for their bouts on Friday night at the Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, in Michigan. Rahman (42-6-2, 33 KOs) weighed in at 250 lbs for his bout with journeyman Dicky Ryan (55-9, 44 KOs), who weighed in at 238. Rahman, 34, is still trying to rebuild his career after having lost his WBC heavyweight title to Oleg Maskaev last year on August 12, 2006. Since then, Rahman has had only one fight, a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Taurus Sykes on June 14, 2007. Rahman came into that bout at a bloated 261 lbs and performed badly en route to winning the fight by decision.

Tua (48-3-1, 41 KOs) weighed in at an excellent 234 lbs for his bout with Cerrone Fox (8-5, 3 KOs). Tua, 34, is coming off a 2nd round knockout victory over Saul Montana last month on August 18th. At 234, this is the lowest weight for Tua since losing a 12-round decision to Chris Byrd six years ago, on August 18, 2001. Tua looked outstanding last month in defeating Montano, and one hopes that Tua has finally gotten serious about his career after dealing with a two year absence from the ring due to problems with managerial issues. Upon returning to boxing in 2005, Tua spent the next two years - and six fights - fighting exclusively 2nd tier competition and frustrating many of his fans in the process.