Weights: Broner 140, Taylor 138.5

By Boxing News - 09/05/2014 - Comments

BronerTaylorWeighIn_Hoganphotos1(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Jim Dower: Former three division title holder Adrien Broner (28-1, 22 KOs) made weight on Friday for his fight against Emmanuel Taylor (18-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Broner, 25, weighed in right at the light welterweight limit at 140 pounds. His opponent Taylor weighed in slightly less at 139.5 pounds.

It’s an important fight for Broner because there’s a chance that he could be taking on Lucas Matthysse (35-3, 33 KOs) or another big name. Broner’s adviser Al Haymon needs to put Broner in with quality fighter before he gets him a title shot. Broner wants to face the better fighters at 140, but Haymon decided to put him in with the fringe contender Taylor instead.

Matthysse weighed in at 139 pounds today for his co-feature bout against Roberto Ortiz (31-0-1, 24 KOs). This is a competitive fight on paper but it might turn out to be a mismatch due to Ortiz’s lack of experience against quality fighters. He’s unbeaten but he’s never been in with anyone close to a top tier fighter in his career. Ortiz’s resume is very average.

Former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (28-3, 22 KOs) weighed in at 148.5 pounds. His opponent for Saturday Steve Upsher Chambers (24-3-1, 6 KOs) weighed in at 145.5 pounds. Berto looks like he’s going to have a size advantage in this fight it might not matter though if Chambers can push the fight at a high pace to force Berto to work harder than he’s accustomed to.

Berto hasn’t really dominated an opponent since his 1st round knockout over Freddy Hernandez in 2010. Berto has lost 3 out of his last 4 fights since then, and even struggled against Jan Zaveck and Victor Ortiz.

Official weights for Saturday’s card at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio:
Adrien Broner 140 vs. Emmanuel Taylor 138.5
Lucas Matthysse 139 vs. Roberto Ortiz 139.5
Andre Berto 148.5 vs. Steve Upsher 145.5

SHOWTIME EXTREME:

Michael Perez – 140 Pounds
Jared Robinson – 140 Pounds
Rau’Shee Warren – 117.5 Pounds
Jose Luis Araiza – 120 Pounds



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