(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Scott Gilfoid: WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco weighed in at 134.5 pounds during Friday’s weigh-in for his bout against #4 WBC Adrien Broner for Saturday’s fight on HBO at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Broner also came in at 134.5 lbs.
In the co-main event, unbeaten heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell weighed in at a solid 242lbs and his opponent Johnathon Banks, the trainer and sparring partner for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, weighed in at considerably less at 218.5. Mitchell is expected to win this fight and likely by a knockout. Banks was an okay fighter at cruiserweight, but he’s not looked good at heavyweight since moving up in weight and it’s going to be bad for him tomorrow night.