Lara-Rodriguez & Beterbiev-Johnson make weight

5H6A1225(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Allan Fox: A very thin looking WBA World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (20-2-2, 12 KOs) made weight on Thursday for his title defense on Friday against #12 WBA Delvin Rodriguez (28-7-4, 16 KOs) at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.

Lara weighed in at 153.6 pounds for the fight, and as I said, he looked very thin to the point where he was weight-drained. Rodriguez weighed in at 153.4 pounds and looked pretty good. Judging by Rodriguez’s appearance, I don’t think he’s going to put a lot of weight on overnight before the fight.

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Beterbiev not worried about facing southpaw Johnson on Friday on PBC

5H6A1237(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Allan Fox: Light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (8-0, 8 KOs) isn’t too worried about facing the southpaw Alexander Johnson (16-2, 7 KOs) this Friday in their fight on Spike TV on Premier Boxing champions from the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Beterbiev will have a huge advantage in punching power, boxing skills, and past amateur experience. Beterbiev doesn’t have much experience as a pro, but he’s a two-time Olympian from Russia and he’s beaten Sergey Kovalev in the past when the two fighters were fighting in the amateur ranks.

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Artur Beterbiev vs. Alexander Johnson on 6/12 on Spike in Chicago, Illinois

beterbiev66By Dan Ambrose: #2 IBF, #4 WBA, #4 WBC, #5 WBO light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (8-0, 8 KOs) will be facing replacement opponent Alexander Johnson (16-2, 7 KOs) on June 12th on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV in a 12 round bout at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.

The 33-year-old Johnson replaces Doudou Ngumbu for the fight. It’s not much of a change, as both fighters are roughly the same in talent. Beterbiev will likely have as easy a time beating Alexander Johnson as he would if he’d faced Ngumbu.

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