By Dan Ambrose: WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 KOs) weighed in today for his WBC mandated 30-day weight check for his voluntary title defense against #18 WBC Patrick Hyland (31-1, 15 KOs) on April 16 at the Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Russell Jr., 27, weighed in at 135 pounds, which is within the WBC’s allowable weight limit. It’s unclear what the World Boxing Council will do because of Russell Jr. being a day late for his weight check. It’s to imagine them doing something drastic like stripping Russell Jr. over this.
Hyland, 32, was on time for his weigh-in, as he weighed in on Friday at 137.7lbs.