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Photos: Barrios vs. Akhmedov - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard
By BoxingScene Staff
Shawn Porter made weight on his first try Friday for his 147-pound title unification fight against Errol Spence Jr. Porter weighed exactly 147 pounds when he got on the California State Athletic Commission's scale at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel.
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Spence stepped on the CSAC's scale at 147 pounds, too, for their 12-rounder Saturday night at Staples Center.
WBC super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell and former WBC champ David Benavidez met their contractual obligations for their 12-round, 168-pound title bout on the Spence-Porter undercard.
The 34-year-old Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs), of Flint, Michigan, came in at 167½ pounds. The 22-year-old Benavidez (21-0, 18 KOs), a Seattle resident raised in Phoenix, also officially weighed 167½ pounds.
Mario Barrios (24-0, 16 KOs), San Antonio, 140 pounds, vs. Batyr Akhmedov (7-0, 6 KOs), Belogorsk, Russia, 139¼ pounds, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBA world super lightweight title.
Josesito Lopez (36-8, 19 KOs), Riverside, California, 146½ pounds, vs. John Molina Jr. (30-8, 24 KOs), Covina, California, 146¼ pounds, 10 rounds, welterweights.
Mario Barrios
Batyr Akhmedov
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