Text by Chris Robinson / Photos courtesy of Naoki Fukuda
Weights are in for tomorrow night’s Showtime-televised triple header from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. In a welterweight attracition, Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) came in at 147 pounds while Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s) made weight at 145 pounds.
Also on the card is a junior middleweight attraction between contenders Erislandy Lara (17-1-2, 11 KO’s), who weighed 153.8 pounds and Alfredo Angulo (22-2, 18 KO’s), who weighed 153 pounds.
Junior middleweight prospect Jermell Charlo (20-0, 10 KO’s) made weight at 153.6 pounds while his opponent, Philadelphia’s Demetrius Hopkins (33-2-1, 13 KO’s), weighed 153.
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