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LAS VEGAS – Sebastian Fundora made weight with ease yet again Friday morning for his 154-pound title fight against Keith Thurman on Saturday night.
The 6-foot-6 Fundora, of Coachella, California, stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission scale at 153.6 pounds for their 12-round pay-per-view main event at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The 5-foot-8 Thurman, of Clearwater, Florida, came in exactly one pound lighter, at 152.6.
Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs) is unusually tall for his division, but the 28-year-old southpaw has officially weighed 154 pounds or less for 18 straight fights, dating back to April 2018.
The WBC super welterweight champion is consistently listed as almost a 4-1 favorite versus Thurman (31-1, 23 KOs, 1 NC) by most sportsbooks. Thurman, 37, has fought only once at the junior welterweight limit.
The weights for the Fundora-Thurman undercard are listed below, from top to bottom.
Prime Video PPV
8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT ($74.99)
10 rounds; junior middleweights
- Yoenis Tellez (11-1, 8 KOs), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 153.8 pounds
- Brian Mendoza (23-4, 17 KOs), Albuquerque, New Mexico, 153.2 pounds
10 rounds; middleweights
- Yoenli Hernandez (9-0, 8 KOs), Camaguey, Cuba, 158.4 pounds
- Terrell Gausha (24-5-1, 12 KOs), Encino, California, 160.8 pounds
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Gausha initially weighed 1.4 pounds over the contracted limit of 160. He weighed 160.8 on his final attempt, but they will still fight.]
10 rounds; heavyweights
- Gurgen Hovhannisyan (9-0, 8 KOs), Los Angeles, 281.4 pounds
- Cesar Navarro (15-3, 13 KOs), Phoenix, Arizona, 210.2 pounds
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5:30 p.m. ET; 2:30 p.m. PT
10 rounds; light heavyweights
- Elijah Garcia (17-1, 13 KOs), Wittmann, Arizona, 171.4 pounds
- Kevin Newman III (18-3-1, 11 KOs), Las Vegas, 171.4 pounds
6 rounds; featherweights
- Bryan Gonzalez (4-0, 3 KOs), Phoenix, Arizona, 125 pounds
- Brandon Medina (7-4, 0 KOs), Morelia, Mexico, 124.6 pounds
10 rounds; lightweights
- Kaipo Gallegos (11-0-1, 9 KOs), Las Vegas, 135.4 pounds
- Julian Gonzalez (16-1-1, 12 KOs), Reading, Pennsylvania, 134.2 pounds
Non-televised
4 rounds; welterweights
- Aldo Blancas (pro debut), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 141.6 pounds
- Jamal Johnson (2-1, 1 KO), Baltimore, 140.8 pounds
4 rounds; lightweights
- Roberto Guerrero (7-0, 3 KOs), Las Vegas, 134.6 pounds
- Rigoberto Rivera (3-2, 1 KO), Edinburg, Texas, 134.2 pounds
10 rounds; middleweights
- Cristian Cangelosi (12-0, 5 KOs), Brooklyn, New York, 154.8 pounds
- Miguel Angel Hernandez (9-1, 7 KOs), Dallas, Texas, 155.2 pounds
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.
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