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The WBC bantamweight eliminator between Luis Nery and Emmanuel Rodriguez is off of the Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II pay-per-view card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Nery did not make the 118-pound limit, weighing 119. Rodriguez opted not to give away the pound and the match was scrapped.
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In the new pay-per-view opener, Leduan Barthelemy (15-0-1, 7 KOs) will take on Eduardo Ramirez (22-2-3, 9 KOs) in a 10-round featherweight bout. Barthelemy and Ramirez were originally slated to appear on the televised prelims on FS2.
In another weight-related situation, Julio Ceja failed to make the 122-pound limit by 4.5 pounds, but his PPV bout against WBA super bantamweight champion Brandon Figueroa is still on. Ceja cannot win the belt and it will become vacant if Ceja wins the fight.
The prelims on FS2 and FOX Deportes, will now feature cruiserweight prospect Marsellos Wilder (5-1, 2 KOs) against Dustin Long (2-1-2, 2 KOs) in a six-round fight and super featherweight prospect Viktor Slavinskyi (10-0-1, 6 KOs) against Rigobert Hermosillo (11-1-1, 8 KOs) in a six-round bout.
sad about Nery, this was a problem with him before when he beat that Japanese fighter a second time, but the first was questionable by some substances in his system, and the second when he was overweight. Here, he has done it again. I thought that he might be a dangerous fight for Inoue to beat. What is with his training camp if he can’t make weight, incompetence it would seem. Kudos though to Figueroa for boxing with Ceja.
WTFFF.. Julio Ceja is 4.5 lbs over the weight limit and the fight is still on??? Big advantage for Ceja
Perhaps but Figueroa accepted it.
Boxing royalty, WBC, will come down on Neey for this. They will find it unacceptable and conduct an investigation and being punishment upon him for this.
when a fighter signs a contract for a fight it is his responsibility to be on the stipulated weight at the time of the fight and nery didn’t even try to lose the one pound he should be suspended and fine and Emmanuel rodriguez given the opportunity to fight for the title.LET’S GIVE GREDIT TO FIGHTERS THAT ABIDE BY THE RULES AND PUNISH THOSE THAT DON’T.