By Steve Kim
It was revealed by Adrien Granados last week on a conference call with reporters that his bout this Saturday night against former four division world champion Adrien Broner had been moved from a weight limit of 142 pounds to the full welterweight limit of 147.
Granados (18-4-2, 12 KOs) vs Broner (32-2, 24 KOs) will be carried by Showtime and takes place the Cintas Center at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Broner last fought in April of 2016, when he stopped Ashley Theophane. In that contest, Broner was set to defend his WBA junior welterweight title. He lost the title on the scale after failing to make weight.
Broner also had weight struggles for his HBO televised fight with Vicente Escobedo in 2012. He lost his WBO super featherweight title on the scale after coming in 3.5-pounds over the 130 limit.
In this situation, Granados was given no alternative than to agree to Broner's weight demand. Granados was taken care of with a bump in money and there are financial penalties in place should Broner fail to make the welterweight limit.
"It was real simple - we had to renegotiate the contract or there was going to be no fight," explained Andy Zak, who manages Granados. "So it was an ultimatum: take the deal. So we renegotiated it, obviously we moved the money up a little bit - which I wont discuss - and then we made the deal."
Zak added - "I feel that the fight was originally scheduled for (February) 11th and I think that's another reason why to delay it another week. Also the weight was changed within a week or two after that. So 147 is the locked in weight. There are penalties if he goes over 147. I don't know, we'll see what happens."
In his last four fights, Broner has only made the junior welterweight limit on one occasion. Two of the three fights were contracted for over-the-weight limits and he failed to make the contract weight for Theophane.
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.