Heavyweights Dave Allen and Arslanbek Makhmudov both stepped on the scales in Sheffield this afternoon ahead of their 12-round fight tomorrow night at the Sheffield Arena.
Allen, from Doncaster, weighed 259.1 lbs for the contest, while Makhmudov, the taller fighter from Russia, recorded a weight of 261.1 lbs.
For Allen, the weight of 259.1 lbs is six pounds lighter than the weight he scaled before knocking out Johnny Fisher in the fifth round of his previous contest in May. Makhmudov, too, is lighter – by four pounds – than he was for a first-round knockout of Ricardo Brown in June.
Weights in full:
Joe Howarth (139.6lbs) vs Karl Sampson (141.2lbs)
Lightweight Contest
6 x 3-minute rounds
Joe Hayden (146.6lbs) vs Angelo Dragone (146.7lbs)
Welterweight Contest
6 x 3-minute rounds
Conner Tudsbury (180.7lbs) vs Khalid Graidia (177.2lbs)
Light Heavyweight Contest
6 x 3-minute rounds
Ibraheem Sulaimaan (132.2lbs) vs James Chereji (131.8lbs)
Super Featherweight Contest
8 x 3-minute rounds
Hamza Uddin (111.6lbs) vs Paul Roberts (111.2lbs)
WBA International & English Flyweight Championship
10 x 3-minute rounds
Josh Padley (129.5lbs) vs Reece Bellotti (129.9lbs)
WBA International Super Featherweight Contest
10 x 3-minute rounds
Junaid Bostan (153.8lbs) vs Bilal Fawaz (153.6lbs)
English Super Welterweight Championship
10 x 3-minute rounds
David Allen (259.1lbs) vs Arslanbek Makhmudov (261.1lbs)
WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title
12 x 3-minute rounds