Douglas, De Alba Make Weight For PBC on FS1 Headliner
Dec 28, 2015 • 9:19 PM ET
By Jake Donovan
All fighters made weight for the 46th and final Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) event of 2015, which takes place Tuesday evening at Sands Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The main event pits regional rivals Omar Douglas and Frank De Alba in a scheduled 10-round super featherweight bout, which airs live on Fox Sports 1 (Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. ET). Douglas tipped the scales at a trim and ready 128 lbs, while De Alba was well within weight at 129.5 lbs.
Douglas (15-0, 11KOs) made his televised debut in his most recent ring appearance, a 10-round win over Braulios Santos, which also aired on Fox Sports 1. The unbeaten super featherweight prospect from Wilmington, Delaware scored a pair of knockdowns en route to a landslide win, showing tremendous promise even in being extended past round eight for the first time in his career.
The bout came in Western Pennsylvania, whereas he returns closer to home for Tuesday's televised appearance. It's not quite hometown advantage, although the crowed figures to be divided between Douglas - who lives roughly 90 minutes away - and De Alba (17-1-2, 6KOs), whose Reading, Penn. hometown is barely an hour from door-to-door.
The transplanted Boricua has shown reform in every sense of the word. His pro debut came in Jan. '11 at Carcel 1072, a maximum security prison in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The rest of the card's participants were visiting the facility, whereas De Alba - born and raised in Bayamon before relocating to Reading as a teenager - was 18 months deep into his jail sentence for possession of illegal firearms.
He would go on to lose the fight, dropping a four-round decision to William Lorenzo. Upon his release months later, De Alba would soon discover the win column and never look back, as he is 17-0-2 since reclaiming his freedom. Tuesday will mark his 19th straight fight in Pennsylvania.
In the evening's co-feature, unbeaten welterweight prospect Miguel Cruz faces Virgil Green in an eight-round bout. Cruz weighed 146 lbs. for his sixth fight of a strong 2015 ring campaign; Green checked in at 144.6 lbs.
FULL WEIGHTS
Omar Douglas, 128 lbs. vs. Frank DeAlba, 129.5 lbs - 10 rds, super featherweight
Miguel Cruz, 146 lbs. vs. Virgil Green, 144.6 lbs - 8 rds, welterweight
Leo Hall, 177.6 lbs. vs. Christopher Brooker, 174.2 lbs - 8 rds, light heavyweight
Kyrone Davis, 159.6 lbs vs. Andrew Hernandez, 160.6 lbs - 6/8 rds, middleweight
Stephen Fulton, 122.4 lbs vs. Joshua Greer Jr., 122 lbs - 4/6 rds, super bantamweight
Jerome Conquest, 140.9 lbs. vs. Christian Molina, 137.7 lbs. - 6 rds, super lightweight
Milton Santiago, 140.1 lbs vs. Angel Hernandez (did not weigh in) - 8 rds, super lightweight
Earl Newman,178.2 lbs vs. Victor Kpadenou, 173.2 lbs - 6 rds, light heavyweight
Denis Douglin, 166.6 lbs. vs. Marcus Upshaw, 165.6 lbs. - 8 rds, super middleweight
Eduardo Flores, 153.5 lbs. vs. Junior Castillo, 154.5 lbs. - 6 rds, super welterweight
Chris Colbert, 126.3 lbs vs. Derrick Bivins, 124.4 lbs - 6 rds, featherweight
Jake Donovan is the managing editor of BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home.
