The four world-class boxers who will fight tomorrow/Saturday, April 25, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) made weight Friday at Mashantucket, Conn.
In what will be a close, competitive, hotly contested match, Froch defends his WBC super middleweight title against former undisputed middleweight champion Taylor in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. The undefeated Froch (24-0, 19 KOs), of Nottingham, England, weighed 167 pounds Friday. Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs), of Little Rock, Ark. weighed 166 pounds.
Allan Green (of Tulsa, Okla., who is 27-1 with 19 KOs, will be opposed by Las Vegas-based Puerto Rican Carlos De Leon (21-2-2, 14 KOs) in an important 10-round super middleweight bout in the co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from the MGM Grand Theater at MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Both Green and De Leon weighed the division-limit 168 pounds.
The Brits showed up in force to support their countryman at the weigh-in Friday at MGM Grand at Foxwoods.