Rising junior middleweight Nikita Tszyu and Lulzim Ismaili both made weight for their 154lbs matchup scheduled for Tuesday at ICC Sydney Theatre in Sydney, Australia.
All fighters on the bill made weight, according to a release from promoter No Limit Boxing. Preliminary bouts are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. AEST, while the main card is set to begin at 7 p.m. AEST.
The 27-year-old Tszyu, 10-0, (8 KOs) – the son of Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu and younger brother of former junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu – checked in at 69.48kg (or 153.2lbs) for the headline fight at Monday’s weigh-in. Ismaili, 12-0 (7 KOs) – from Tetovo, Macedonia, and now fighting out of Leverkusen, Germany – hit the scales at 69.40kg (153.0lbs).
It has been a year since the southpaw Nikita Tszyu fought, when he slugged it out with Koen Mazoudier, stopping him in the ninth round in August 2024.
In the co-main, Australian veteran Michael Zerafa, 33-5 (21 KOs), will return against Mikey Dahlman (18-1, 16 KOs), a banger from Lowell, Indiana, while Brock Jarvis, 22-2 (20 KOs), and rising locals Jasmine Parr (7-1, 2 KOs) and Ahmad Reda, 6-0 (5 KOs) are set to appear in separate bouts.
Full weigh-in results are as follows:
Junior middleweights – 10 rounds
Nikita Tszyu (69.48kg) vs Lulzim Ismaili (69.40kg)
Middleweights – 10 rounds
Michael Zerafa (72.20kg) vs Mikey Dahlman (72.32kg)
Middleweight (71 kg catchweight) – eight rounds
Brock Jarvis (70.96kg) vs Sam Beck (70.96kg)
Junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Ahmad Reda (59.88kg) vs Bruno Tarimo (59.88kg)
Junior bantamweight – five rounds (two minutes each)
Jasmine Parr (52.00kg) vs Efasha Kamarudin (51.30kg)
Welterweight – five rounds
Jacob Clenshaw (66.32kg) vs Isaias Sette (66.48kg)
Super middleweight (75kg catchweight) – four rounds (two minutes each)
Ashleigh Heal (74.32kg) vs Shannon Rose (0-1, 0 KO) – 74.90kg
Lightweight – four rounds
Blair Geraghty (63.40kg) vs Naki Saguba (61.70kg)
Heavyweight – four rounds
Brandon Grach (114.92kg) vs Bensyn Pauga (114.12kg)
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