By Mark Vester
All of the fighters have made weight and are ready to battle on Top Rank's split-feed pay-per-view on Saturday night. WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik took the scales at 159-pounds. Pavlik's first bout back in the middleweight division after losing to Bernard Hopkins last October at the catch-weight of 170. WBC mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio came in at 160-pounds on the nose. Their fight headlines the Ohio portion of the pay-per-view from the Chevrolet Centre in Pavlik's hometown of Youngstown.
In the New York portion of the show, which takes place at Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto came in ripped and ready at 146-pounds. Cotto's first fight since last July's knockout loss to Antonio Margarito. Cotto's opponent Michael Jennings also came in top shape at 146.5. They face off for the vacant WBO welterweight title.
Middleweight co-headliner, undefeated John Duddy came in at 162-pounds even and opponent Matt Vanda was also 162 even. If Duddy wins, he will likely move on to a Pavlik showdown in the summer - if Pavlik wins as well.
