The weights are now in, as NABO Super Featherweight champion Alberto "El Explosivo" Machado (17-0, 15 KOs) and NABA Super Featherweight champion Carlos "The Solution" Morales (16-1-3, 6 KOs) stepped on the scale ahead of their 10-round super featherweight unification fight that will headline the Aug. 18 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN. Catch the live coverage of Machado vs. Morales on ESPN Deportes starting at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST, and on ESPN2 beginning at 11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT.

Both boxers weighed in at 130-pounds on the nose.

Below is what fighters on the Friday, August 18 Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN main event had to say:

ALBERTO "EXPLOSIVO" MACHADO, NABA Super Featherweight Champion:
"Thank you all for coming today, and I give thanks to God for giving me the opportunity to be here. I am super happy and gracious to my team, especially to Freddie Roach, Marvin Somodio, and Miguel Cotto for helping me in my preparation for this great fight."

Machado Morales Weights

 

"I know I am prepared not only just physically, but mentally for this fight. I would like to thank Golden Boy and their entire team, and welcome them to the island. I know that Morales has prepared well, and is ready to give a tough fight. I know he has had difficulties before in his career, and he has slowly come up the ranks. However, I had the great career opportunity to train with Miguel Cotto, and I have learned so much from his discipline so that I can one day become Puerto Rico's next world champion."

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CARLOS "THE SOLUTION" MORALES, NABO Super Featherweight Champion:
 
"Thank you to everyone for the support. I am extremely happy to be here, in the island of enchantment, to be able to continue my goals and dreams in becoming a future world champion. I know I am facing an extremely strong opponent in Alberto Machado. We are going to provide a great war, as there always is between the Mexico versus Puerto Rico rivalry."

Machado Morales Weights

 

"I know Machado prepared very well, as he was training in Los Angeles with Miguel Cotto and Freddie Roach. I trained out of Los Angeles as well - the boxing world is a small one. We have come to take everyone by surprise - something that I have always done in my career in coming as the opponent and coming out victorious. We will be giving Machado "The Solution" come Friday, August 18."

Machado Morales Weights

ROBERTO DIAZ, Matchmaker of Golden Boy Promotions:
"We are very excited and happy to be back again in Puerto Rico, and be working with one of the best boxers the island has produced - the great Miguel Cotto. This is the first of many, many more shows, and we wanted to jump start our partnership with a great show, with two great fighters, with the always warlike Mexico versus Puerto Rico rivalry."

Machado Morales Weights

 

"This is a very important fight for both fighters. There is a lot at risk here - the winner of this fight will most definitely be fighting for a world title soon. Morales came to us as a rival opponent three times, in which he beat three of our guys. When I asked him, 'Why are you beating my guys? He responded with, 'I want to be a Golden Boy Fighter, I want to be a world champion.' All eyes will be on Puerto Rico this Friday, with the ESPN coverage reaching 50 countries."

Machado Morales Weights

Machado vs. Morales is a 10-round fight for the NABO and NABA super featherweight titles, promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions. The event is sponsored by Tecate, BORN BOLD and Hennessy, never stop, never settle. The bout will take place on Friday, August 18 at Complejo Ferial De Puerto Rico in Ponce. The ESPN 3 and ESPN app will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT and coverage will air live on ESPN Deportes starting at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT and on ESPN2 at 11 p.m. ET/ 8:00 p.m. PT.