Derek Chisora wore a mask depicting Zhilei Zhang’s face when he weighed in for his fight with Joe Joyce on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London.
Chisora provoked Joyce at the fight-week press conference by claiming he had PTSD from being stopped by Zhang on successive occasions. On Friday he then wore a mask of the Chinese heavyweight to their weigh-in. Chisora hit the scales at 256.7lbs – 4.7lbs heavier than his past contest, against Gerald Washington. Joyce weighed in for the contest at 281.2lbs – the same as when he faced Zhang the second time.
Dennis McCann and Ionut Baluta shared another heated face-off in a rematch of their draw in 2023. They had to be separated, but both made weight ahead of their contest for the vacant European super-bantamweight title.
Ryan Garner and Archie Sharp were both inside the 130lbs junior-lightweight limit.
The heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma hit the scales at 239.8lbs ahead of his step-up against Mariusz Wach. The Polish veteran weighed 287.4lbs.
12 rounds heavyweight
Joe Joyce – 281.2lbs
Derek Chisora – 256.7lbs
EBU European super bantamweight title (vacant)
Dennis McCann – 121.7lbs
Ionut Baluta – 121.8lbs
10 rounds heavyweight title
Moses Itauma – 239.8lbs
Mariusz Wach – 287.4lbs
10 rounds junior lightweight title
Ryan Garner – 129.4lbs
Archie Sharp – 129.1lbs
8 rounds junior lightweight title
Royston Barney-Smith – 129.4lbs
Brian Barajas – 128.5lbs
10 rounds featherweight title
Raven Chapman – 125.8lbs
Yohana Sarabia – 123.8lbs
English welterweight title (vacant)
Sean Noakes – 146.8lbs
Inder Bassi – 145.7lbs
8 rounds welterweight
Brandun Lee – 143.5lbs
Juan Anacona – 142.4lbs
8 rounds featherweight
Umar Khan – 127lbs
Kaddour Hmiani – 125.6lbs
4 rounds junior welterweight
Aadam Hamed – 139.7lbs
Georgi Velichkov – 139.9lbs
4 rounds lightweight
Jermaine Dhliwayo – 134lbs
Engel Gomez – 135.6lbs
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