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By Jake Donovan - With the turnout at the Albuquerque Downs this afternoon, you’d have thought all three legs of the Triple Crown were in town.
Once upon a time, a weigh-in used to be limited to the fighters, their chief seconds, a commission member and a scale in a room no bigger than a closet. Muhammad Ali helped change all of that during his run, with a simple task of stepping onto a scale having since evolved into a pre-fight extravaganza.
The spirit of the weigh-in as we know it today was alive and well at the Albuquerque Downs, with the room stuffed to the gills, to watch the chief principles weigh in for tomorrow nights “Latin Fury” PPV show. And perhaps for the first time, undefeated welterweight prospect-cum-contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. got a sampling of what it will be like to NOT have crowd or home field advantage, with many on hand to cheer on Albuquerque’s latest favorite son, former amateur standout Ray Sanchez III. [details]
Once upon a time, a weigh-in used to be limited to the fighters, their chief seconds, a commission member and a scale in a room no bigger than a closet. Muhammad Ali helped change all of that during his run, with a simple task of stepping onto a scale having since evolved into a pre-fight extravaganza.
The spirit of the weigh-in as we know it today was alive and well at the Albuquerque Downs, with the room stuffed to the gills, to watch the chief principles weigh in for tomorrow nights “Latin Fury” PPV show. And perhaps for the first time, undefeated welterweight prospect-cum-contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. got a sampling of what it will be like to NOT have crowd or home field advantage, with many on hand to cheer on Albuquerque’s latest favorite son, former amateur standout Ray Sanchez III. [details]
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