Hometown Beltway Boxer Lamont Roach Jr. of Upper Marlboro, MD hit the scale today in preparation to defend his WBO International Super Featherweight championship title against Alberto "Transformer" Mercado of Humacao, Puerto Rico on Saturday, December 15th at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Both fighters came in under the 130 pound limit. Lamont Roach tipped the scale at 129.5 and Alberto Mercado 129.25.
Here Are The Other Weights From New York!
Main Event
Rocky Fielding 167.6 vs. Canelo Alvarez 167.4
(WBA super middleweight title)
Tevin Farmer 130 vs. Francisco Fonseca 129.4
(IBF super featherweight title)
Katie Taylor 134.25 vs. Eva Wahlstrom 133.5
(WBA/IBF female lightweight titles)
Sadam Ali 147 vs. Mauricio Herrera 146
Ryan Garcia 134.75 vs. Braulio Rodriguez 133.25
Bilal Akkawy 167.4 vs. Victor Fonseca 166.2
Yves Ulysse Jr 139 vs. Maximilliano Becerra 139
This card will take on Saturday, Dec. 15 at Madison Square Garden. The main event features Saul "Canelo" Alvarez as he will step into the ring for the second time in three months, and moving up to 168 pounds to challenge Rocky Fielding for his WBA (regular) super middleweight champion.
Canelo, is already a two-weight division world champion and, is aiming to add a belt in a third division by challenging Fielding for his title.
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