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Pickering challenger just a bantam...

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Esham Pickering hit the scales at 8st 9lbs for the first defence of his European super-bantamweight title against Spain's Juan Garcia Martin tomorrow night. The challenger weighed only 8st 7lbs.
Peter Oboh, defending his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, also came in light at 12st 4lbs. Challenger Andrew Lowe weighed 12st 5lbs.
David Haye scaled 14st 3lbs for his eight-rounder with American Arthur Williams, who scaled 14stone 5lbs. This new cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lbs gives Haye a big advantage against a 39-year-old used to campaigning at the old limit of 13st 8lbs.
Fight Academy promotes and the BBC televise.
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bennie wrote:
Peter Oboh, defending his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, also came in light at 12st 4lbs. Challenger Andrew Lowe weighed 12st 5lbs.
David Haye scaled 14st 3lbs for his eight-rounder with American Arthur Williams, who scaled 14stone 5lbs. This new cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lbs gives Haye a big advantage against a 39-year-old used to campaigning at the old limit of 13st 8lbs.
Fight Academy promotes and the BBC televise.
How long have these weight limits been in place for cruiser?

Williams is over the limit? Is this allowed? If so, how much margin?
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Matchfixer wrote:
bennie wrote:
Peter Oboh, defending his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, also came in light at 12st 4lbs. Challenger Andrew Lowe weighed 12st 5lbs.
David Haye scaled 14st 3lbs for his eight-rounder with American Arthur Williams, who scaled 14stone 5lbs. This new cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lbs gives Haye a big advantage against a 39-year-old used to campaigning at the old limit of 13st 8lbs.
Fight Academy promotes and the BBC televise.
How long have these weight limits been in place for cruiser?

Williams is over the limit? Is this allowed? If so, how much margin?
The new cruiserweight weight limit of 14st 4lbs (200lbs) has been in since December worldwide (bar the IBF), but the first British cruiserweight title fight at the new weight takes place later this month between Mark Hobson and Lee Swaby at Huddersfield. Swaby believes the weight increase will help him and not the lanky Hobson, who may find his height and reach advantages dissipated by the whopping 10lbs increase between old and new limits.
Arthur Williams, as you see, is over the limit by one pound. It's a non-title eight-rounder so as long as both parties agree to what he weighed, there's no problem.
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bennie wrote:
Matchfixer wrote:
How long have these weight limits been in place for cruiser?

Williams is over the limit? Is this allowed? If so, how much margin?
The new cruiserweight weight limit of 14st 4lbs (200lbs) has been in since December worldwide (bar the IBF), but the first British cruiserweight title fight at the new weight takes place later this month between Mark Hobson and Lee Swaby at Huddersfield. Swaby believes the weight increase will help him and not the lanky Hobson, who may find his height and reach advantages dissipated by the whopping 10lbs increase between old and new limits.
Arthur Williams, as you see, is over the limit by one pound. It's a non-title eight-rounder so as long as both parties agree to what he weighed, there's no problem.
Thanks for the info :TU:
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bennie wrote:
Matchfixer wrote:
bennie wrote:
Peter Oboh, defending his British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles, also came in light at 12st 4lbs. Challenger Andrew Lowe weighed 12st 5lbs.
David Haye scaled 14st 3lbs for his eight-rounder with American Arthur Williams, who scaled 14stone 5lbs. This new cruiserweight limit of 14st 4lbs gives Haye a big advantage against a 39-year-old used to campaigning at the old limit of 13st 8lbs.
Fight Academy promotes and the BBC televise.
How long have these weight limits been in place for cruiser?

Williams is over the limit? Is this allowed? If so, how much margin?
The new cruiserweight weight limit of 14st 4lbs (200lbs) has been in since December worldwide (bar the IBF), but the first British cruiserweight title fight at the new weight takes place later this month between Mark Hobson and Lee Swaby at Huddersfield. Swaby believes the weight increase will help him and not the lanky Hobson, who may find his height and reach advantages dissipated by the whopping 10lbs increase between old and new limits.
Arthur Williams, as you see, is over the limit by one pound. It's a non-title eight-rounder so as long as both parties agree to what he weighed, there's no problem.
yes they said there werent any problems, williams would of made the weigh if he weighed in naked
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I was also not aware of the weight increase and i must say i think it is a bit much at a full 10lbs, a slight increase fair enough but that is massive. James Gaines V Corey Sanders for the Cruiserweight title anyone? :wink:
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