Puerto Rican native Alberto Machado and the American native Yuandale Evans had no problem making weight on the scales for their fight this Saturday at the Hulu Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York. The bout will be for the WBA super featherweight championship.
Machado, who will be the favorite to defend his crown, stepped on the electronic scale at exactly 130 pounds allowed by the weight class, while Evans weighed in at 129.4 pounds, just below the limit, in lieu of the most important fight of his career in an evening of Matchroom Boxing, DiBella Entertainment, and Cotto Promotions that will be broadcast on HBO.
Machado (20-0, 16 KOs) comes from beating Ghana’s Rafael Mensah in his mandatory fight and has decided to give the opportunity to Evans (20-1, 14 KOs), a dynamite fighter with his fists, who will try to improve his winning streak to five fights.
On the same card, the former WBA Middleweight champion, Daniel Jacobs, will face the Ukrainian native Sergiy Derevyanchenko in a fight for the IBF middleweight strap, while Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent will go for the WBO featherweight title, also within the televised part of the show.
In the co main event Daniel Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko made the weight ahead of Their IBF Middleweight title bout. Jacobs weighed in at 159.6lbs while Derevyanchenko weighed 159.4lbs
All the weights
6.05pm 4 x 3 mins Super-Welterweight contest
Steven Donnelly 157.4lbs vs Antonio Hernandez 157lbs
Northern Ireland Kansas City
Followed by
6 x 3 mins Heavyweight contest
Bakhodir Jalolov 234.8lbs vs. Tyrell Wright 235.6lbs
Uzbekistan Jersey City
Followed by
6 x 3 mins Lightweight contest
David Oliver Joyce 132.4lbs vs Jorge Rojas Zacazontetl 133.4lbs
Ireland Mexico
Followed by
10 x 3 mins WBC Continental Americas Super-Welterweight Championship
Patrick Day 153.6lbs vs Elvin Ayala 153.8lbs
Freeport New Haven
Followed by
8 x 3 mins Welterweight contest
Radzhab Butaev 149.4lbs vs Azael Cosio 150.2lbs
Russia Panama City
Followed by
4 x 3 mins Welterweight contest
Reshat Mati 145.4lbs vs. Keasen Freeman 144.2lbs
Brooklyn South Carolina
Live on HBO from 10pm
Followed by
10 x 2 mins WBO Female Featherweight World Championship
Heather Hardy 124.6lbs vs. Shelly Vincent 125.4lbs
Brooklyn Providence
Followed by
12 x 3 mins WBA Super Featherweight World Championship
Alberto Machado 130lbs vs. Yuandale Evans 129.4lbs
Puerto Rico Cleveland
Followed by
12 x 3 mins IBF Middleweight World Championship
Danny Jacobs 159.6lbs vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko 159.4lbs
Brooklyn Brooklyn
