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Yesterday at Hatton Health & Fitness Gym in Hyde, England, boxers gathered for the official weigh-in ahead of tomorrow nights 11 bout fightcard at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent. Hosted by Hatton Promotions – the weigh-in saw two boxers over the weight limit.
The two ‘Stoke’ title fight weigh-ins went without a hitch with both Scott Lawton and stablemate Chris Edwards looking relaxed and confident.
Scott Lawton v Leva Kirakosyan
12 x 3 European Super-Featherweight Title
Lawton: 9st 3lb/ 129lb
Kirakosyan: 9st 3lb 6oz/129.5lb
Chris Edwards v Abmerk Shindjuu
12 x 3 Vacant Commonwealth Flyweight Title
Edwards: 7st 12lb 9oz/110.5lb
Shindjuu: 7st 11lb 10oz/109.5lb
Danny McIntosh v Tony Oakey
10 x 3 English Light Heavyweight Title
McIntosh was overweight by one pounds and a half at the first attempt. He went away to lose weight and came in at half an ounce over, but removed his shorts to lose the other half an ounce.
McIntosh: 12st 7lb/175lb
Oakey: 12st 5lb 6oz/173.5lb
Gary Buckland v Sam Rukundo
10 x 3 Lightweight Commonwealth Final Eliminator
Rukundo was 10 ounces over the weight at his first attempt but came in dead on 9st 9lb shortly after.
Buckland: 9st 7lb 14oz/133.75lb
Rukundo: 9st 9lb/135lb
Matthew Hatton v Mikheil Khuchishvili
8 x 3 Welterweight Contest
Hatton: 10st 11lb 4oz/151.25lb
Khuchishvili: 10st 9lb 8oz/149.5lb
Martin Murray v Shalva Jomardashvili
8 x 3 Middleweight Contest
Murray: 11st 10lb 11oz/164.75lb
Jomardashvili: 11st 7lb 13oz/161.75lb
Scott Quigg v Nikita Lukin
8 x 3 Featherweight Contest
Quigg: 8st 13lb 9oz/125.5lb
Lukin: 8st 12lb 12oz/124.75lb
Craig Watson v Barrie Jones
6 x 3 Light Welterweight Contest
Jones – who had endured a 7 and a half hour journey – finally stepped on the scales at 10st 3lb.
Watson: 10st 4lb 6oz/144.5lb
Jones: 10st 3lb/143.lb
Steven Foster Jnr v Youssef Al Hamidi
6 x 3 Lightweight Contest
Foster: 9st 8lb/134lb
AlHamidi: 9st 2lb 8oz/128.5lb
Sergey Gulyakevich v Nikolov Berkatshashvili
6 x 3 Lightweight Contest
Gulyakevich: 9st 7lb 6oz/133.5lb
Berkatshashvili: 9st 8lb 2oz/134.25lb
Anthony Crolla v Jason Nesbitt
4 x 3 Super-Featherweight Contest
Both men will weigh in tomorrow.