The main event players have all weighed in for tonight's feast of action in Chicago. Former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman meets Monte Barrett in an interim WBC heavyweight title match. Ricardo Mayorga and Michele Piccirillo will contest the WBC light middleweight championship of the world and Luis Collazo defends his WBA welterweight championship against Miguel Angel Gonzalez.

The weights are as follows:

Hasim Rahman 236-pounds. Monte Barrett 224-pounds.

Ricardo Mayorga 154-pounds. Michele Piccirillo 154-pounds.

Luis Collazo 147-pounds. Miguel Angel Gonzalez 146-and-a-half-pounds.

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