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Yesterday at the Wrightington Hotal and Country Club in Wrightington, Wigan, England, Hennessy Promotions staged the official weigh-in for this evening's fight night, headlined by the British Lightweight title clash between John Murray and Lee McAllister.
A smiling Lee McAllister, 27-1 (5), was first up to the scales and weighed in at 9 stone 8 lb and 4 ounces/134.25 lb.
Champion John Murray, 25-0 (13), tipped the scales at 9 stone 8 lb and 12 ounces/134.75 lb.
Both men looked relaxed and smiling as they posed for the face-to-face shots.
Giant-size heavyweight Tyson Fury,1-0 (1), will officially weigh-in later today, but did a check-weight of 18 stone and 4 lb/256 lb yesterday.
The English Light Welterweight title clash between Lenny Daws and Dean Harrison has been called off. Daws, 17-1-1 (6), now faces Latvian welterweight Sergejs Savrinovics, 4-10-1 (2), in a 10 rounder.
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