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Unbeaten IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (left), who weighed 166 pounds, looks on as Edison Miranda, who weighed 165, flexes after Friday’s weigh-in at Hollywood, Fla.
In tomorrow’s/Saturday’s main event on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) and Miranda (30-2, 26 KOs) will clash in an eagerly awaited rematch of a controversial fight Abraham won 21 months ago in Germany. The 12-round scrap will be contested at a catch weight of 166 pounds
Both undefeated middleweight Giovanni Lorenzo (left) and Raul Marquez, who square off in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, weighed 160 pounds Friday. Lorenzo has a record of 26-0 with 19 knockouts, while Marquez is 41-3 with 29 KO’s
The SHOWTIME doubleheader will emanate from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino at Hollywood, Fla.
The first Abraham-Miranda fight will re-air Saturday at 6 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME®.
