“World War III” Weigh-In: Flanagan, Magdaleno, Smith, Thompson

At the ‘Plus+1 Bar’ at Manchester Arena yesterday afternoon, boxers weighed in ahead of the ‘World World III’ event in Manchester, England tonight which features no less than eight title bouts.

The show, promoted by Frank Warren in association with Top Rank, will see Terry ‘Turbo’ Flanagan of Manchester defend, for the first time, his WBO Lightweight Title against Diego Magdaleno of Las Vegas, USA, and Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith of Liverpool face John ‘Apollo Kidd’ Thompson of Newark, New Jersey, for the vacant WBO Junior Middleweight Title.

It was a rowdy atmosphere at the Plus+1 Bar with huge support for Flanagan – the crowd chanting ‘Turbo, Turbo, Turbo’ as Magdaleno stepped up to the scales first, weighing in at 9 stone 8 lb 11 oz.[134.75 lb]
Flanagan tipped the scales at 9 st 9 lbs [135 lb].

Heads were pressed together during the face-off but both men then shook hands.

There had been a heated exchange of words at the press conference this week between Liam Smith and John Thompson but they were quiet yesterday during their weigh-in. Smith scaled 10 st 13 lb ¾ oz [153 lb] while Thompson came in at 10st 12 lb 4 oz [152.25 lb].

Other title fights/weights include:

Commonwealth (British Empire) Super-Middleweight Title, 12 rounds
Luke Blackledge: 11st 13lb 8oz [167.5 lb]
Lee Markham: 11st 12lbs 12oz [166.75 lb]

Vacant WBO European Lightweight Title, 10 rounds
Thomas Stalker: 9st 8lbs 9oz [134.5 lb]
Craig Evans: 9st 8lbs [134 lb]

Vacant WBO Inter-Continental Junior Middleweight Title, 10 rounds
‘Jimmy’ Kilrain Kelly: 10st 12lbs 12oz [152.75 lb]
Martin Fidel Rios: 11st [154 lb]

Vacant WBO European Lightweight Title, 10 rounds
Adrian Gonzalez: 9st 8lbs 4oz [134.25 lb]
Jon Kays: 9st 8lbs 8oz [134.5 lb]

Vacant WBO European Bantamweight Title, 10 rounds
Ryan Burnett: 8st 5lb 8oz [117.5 lb]
Robert Kanalas: N/A