The newly rebranded Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas will be at its boiling point this evening as two unbeaten unified champions – Jose Ramirez [WBC, WBO] and Josh Taylor [WBA, IBF] square off to decide the second undisputed four-belt champion at 140 pounds in boxing history.
Having both made the weight at 139.6 pounds yesterday, the two boxers [Ramirez and Taylor] are expected to provide nothing, but a real taste of boxing extravaganza in Las Vegas tonight.
Below is the full weigh-in results including the under cards:
Jose Ramirez 139.6 lbs vs. Josh Taylor 139.6 lbs
[Undisputed Junior Welterweight World Title — 12 Rounds]
Judges: Tim Cheatham, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld
Referee: Kenny Bayless
Jose Zepeda 140 lbs vs. Hank Lundy 139 lbs
[Junior Welterweight— 10 Rounds]
Elvis Rodriguez 139.8 lbs vs. Kenneth Sims Jr. 139.8 lbs
[Junior Welterweight— 8 Rounds]
Jose Enrique Vivas 127.4 lbs vs. Louie Coria 127.5 lbs
[Featherweight — 8 Rounds]
Andres Cortes 132.2 lbs vs. Eduardo Garza 132.5
[Junior Lightweight — 8 Rounds]
Robeisy Ramirez 126.6 lbs vs. Ryan Allen 125.4
[Featherweight — 6 Rounds]
Raymond Muratalla 137 lbs vs. Jose Gallegos 139.6
[Lightweight — 8 Rounds]
Javier Martinez 162.5 lbs vs. Calvin Metcalf 160.4
[Middleweight — 6 Rounds]
The modern era of the past two decades in boxing have produced just four men and three women [Claressa Shields, Katie Taylor, Jessica McCaskill] to hold all four recognized world titles in the same weight class simultaneously.
Middleweights Bernard Hopkins and Jermain Taylor, who fought each other twice, were the first to do so followed by Terence Crawford [junior welterweight] and Oleksandr Usyk [cruiserweight].
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