Max Bursak and Esteban Ponce make weight!

Today participants of «Tiger Boxing» tournament were put on a serious trial – official weigh-in.

Both fighters of the main event did not waste time and passed the test at the first dash. Maxim Bursak, undefeated IBF Youth middleweight champion, and challenger Esteban Ponce from Argentina easily won competition with scales: Esteban Ponce weighed 70.75 kg while scales under Bursak showed 72.4 kg.

Fighters of the co-event did not have any problems with weight as well. Avtandil Khurtsidze, WBA Inter-Continental middleweight champ and his rival Argentinean Valentin Ochoa had the same weight – 72.6 kg.


Weigh-in of the undercard:

Alexander Kabanov (127 kg) – Mikhail Rutskoi (TBA*)

Dmytriy Ratushnyak (68.45 kg) – Denis Verba (64.9 kg)

Rakhim Mingaliev (61.2 kg) – David Magaradze (65 kg)

Valentin Golovko (61 kg) – Roman Grygoryan (61 kg)

Alec Murtazaliev (73.9 kg) – Alexander Chervyak (75 kg)

Valery Brazhnik (67 kg) – Vadim Astapuk (65.8 kg)

* - this boxer will go through weigh-in later because at the time of today’s procedure he was on his way to Kyiv