David Morrell and Aidos Yerbossynuly on Friday made weight for his or her tremendous middleweight battle Saturday in Minneapolis, Morrell’s adopted hometown (Showtime).
Morrell weighed 166.5 kilos, 1.5 beneath the division restrict. Yerbossynuly got here in at 167.25.
Morrell (7-0, 6 KOs) is coming off a fourth-round knockout of Kalvin Henderson in June, the Cuban native’s fourth consecutive stoppage.
He holds the WBA’s “common” 168-pound title, which Boxing Junkie would not acknowledge. Canelo Alvarez is the WBA champion.
Yerbossynuly (16-0, 11 KOs) final fought in September of final yr, when he stopped Lennox Allen in 10 rounds. The native of Kazakhstan lives in Las Vegas.
