Defending light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and challenger Anthony Yarde on Friday weighed in for their bout on Saturday at OVO Arena Wembley in London (ESPN+).
Beterbiev weighed 174.5, half a pound below the division limit. Yarde comes in at 174.25.
Russian-Canadian Beterbiev will defend three belts and try to extend his knockout streak to 19 in the most matches of his professional career.
Yarde (23-2, 22 KOs) will compete for the second major championship. He was stopped by then-champion Serge Kovalev for 11 rounds in August 2019.
The Londoner is 5-1 since that defeat, including wins in his last three fights.
Also featured on the card: Artem Dalakian (111.6) vs David Jimenez (111.1), flyweight (for Dalakian’s WBA title); Karol Itauma (174.1) vs Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna (174.7), lightweight
The main portion of the pass is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.
