Boxing
Lewis Ritson, Jeremias Ponce make weight for super-lightweight eliminator clash
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Lewis Ritson and Jeremias Ponce both made weight for their headliner this coming Saturday in Newcastle, which is a final eliminator for a shot at the IBF super-lightweight championship.
Ritson hit the scales at 139lbs and 13oz, just beneath the 140lbs divisional limit. Ponce, meanwhile, weighed slightly less at 139lbs and 11oz.
The IBF title is currently held by Scotland's Josh Taylor, who became undisputed champion last month when he defeated Jose Ramirez to unify all four of the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts as well as The Ring's version of the championship.
Taylor had previously mentioned of his plans to make a mandatory title defence on home soil at a huge venue such as Edinburgh Castle or Hampden Park before going on to challenge current welterweight kingpin and fellow unbeaten former four-belt light-welter champ Terence Crawford in a superfight.
Elsewhere at the weigh-in, Thomas Patrick Ward weighed 128lbs, 12oz for his featherweight 10-rounder in chief support against Edy Valencia Mercado, who came in nearly two pounds lighter at 126lbs, 13oz.
Outspoken heavyweight Alen Babic returns from injury and will outweigh his next opponent, Damian Chambers, considerably. The unbeaten Croatian weighed 209lbs to Chambers' cruiserweight-eligible reading of 198lbs, 12oz.
The card airs live on DAZN except for the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and China. You watch watch the weigh-in coverage for the full card below.
