Both Jason Booth and Kid Galahad easily made the super-bantamweight limit for their vacant WBC International title fight at today's weigh-in at Meadowhall.
Tony Harris-trained Booth [pictured, right, with Galahad and the WBC strap] is a heavy betting underdog going into the 12-rounder with the ten-fight unbeaten [four quickly] prospect, who weighed a lean and ripped 8st 9lbs 10oz.
But the veteran former two-weight British and three-weight Commonwealth champion from Nottingham, 34, who'll compete in his 23rd 12-rounder on the Hennessy Sports-promoted, Channel 5-televised bill at Rotherham's Magna Centre tomorrow night [February 18], looked fit and confident - coming in at 8st 8lbs 14oz.
For Ingle-trained Galahad, 21, this is his first 36-minute contest and first bout scheduled for more than eight-threes.
Two other Midlands-based fighters also weighed in at the Sheffield shopping centre earlier today. Birmingham light-welterweight Chris Truman, 8-1-1 (1), tipped the scales at 10st 1lb 12oz for his eight-rounder with former British light-welterweight boss Lenny Daws, 22-2-2 (9), who was two ounces heavier at 10st 1lb 14oz. Irrespective of the result, Truman boxes Derby's Dave Ryan for the Midlands Area 10st belt on March 30 in Burton.
Worksop's Simeon Cover has a significant weight advantage over former opponent Karl Bell [13st 13lbs 12oz], who outpointed the Nottinghamshire cruiserweight over four rounds on his pro bow at the tail-end of this year. They meet again over four and former British Masters champion Cover, taking part in his 65th outing tomorrow, was 14st 11lbs 10oz.
Image courtesy of Hennessy Sports.
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