LAS VEGAS — Even media assembled Friday morning to watch
Canelo Alvarez and
Terence Crawford officially weigh-in couldn’t see them step on the scale.
Alvarez and Crawford made weight in separate rooms at
Fontainebleau Las Vegas from the 18 fighters scheduled to compete on their undercard
Saturday night at Allegiant Stadium on
Netflix (9 p.m. ET).
Crawford came in at a career-high 167½ pounds for his super middleweight debut. Alvarez also weighed 167½.
Organizers of the event didn’t offer an explanation as to why Crawford and Alvarez didn’t step on the Nevada State Athletic Commission scale in the same conference room as the other fighters.
All 20 boxers set to fight will participate in a ceremonial weigh-in scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. PT at T-Mobile Arena. That event is free to the public. Doors open at 5 p.m. PT.
Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs), of Guadalajara, Mexico, will defend his Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound championships against a fellow four-division champion. Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, will fight for the first time above the junior middleweight limit of 154.
If Crawford wins, he’ll become the first male boxer in the four-belt era to become an undisputed champ in three divisions. He was previously the fully unified champ in the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions.
Alvarez, 35, is a marginal favorite over Crawford, 37, according to DraftKings. Crawford is ranked No. 3 on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list, five spots above Alvarez.
The official weights for the other nine bouts on the undercard:
Junior middleweights, 10 rounds
- Callum Walsh (14-0, 11 KOs), 153½ pounds, Cork, Ireland
- Fernando Vargas Jr. (17-0, 15 KOs), 153, Las Vegas
Super middleweights, 10 rounds for Mbilli’s WBC interim title
- Christian Mbilli (29-0, 24 KOs), 167, Montreal
- Lester Martinez (19-0, 16 KOs), 167, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Lightweights, 10 rounds
- Mohammed Alakel (5-0, 1 KO), 132, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Travis Kent Crawford (7-4, 2 KOs), 132½, Corpus Christi, Texas
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Junior middleweights, 10 rounds
- Serhii Bohachuk (26-2, 24 KOs), 155, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
- Brandon Adams (25-4, 16 KOs), 156, Whittier, California
Heavyweights, 10 rounds
- Ivan Dychko (15-0, 14 KOs), 239½, Rudniy, Kazakhstan
- Jermaine Franklin (23-2, 15 KOs), 256, Saginaw, Michigan
Junior lightweights, 6 rounds
- Reito Tsutsumi (2-0, 1 KO), 129½, Tokyo
- Javier Martinez (7-2, 4 KOs), 129½, Dallas
Lightweights, 4 rounds
- Sultan Al-Mohammed (pro debut), 132½ , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Martin Caraballo (0-0-1), 133, Hollywood, Florida
Light heavyweights, 10 rounds
- Steven Nelson (20-1, 16 KOs), 171½, Omaha, Nebraska
- Raiko Santana (12-4, 6 KOs), 171½, El Paso, Texas
Middleweights, 6 rounds
- Marco Verde (2-0, 1 KO), 158, Mazatlan, Mexico
- Sona Akale (9-3, 4 KOs), 159½, St. Paul, Minnesota
Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing