Claressa Shields and Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse both made weight Friday for their two-division title fight set for Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
For the headlining light heavyweight and heavyweight title fight, which is contracted at 175 pounds, Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) actually checked in slightly heavier than her opponent. Shields, a three-division champion and current undisputed middleweight champ, weighed in at 174.8 pounds, while Lepage-Joanisse (7-1, 2 KOs), a current heavyweight titleholder, weighed 174.6 pounds.
The main card will be broadcast live on DAZN at 9 p.m. ET.
Full weigh-in results for Saturday’s card are as follows:
Women’s light heavyweight (contract weight) – 10 rounds
Claressa Shields (174.8 pounds) vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse (174.6 pounds)
Junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Michel Rivera (139.2 pounds) vs. Hugo Alberto Roldan (140.0 pounds)
Junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Shohjahon Ergashev (142.0 pounds) vs. Julian Smith (141.6 pounds)
Junior featherweight – six rounds
Cameran Pankey (123.4 pounds) vs. Shaileik Paisley (120.0 pounds)
Junior middleweight – six rounds
Gordie Russ II (153.4 pounds) vs. Josiah Shackleford (155.2 pounds)
Middleweight – six rounds
Husam Al Mashhadi (155.6 pounds) vs. Bruno Leonardo Romay (156.8 pounds)
Junior welterweight – 10 rounds
Ernesto Mercado (141.6 pounds) vs. Hector Edgardo Sarmiento (138.8 pounds)
Junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Jaquan McElroy (158.2 pounds) vs. Travis Floyd (153.6 pounds)
Women’s junior welterweight – eight rounds
Samantha Worthington (139.4 pounds) vs. Edina Kiss (140.0 pounds)
Women’s heavyweight – six rounds
Danielle Perkins (175.4 pounds) vs. Christianne Fahey (173.4 pounds)
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