Nick Ball and Ronny Rios make weight for showdown in Liverpool

 

Nick Ball and Ronny Rios both weighed in below the 126lbs featherweight limit ahead of Saturday’s fight for the WBA title at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

 

Ball (20-0, 11 KOs), 27 years old, is making the first defense of his title in his home city. 

 

Rios (34-4, 17 KOs), aged 34, is making his third attempt at winning a world title, and his first at featherweight. Ball hit the scales at 125.1lbs; his challenger weighed in slightly heavier at 125.6lbs.

 

WBA featherweight championship – 12 rounds 

 

Nick Ball – 125.1lbs

 

Ronny Rios – 125.6lbs

 

British and Commonwealth junior welterweight title – 12 rounds

 

Henry Turner – 139.7lbs

 

Jack Rafferty – 139.7lbs

 

Bantamweight – 10 rounds

 

Andrew Cain – 117.1lbs

 

Lazaro Casseres – 116.1lbs

 

Lightweight – 10 rounds

 

Jadier Herrera – 134lbs

 

Oliver Flores – 134.6lbs

 

Bantamweight – six rounds 

 

Jack Turner – 120.1lbs

 

Gonzalo Corinaldesi – 118.1lbs

 

Junior welterweight – six rounds 

 

Nelson Birchall – 130.5lbs

 

Mark Butler – 129.9lbs

 

Welterweight – four rounds 

 

Lucas Biswana – 145.1lbs

 

Jakub Laskowski – 144.1lbs

 

Lightweight – eight rounds

 

James McGivern – 135.1lbs

 

Requen Facundo Arce – 135.4lbs

 

Middleweight – four rounds

 

Joe Cooper – 159.1lbs

 

Lukasz Barabasz – 159.1lbs

 

Junior featherweight – four rounds

 

Brad Strand 122.5lbs

 

Marvin Solano – 125.7lbs

 

Junior middleweight – four rounds

 

Walter Fury – 156.1lbs

 

Dale Arrowsmith – 155.1lbs