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Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams weighed in at 160-lbs on the restrict, and his opponent, Patrice Volny got here in at 159.4 lbs, at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her 12-round middleweight headliner this Saturday, March fifteenth on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
(Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom)
Berlanga Future
Edgar Berlanga missed weight within the co-feature, coming in at 169.6 lbs for his 10-round struggle towards Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz. For his half, the 35-year-old Puerto Rican fighter weighed in at 167.4 lbs, however seemed flabby across the midsection, sporting a Fury-esque physique.
It’s not an enormous shock that the previous world title challenger Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) got here in heavy, as he reportedly rehydrated to 193 lbs for his struggle towards the WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 14th final 12 months on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. Berlanga seemed like a cruiserweight in that struggle after weighing in at 167 3/4 lbs.
Berlanga has repeatedly instructed the media this week that that is his farewell struggle with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing promotion, and shall be shifting on to check the free agent market, the place he expects to be an enormous demand for him. He says he desires to be a companion with the promoter and community that indicators him.
Weight-in Outcomes
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams 160 vs. Patrice Volny 159.4Edgar Berlanga 169.6 vs. Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz 167.4
Hearn on Ammo Williams
“Great preparation, that has been the difference. Sometimes the preparation has been hot and cold. This time, he’s got it right,” stated Eddie Hearn to DAZN Boxing, speaking about Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams. “He nonetheless has a world class opponent in Patrice Volny in entrance of him.
“It’s a really, very powerful struggle, it’s an excellent struggle. It’s the type of struggle that’s going to show if he’s prepared to maneuver on and struggle for the championship of the world within the middleweight division. He’s an excellent character. It’s an unbelievable story, and he’s acquired all of it, however he’s acquired to win tomorrow evening in a troublesome struggle. It’ll be an excellent one.
“In the event you have a look at the champions [Janibek Alimkhanuly, Carlos Adames and Erislandy Lara], they’re all super fighters, however their profile and starpower in some respects. Adames [WBC middleweight champion], Lara [WBA] and the WBO champion [Janibek] in all probability set to maneuver up sooner or later as nicely.
“The kids [Ammo Williams] a star, but you’ve got to win, you’ve got to look good and you’ve got to prove your credentials as an elite middleweight. In the past, he fell once against Hamzah Sheeraz [on June 1st, 2024, losing by an 11th round TKO]. Arguably, he shouldn’t have been in the ring that night, but Hamzah is a class operator and it was a great fight,” stated Hearn.
