Jake Paul vs Mike Perry Press Convention. Picture credit score: Esther Lin, Most Helpful Promotions
Jake Paul and Amanda Serrano went via totally different means to maneuver ahead with their respective stay-busy fights.
The present will go on as all fighters made weight for Saturday’s Pay-Per-View occasion from AMALIE Area in Tampa, Florida. Paul wanted a second try to get right down to the 200-pound cruiserweight restrict. Mike Perry (0-1)—an MMA and BKFC star—was beneath the mark at 196.6 kilos for his second professional combat.
Their bout headlines a PPV present that will likely be carried by DAZN and PPV.com (Saturday, 9:00 p.m. ET).
Paul (9-1, 6 knockouts) was initially 200.4 kilos throughout the official weigh-in earlier Friday. The influencer and aspiring cruiserweight contender got here again proper at 200 kilos a couple of minutes later.
The bout is the second of the 12 months for Paul, who was initially attributable to face Mike Tyson. The bout was delayed by 4 months when Tyson, a Corridor of Fame former heavyweight champion, was hospitalized.
A choice was made for Paul and a number of other members of his steady to maneuver ahead with the deliberate combat date. Paul, Serrano (46-2-1, 30 KOs) and H2O Sylve (11-0, 9 KOs) all secured new opponents for the event.
Serrano was 136 kilos, whereas regionally based mostly Stevie Morgan (14-1, 13 KOs) was 136.6 kilos.
Each had been nicely beneath the contracted restrict for his or her scheduled 10-round junior welterweight contest.
Serrano is the ringing RING, WBA, IBF and WBO featherweight champ. The legendary seven-division titlist was attributable to face undisputed 140-pound champ Katie Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) on the Tyson-Paul undercard. The rematch to their epic April 2022 encounter will nonetheless happen on the rescheduled Nov. 15 date in Arlington, Texas.
Taylor, who received through break up determination, opted to sit down out; Serrano selected to maneuver ahead.
The bout would be the fifth for the 35-year-old Brooklyn-bred Boricua southpaw since her slender defeat to Taylor. She returned to featherweight to defeat Sarah Mahfoud (11-0 and IBF titlist on the time) and Erika Cruz (WBA) to completely unify the choice. Serrano then added factors win over Heather Hardy and Danila Ramos in separate title defenses.
Her determination to face Morgan was to correctly acclimate to the upper weight. She fought this heavy solely as soon as earlier than—a Sept. 2018 win over Yamila Reynoso (11-4-3 on the time) to win the WBO 140-pound title. She weighed a career-heaviest 138 ½ kilos however really entered the ring at 134 kilos.
Morgan has received six in a row since her lone profession defeat. All have taken place in Colombia and versus restricted opposition.
Beneath are the weights for the remainder of the undercard.
10 rounds light-weight
H2O Sylve (11-0, 9 KOs), Lengthy Seaside, California 134.4 kilos
Lucas Bahdi (16-0, 14 KOs), Niagara Falls, Canada, 134 kilos
6 rounds cruiserweight
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (53-6-1, 34 KOs), Culiacan, Mexico, 197.8 kilos
Uriah Corridor (1-0, 0 KOs), Las Vegas through Spanish City, Jamaica, 199.6 kilos
8 rounds light-weight
Tony Aguilar (12-0-1, 4 KOs), Crescent Metropolis, Florida, 134.6 kilos
Corey Marksman (9-0-1, 7 KOs), Orlando, 134.2 kilos
8 rounds tremendous middleweight
Shadasia Inexperienced (13-1, 11 KOs), Paterson, New Jersey, 167.4 kilos
Natasha Spence (8-4-2, 6 KOs), Cambridge, Canada 166.4 kilos
4 rounds middleweight
Alexis Chaparro (1-0, 1 KO), Ridgewood, New York, 159 kilos
Kevin Corridor (1-1, 1 KO), Saint Louis, Missouri, 159 kilos
