by Keith Idec
A day after blowing weight by 6½ kilos, Gustavo Lemos met his revised contractual obligation Friday morning to stay in his 10-round battle towards Keyshawn Davis on Friday evening.
Lemos stepped on the Virginia Boxing, Martial Arts and Skilled Wrestling Advisory Board’s scale at 144.6 kilos, the utmost he was allowed to weigh per phrases of an settlement amended Thursday by his promoter, Bob Arum’s High Rank Inc. Argentina’s Lemos formally weighed 141.4 kilos Thursday for what was presupposed to be a 10-round light-weight battle versus Davis at Scope Area in Davis’ hometown of Norfolk, Virginia.
Davis (11-0, 7 KOs, 1 NC) formally weighed 134.2 kilos, however Lemos got here in 6½ kilos over the light-weight restrict of 135. Virginia’s regulatory company requires boxers to weigh not more than 10 kilos over contracted weights at second-day weigh-ins the morning of fights in that state.
The contract weight filed with the Virginia Fee was modified to 136 kilos Thursday. Davis weighed 141.2 kilos Friday morning, nonetheless lower than Lemos weighed Thursday afternoon.
Had Lemos (29-1, 19 KOs) weighed greater than 146 kilos Friday morning, his battle with Davis would’ve been canceled as a result of there wasn’t an alternative to Lemos on standby. That would’ve value promoter High Rank Inc. loads of cash as a result of greater than 10,000 tickets have been offered to the primary card Davis, a 2021 Olympic silver medalist, will headline in Norfolk, the place late legend Pernell Whitaker fought 10 occasions at Scope Area from 1985-94.
The 25-year-old Davis is a 4-1 favourite over Lemos, in accordance with most sportsbooks. Their bout will headline an eight-fight card ESPN+ will stream beginning at 11:20 p.m. GMT within the UK (6:20 p.m. ET in america).
