Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Mikael Zewski made weight for their welterweight main event Saturday inside the MGM Grand “bubble” in Las Vegas. The card will be streamed on ESPN+ beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Kavaliauskas weighed 146.5 pounds, half a pound below the limit. Zewski weighed 147.
Kavaliauskas (21-1-1, 17 KOs) is 0-1-1 in his last two fights, a majority draw against Ray Robinson in March of last year and a ninth-round knockout loss to titleholder Terence Crawford in December. The Lithuanian is ranked by two of the four major sanctioning bodies.
“I am excited to return to the ring, as I still have unfinished business,” Kavaliauskas said. “I still believe I have what it takes to become a world champion, and that journey resumes against a tough opponent in Mikael Zewski.”
Zewski (34-1, 23 KOs) will be stepping up in opposition for this fight. The Canadian lost a wide decision in his biggest fight, a 10-rounder against Konstantin Ponomarev in 2015. He has won eight consecutive fights since against second-tier opponents.
In the co-feature, a scheduled 10-round featherweight bout, Miguel Marriaga (29-3, 25 KOs) weighed 125.9 and Joet Gonzalez (23-1, 14 KOs) weighed 125.8. The limit is 126.
The weigh-in results for the other fights on the card are as follows:
- Aleem Jumakhonov (8-3-2, 4 KOs) 126.5 vs. Jorge Ramos (7-2-1, 4 KOs) 127, eight rounds, featherweights.
- Manuel Flores (8-0, 5 KOs) 117.3 vs. Jonathan Rodriguez (8-0, 3 KOs) 118, six rounds, bantamweights.
- Anthony Chavez (8-1, 3 KOs) 129.1 vs. Adan Gonzales (5-3-2, 2 KOs) 129.1, six rounds, junior ligthweights.
- Eric Puente (3-0, 0 KOs) 137.7 vs. Luis Norambuena (4-5-1, 0 KOs) 135.6, four rounds, lightweights.
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