Edgar Berlanga, Steve Rolls make weight for fight on Saturday

Edgar Berlanga and Steve Rolls on Friday made weight for their super middleweight fight on Saturday.

Edgar Berlanga and Steve Rolls on Friday made weight for their 10-round super middleweight bout Saturday in New York City (ESPN, ESPN+).

Berlanga weighed 167.4 pounds, .6 below the division limit. Rolls weighed 167.8.

Berlanga (18-0, 16 KOs) is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Marcelo Esteban Coceres in October, a fight in which he tore his biceps and went down in Round 9.

The 24-year-old from Brooklyn stopped each of his first 16 opponents in the first round.

Rolls (21-1, 12 KOs) is best known for his fourth-round knockout loss to Gennadiy Golovkin in 2019. He has won his subsequent two fights by knockout, albeit against second-tier opponents.

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