Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua on Friday came in around their typical weights for their separate fights Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (pay-per-view).
Wilder tipped the scales at 213 pounds, 1½ less than he weighed for his first-round knockout of Robert Helenius in October. His opponent, Joseph Parker Jr., was 245¼.
Joshua weighed 251, 1 more than his weight for his seventh-round KO of Helenius in August. He’s fighting Otto Wallin, who weighed 238½.
The weights for other featured fights on the card:
- Dmitry Bivol (174½) vs. Lyndon Arthur (174¼), light heavyweights
- Filip Hrgovic (246) vs. Mark De Mori (242½), heavyweights
- Jai Opetaia (198½) vs. Ellis Zorro (197½), cruiserweights
- Daniel Dubois (239) vs. Jarrell Miller (333), heavyweights
- Arslanbek Makhmudov (262) vs. Agit Kabayel (241¼), heavyweights
- Frank Sanchez (238) vs. Junior Fa (279), heavyweights
Here are images from the weigh-in. All photos by Fayez Nureldine / AFP via Getty Images.
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