Saturday on Showtime from Chicago, a special card takes place entitled Homecoming: Fonfara vs. Ngumbu, a 10-round light heavyweight fight promoted by Warriors Boxing. Check out the full weigh-in results and photos here for the card, which features a tripleheader.
In the co-main event, Tomoki Kameda defends his title againstAlejandro Hernandez in a 12-round bout, and opening the telecast, Javier Fortuna will face Abner Cotto in a 10-round super featherweight bout.
The SHOWTIME BOXING: Special Edition will take place at UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill., and will air on SHOWTIME.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT MAIN EVENT – 10 Rounds
Andrzej Fonfara: 176 Pounds
Doudou Ngumbu: 175 ½ Pounds
WBO BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 12 Rounds
Tomoki Kameda: 117 ½ Pounds
Alejandro Hernandez: 118 Pounds
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS – 10 Rounds
Javier Fortuna: 129 ½ Pounds
Abner Cotto: 130 ¼ Pounds
Undercard weigh-in results
- Caleb Truax 166.5 vs. Scott Sigmon 160
- Koki Kameda 115.2 vs. Omar Salado 116
- Jamal James 145.5 vs. Cameron Kreal 147
- Demond Nicholson 160.5 vs. Lekan Byfield 159.5
- Eddie Ramirez 142.5 vs. Manny Brown 141.5
- Semajay Thomas 144 vs. Paul Pindroh 143
- Jose Felix Quezada 137.5 vs. Alfred Hall 142.5
- Alex Martin 145.5 vs. Travis Hartman 148.5
- Adam Kownacki 250 vs. Jamal Woods TBA
This is a high quality card featuring several match-ups which could go either way. The best bout of the tripleheader may be Fortuna vs. Cotto, but the fighter whom many have their eye on is the Japanese Tomoki Kameda, coming from his fighting clan of brothers.
Check back later in the weekend for post-fight aftermath and results.