Welterweight contender Alexis Rocha and spoiler Anthony Young make weight for DAZN main event

Each welterweights Alexis Rocha, who’s ranked No. 10 by The Ring, and Anthony Younger made weight Friday for his or her 12-round major occasion on Saturday on the Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino in Indio, California (streamed reside on DAZN, 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT).

Rocha weighed in at 146.6 kilos. Younger weighed 146.4 kilos.

A bit of little bit of chatter between the 2, however they’ll save the remainder of the warmth for tomorrow night time within the ring!!

Alexis Rocha 146.6lbAnthony Younger 146.4lbs#RochaYoung | Watch the Weigh-In right here: https://t.co/nS9U13MLQ1 pic.twitter.com/Fn1reMO29d

— Golden Boy (@GoldenBoyBoxing) Could 26, 2023

Rocha-Younger was initially scheduled to happen on January 28 on the YouTube Theatre in Inglewood, California, however Younger withdrew from the combat on account of an damage. Rocha confronted late-sub George Ashie of Ghana, knocking him out within the seventh spherical.

Rocha (22-1, 14 knockouts), who grew up in Santa Ana, California, was talked about as a potential opponent for WBO world titleholder Terence Crawford after the win over Ashie, however Crawford will now face unified titleholder Errol Spence for the vacant Ring Journal championship in a long-awaited conflict on July 29 in Las Vegas.

The 25-year-old is keen to indicate why he’s nonetheless top-of-the-line fighters at 147 kilos.

“I’m assured in my capacity,” stated Rocha at Thursday’s press convention. “I’m assured in myself. You’ll discover out about who I’m on Saturday night time. I hope (Younger) brings this identical sort of power into the ring on Saturday.”

Rocha has gained his final six fights since his solely loss by the hands of Rashidi Ellis in October 2020. He’s the youthful brother of former world junior featherweight title challenger Ronny Rios.

Younger (24-2, 8 KOs), who resides in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, defeated Jose Zaragoza by unanimous resolution in his final bout on October 29. His most notable win happened in Could 2019, stopping former world titleholder Sadam Ali within the third spherical.

The 35-year-old has gained his final 13 fights since shedding to Skender Halili by knockout in February 2016.

Within the co-feature, fringe light-weight contender Oscar Duarte (25-1-1, 20 knockouts) of Parral, Chihuahua will face Houston’s D’Angelo Keyes (17-2, 11 KOs) in a 10-round bout.

Duarte weighed in on the light-weight restrict of 135 kilos. Keyes weighed 134.2 kilos.

In what could possibly be the combat on the Golden Boy card, Mervin Jerusalem (20-2, 12 KOs) of the Philippines will defend his WBO world 105-pound title in opposition to Puerto Rico’s Oscar Collazo (6-0, 4 KOs). Jerusalem weighed in at 104.6 kilos, Collazo weighed in on the strawweight restrict of 105 kilos.

Opening the DAZN stream will probably be a 10-round junior bantamweight bout between Los Angeles’ John Ramirez (11-0, 8 KOs) and Fernando Diaz (12-3-1, 4 KOs) of close by Riverside. Ramirez weighed in at 114.6 kilos. Diaz weighed 114.8 kilos.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]

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