Below are the boxers' weights for the Zuffa Boxing show taking place Saturday, September 12th. The main card begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and streams on Paramount+ in the United States. Ryan Garcia makes the first defense of his WBC welterweight championship against Conor Benn in the main event, while Jai Opetaia faces Noel Mikaelian for the Zuffa cruiserweight championship in the co-feature. Opetaia was recently stripped of the IBF championship for an invalid reason while Mikaelian is the reigning WBC champion but appears to be on the verge of getting stripped because the WBC has not acknowledged this fight. Opetaia and Mikaelian appear to be collateral damage in the sanctioning bodies' hostility to Zuffa.In any event, here are the weights:
Ryan Garcia, 145.5 pounds -vs.- Conor Benn, 146 (welterweight, twelve rounds);
Jai Opetaia, 199 pounds -vs.- Noel Mikaelian, 200 (cruiserweight, twelve rounds);
Da'Mazion Vanhouter, 231.5 pounds -vs.- Raphael Akpejiori, 246 (heavyweight, eight rounds);
Mark Magsayo, 134.5 pounds -vs.- Andres Cortes, 135 (lightweight, ten rounds);
Oswaldo Molina, 131.5 pounds -vs.- Pablo Rubio, 131 (lightweight, six rounds);
Abel Gonzalez, 167.5 pounds -vs.- Raul Salomon, 167 (super middleweight, eight rounds);
Vlad Panin, 151.5 pounds -vs.- Dakota Linger, 150.5 (junior middleweight, six rounds);
Jose Ramirez, 146.5 pounds -vs.- Alexis Rocha, 146.5 (welterweight, ten rounds); and
Sean Garcia, 134 pounds -vs.- Abraham Morales, 134 (lightweight, six rounds).
