Josh Kelly has weighed in ahead of his Channel 5 bout with Flavius Biea tonight in Newcastle.
The decorated former amateur star, ranked No. 4 at junior middleweight by the IBF and the WBO, came in just under 157lbs, with his opponent marginally over 157lbs.
Kelly has talked about being able to fight at both 160lbs (middleweight) and 154lbs (junior middle) and he is the bill topper at the Newcastle Arena on the Wasserman-promoted show.
Romanian Biea is 24-1 (12 KOs), while Kelly is 16-1-1 (8 KOs).
However, former European middleweight contender Felix Cash has been forced to withdraw from the event.
Full weights from Newcastle:
Cruiserweight – 6x3 rounds
Lucas Roehrig 198.3lbs
Sofiane Quoit 196.9lbs
Junior welterweight – 8x3 minute rounds
Ben Marksby 142.6lbs
Nicolas Ariel Blanco 141.5lbs
Heavyweight – 6x3 minute rounds
Matty Harris 269.5lbs
Dan Garber 225.11lbs
Middleweight – 6x3 minute rounds
Dan Toward 155.2lbs
Connor Goulding 157.11lbs
Light-heavyweight – 8x3 minute rounds
Niall Brown 171.4lbs
Matt McCallum 168.9lbs
Lightweight – 6x3 minute rounds
Tom Welland 132.2lbs
Reuquen Cona Facundo Arce 131.13lbs
Middleweight – 10x3 minute rounds
Josh Kelly 156.11lbs
Flavius Biea 157.4lbs
Junior middleweight – 8x3 minute rounds
Cyrus Pattinson 149.8lbs
Joe Garside 148.1lbs
Lightweight – 6x3 minute rounds
Codie Smith 131lbs
Mario Portillo 132lbs
Featherweight 6x3 minute rounds
Lee Rogers 123.3lbs
Charles Tondo 120.5lbs
Junior welterweight – 4x3 minute rounds
J'Hon Ingram 140.8lbs
Tatenda Mangombe 137lbs
