Three Beltway Boxers hit the scales today in Norfolk, VA for their bouts Saturday night at the Scope. Unfortunately, there are some issues.
Hasim "The Rock" Rahman's main event is okay. Rahman weighed in at 254 pounds for his 10-round bout against Damon Reed, who tipped the scales at 228.
However, Henry "Sugar Poo" Buchanan came in overweight for his WBF All-Americas Super Middleweight title defense against Bobby Jordan, Jr. Instead of coming in at the 168-pound super middleweight limit, Buchanan nailed the 175-pound light heavyweight limit. Jordan came in at 168 pounds. According to Fightnews.com's Chris Perry, Buchanan will weigh-in again on Saturday and if he doesn't make the weight, he will forfeit the title. If Jordan wins the bout, he will gain the title. If Buchanan wins, the title will be declared vacant.
Meanwhile, Cecil McCalla weighed in at 149 pounds, but McCalla's scheduled opponent, John Hoffman, did not make the weigh-in.
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what happened to nick kisner?
Sounds like Sugar Poo has lost his focus.
there was confusion in nicks fight but they made it happen he fights kennenth farr 2night
"Sounds like Sugar Poo has lost his focus."
Sadly, yes. A lot of fighters have had tough breaks. But Sugar Poo seems to have a disproportionate number of blown opportunities of his own making (think The Contender.)
I'm not sure if Buchanan's situation falls into the category of "blown opportunity" in that sense. That was a decision that, at that time, sounded like a good idea.
At that time, Buchanan was with Sycuan Promotions and did not want to have his contract owned by The Contender folks. Some of the Contender participants sign a long-term deal which means they, in essence, control your career. Buchanan was not ready to have that happen at that time.
Where Buchanan DID blow it was the fact that he didn't stay with Sycuan that much longer and his career became stagnant.
In hindsight, was it a good idea for Buchanan not to sign with the Contender, probably not, but at the time, it was an understandable decision.
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