Pacquiao makes weight, Algieri over on first try

Ryan Songalia

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Pacquiao makes weight, Algieri over on first try
Manny Pacquiao comfortably makes weight but Chris Algieri needed two trips to the scale

MACAU – Manny Pacquiao came in slightly under the contracted catchweight of 144 pounds at 143.8 while Chris Algieri weighed slightly over at 144.2 at Saturday morning’s weigh-in at the Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macau. 

Algieri posted a Twitter photo of his breakfast prior to stepping on the scales, suggesting he may have been too confident about making the weight. He shadowboxed briefly in his dressing room before weighing 143.6 on his second try.

Pacquiao’s weight is his lowest since his third bout with Juan Manuel Marquez in 2011 as he tests the waters lower on the scale with eyes on campaigning at junior welterweight should he be successful in this fight.

(IN PHOTOS: Pacquiao, Algieri on the scale)

Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 knockouts) is looking to win his third straight fight since a disastrous 2012 when he lost back-to-back fights for the first time in his career while Algieri (20-0, 8 KOs) of Huntingon, New York is coming off the biggest win of his career, an upset of Ruslan Provodnikov in June to win the WBO junior welterweight title.

The lone Filipino boxer on the undercard, junior bantamweight prospect Jerwin Ancajas (21-1-1, 13 KOs) of Panabo City, Davao del Norte, Philippines, weighed 114.9 pounds while his opponent Fadhili Majiha (15-5-4, 7 KOs) of Tanzania weighed 114.3. – Rappler.com

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