Milan Melindo makes weight on second try after weighing heavy

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Milan Melindo makes weight on second try after weighing heavy
Milan Melindo weighs in more than a pound over the junior flyweight limit in his first attempt but makes the 108-pound limit in his second try.

CEBU CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – It took two trips to the scale and some time in the steam room but Milan Melindo made the weight for his IBF junior flyweight world title fight.

Melindo (36-2, 13 knockouts) weighed in well over the limit at 109.25 pounds on his first attempt to make the weight on Friday, September 15 and was given two hours by the commission to reduce to 108 pounds. He returned about 90 minutes later and made the weight at exactly 108 after sitting in a sauna, his naked self covered in front by a towel but his backside exposed to patrons above at SM City Cebu.

Hekkie Budler (31-2, 10 KOs), his opponent for his fight on Saturday at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, made weight right on the limit at 108 pounds.


The fight is set to be Melindo’s first since winning the title in May with a first-round knockout of Akira Yaegashi in Japan. Both fighters will have to weigh in a second time the morning of the fight and cannot exceed 118 pounds.

Melindo had similarly missed weight last year when he weighed in nearly 5 pounds for a non-title fight against Maximino Flores.

Melindo wasn’t the only fighter who had trouble on the scales.

Richie Mepranum, the former world title challenger, weighed in a pound heavy at 120 for his 10-round fight against Arthur Villanueva, who weighed 119. Mepranum returned later and was well under at 118.5.

Former two-division world champion Johnriel Casimero weighed in at 115 pounds for his junior bantamweight title eliminator against Jonas Sultan, who was under the weight at 114.75. – Rappler.com

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