Cotto vs. Margarito Official Weigh-In Results: Main Eventers Good to Go, Brandon Rios Misses Weight

by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 2, 2011 9:52 PM EST in Boxing

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 02: Antonio Margarito of Mexico gestures as he takes the scale for his bout with Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico during their weigh in at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 2, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

The fighters hit the scale this evening for the official weigh-ins for the HBO PPV card headlined by the rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. The weigh-ins were the standard affair with one exception which we'll get to in a second.

Things got underway with Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak making their rematch official. The two met in a great fight earlier this year that leads many 2011 Fight of the Year polls. Rodriguez weighed in at 153 pounds while Wolak was 153.5, both coming in under the 154 pound limit.

Sebastian Lujan and Mike Jones were up next in what may be the sleeper fight of the night and both made weight with no problem. Lujan checked in at 146, as did the 6'0" Jones.

John Murray looked sharp as he was at 134.75 pounds for his bout with Brandon Rios, but that's where things took a turn. Rios was unable to make weight on his first attempt, stripped down and then was told he would have an hour to try to make the 135 pound limit. After the hour ended, Rios was still at 136.6 and as such will vacate his WBA lightweight title and pay Murray $20,000 of his fight purse. Murray can still win the title tomorrow night, but Rios will not be the champion no matter the outcome. An additional twist was added in the negotiations to force Rios to weigh in again at 9 a.m. at which point he can not weigh more than 147 pounds. This seriously changes the complexion of that fight.

Finally, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito hit the scales. Cotto was met with enthusiastic cheers while Margarito was booed and taunted by the pro-Cotto crowd. Both men looked in great shape with Cotto at 152.25 and Cotto at 152.5.

The card promises a ton of action and we'll have plenty of coverage around the SB Nation network.

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Both men looked in great shape with Cotto at 152.25 and Cotto at 152.5.

by KidCanada on Dec 2, 2011 10:27 PM EST reply actions

It's great that both Cottos made weight

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by WARistotle on Dec 3, 2011 1:04 AM EST up reply actions

yeah because no one cares about margarito

by BIGNAT on Dec 3, 2011 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

I’ve heard of that belt business when someone misses weight, but what’s up with the second weigh in? Is that a NY thing?

by Phildo on Dec 2, 2011 10:30 PM EST reply actions

its to protect the other fighter

If the other boxer doesn’t make weight they want to make sure he doesn’t balloon up and have an unfair advantage. It changes the fight completely because Rios cannot rehydrate completely and has to watch his weight tomorrow

by The Art Of War on Dec 2, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah that's gonna really fuck up this fight.

I was looking forward to seeing Rios just as much as I was the main event. Dude is really entertaining.

by Rob Young on Dec 3, 2011 1:56 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

I understand the logic behind it, but I’m wondering why they are doing it this time, I’ve never heard of it being done before.

by Phildo on Dec 3, 2011 8:15 AM EST up reply actions

It seems like it's something negotiated into the contract

by HaterSlayer on Dec 3, 2011 8:37 AM EST up reply actions

nope that has been the thing with boxing for awhile now

that is another reason they say mma is bad sport. that on fight night a guy can be 20 pounds heavier than his oppenent.

by BIGNAT on Dec 3, 2011 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

that s not set in place just if a fighter misses weight

even if the fighters make weight on fight day they still can’t be over a certain weight, which i think is 10 pound sover what the fight limit was. like if the fight is at 145 both guys make weight. they get checked again on the fight day both of them can’t be over 155

by BIGNAT on Dec 3, 2011 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

Why do I like MMA?

Because the weight classes are way easier to figure. Maybe that’s because I’ve never really followed boxing, but when you have things like “super light featherweight” I’m not easily convinced.

by jason18 on Dec 2, 2011 10:41 PM EST reply actions

*figure out

by jason18 on Dec 2, 2011 10:41 PM EST up reply actions

its not too bad

If MMA had more weight classes it would give guys like Rich Franklin more options

by The Art Of War on Dec 2, 2011 10:42 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed.

Franklin, Sanchez, Wandy, Couture, Emelienenko, Tibau, Hardy amongst others.

by Cestus84 on Dec 2, 2011 11:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Couture was fine making weight at 205.

He just wasn’t good enough to hold on to a title there. Wandy is one of the best 205ers of all time and had no issue adding more mass to fight at heavyweight in the 2006 GP. Tibau simply isn’t good regardless of weight and that’s his biggest advantage, and Dan Hardy is a good sized WW.

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by pdl on Dec 3, 2011 12:02 AM EST up reply actions

Lol

Randy wasn’t good enough to hold a title at 205 but Wandy wasn’t good enough to even beat a washed up Liddell. Wandy couldn’t even win one fight at 205 in the UFC besides Jardine. But Couture wasn’t good enough?

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by Joben on Dec 3, 2011 1:39 AM EST up reply actions