The Sandton Convention Centre hosted the official weigh-in on Friday, a day before Kevin Lerena and Scott Forrest were due to fight for the vacant WBC International cruiserweight title.
Three days after Aquila Boxing Promotions held its press conference at RPM Performance in Honeydew, the fighters had one more public appointment. Friday’s official weigh-in brought the Knockout Chaos 3 card to the Sandton Convention Centre, where the same opponents are due to meet in the ring on Saturday night.
Kevin Lerena weighed in at 90.20 kg, half a kilogram below the cruiserweight limit. He was reported at 92 kg at a preliminary WBC check earlier in fight week. Friday’s reading completed a five-month move back to the division in which he first became a world champion. Against Scotland’s Scott Forrest, he will have up to ten rounds to see how that preparation translates into a fight.
Jarred Silverman and SD Pypers also had their final scheduled face-off before the junior middleweight co-main event. Their bout had already been postponed once, which gave Friday’s appointment a significance of its own. This time, the next date on the calendar was fight night.
Aquila opened the weigh-in to the public as well as the media. For anyone coming to watch on Saturday, it was a chance to see the supporting match-ups alongside the two fights that have led the build-up. Simnikiwe Bongco and Sivenathi Nolawu are due to open the card, with Tumelo Mphahlele and Msawakhe Mncwabe also meeting early in the evening.
Friday put the full card in view. On Saturday, the first two boxers through the ropes will be fighting for a place in the same junior middleweight division as the men in the co-main event.
