Angelo Leo made weight, but Ra’eese Aleem didn’t. Now the IBF featherweight title fight is off, replaced by a new main event: a light heavyweight catchweight bout between Atif Oberlton and Carlos Gongora on Saturday at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.
At Friday’s weigh-in, Oberlton tipped the scales at 178.0lbs, while Gongora came in at 174.0lbs.
Oberlton, 15-0 (13 KOs), hasn’t weighed as much for a fight since his second professional bout, against Larry Pryor in 2021. A 27-year-old from Philadelphia, Oberlton signed a co-promotional agreement with Salita Promotions in conjunction with Kings Promotions in January. He most recently stopped Joseph George in February, though the circumstances were odd, as George collapsed between the first and second rounds.
Gongora, 22-3 (17 KOs), will be making his light heavyweight debut against Oberlton. A 37-year-old veteran, Gongora has proven to be a stern test for prospects, especially in the super middleweight division.
In 2020, he knocked out Ali Akhmedov and followed that with a stoppage win over Christopher Pearson. An Ecuadorian who trains out of Boston, Gongora has lost only to the best recently: Lester Martinez and Christian Mbilli are the last two fighters to have beaten him.
The bout, promoted by Salita Promotions, will be televised on DAZN.
Full weigh-in results are as follows:
Light heavyweight – 10 rounds
Atif Oberlton (178.0lbs) vs Carlos Gongora (174.0lbs)
Heavyweight – 10 rounds
Pryce Taylor (282.8lbs) vs Calvin Barnett (247.0lbs)
Women’s junior featherweight – eight rounds
Ashleyann Lozada (121.0lbs) vs Debora Anahi Dionicius (119.6lbs)
Super middleweight – six rounds
Casey Dixon (167.8lbs) vs Matthew Nore (169.8lbs)
Lightweight – six rounds
Julio Gomez (134.6lbs) vs Gabriel Triminio (136.4lbs)
Super middleweight – six rounds
Hakim Lopez (170.0lbs) vs Ashton Sykes (170.0lbs)
Junior middleweight – four rounds
Jaquan McElroy (154.0lbs) vs Rudy Reveles (153.6lbs)
Welterweight – six rounds
Morgan Griggle (147.0lbs) vs Rodrigo Solis (151.2lbs)
Featherweight – four rounds
Garrett Rice Jnr (128.2lbs) vs Yesner Talavera (128.0lbs)
Lucas Ketelle is the author of “Inside the Ropes of Boxing,” a guide for young fighters, a writer for BoxingScene and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Find him on X at @BigDogLukie.




