In trying to earn the right to face IBF junior middleweight champion Bakhram Murtazaliev, both Erickson Lubin and Ardreal Holmes made weight ahead of their championship eliminator on Saturday in Florida.
They will meet at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, on ProBox TV, after Holmes came in on the 154lbs limit with Lubin just inside at 153.4lbs.
Veteran southpaw Lubin, still only 29 and fighting in front of his hometown fans, is 26-2 (18 KOs), while Flint, Michigan’s Holmes is 17-0 (6 KOs), and also left-handed.
They fought in the amateurs, with Lubin winning a decision in his final fight before turning professional. They shared a bad-tempered exchange to finally announce the fight in Las Vegas in March.
IBF junior middleweight title eliminator – 12 rounds
Ardreal Holmes 154lbs
Erickson Lubin 153.4lbs
WBA junior featherweight title – 10 rounds
Mayelli Flores Rosquero 122.6lbs
Nazarena Romero 121.8lbs
Welterweight – 10 rounds
Alan Sanchez 146.6lbs
Nicklaus Flaz 147lbs
Light heavyweight – 10 rounds
Juan Gerardo Osuna 173.8lbs
Najee Lopez 174.4lbs
Junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Rodolfo Orozco 153.2lbs
Darrelle Valsaint 153.2lbs
Junior lightweight – 8 rounds
Brandon Valdes 130.8lbs
Dominic Valle 130.6lbs
Junior welterweight – 8 rounds
Jorge DeJesus 141lbs
LaVonte Earley 141.4lbs
Middleweight – 8 rounds
Rowdy Legend Montgomery 161.8lbs
Herbert Conceicao Sousa 162.8lbs
Junior middleweight – 8 rounds
Gabriel Escalante 154.2lbs
Ryan Maine 154.8lbs
Middleweight – 8 rounds
Yojanler Martinez 160.2lbs
Jonas Sylvain 158.8lbs
