The weights are in for Saturday's HBO Boxing After Dark telecast at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods® Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Jason "Monstruo" Escalera (13-0-1, 12KO's) takes on current USBA super middleweight champion Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez (21-0, 14KO's). Rodriguez-Escalera is scheduled for 10 rounds, and will be the main event bout of the evening. The fight is take place at a catch-weight of 166. Rodriguez came in at 166 and Escalera was 165.
Luis "Orlandito" Del Valle (16-0, 11 KOs) taking on former three-time, two-division world champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan (37-5-1, 27 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature for the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super bantamweight title. Del Valle was 122 and Darchinyan was 121.
Opening up the HBO televised portion of the card will be (WBC) International welterweight champion Antonin Decarie (26-1, 7 KOs) squaring off against unbeaten contender Alex Perez (16-0, 9 KOs) for the vacant NABF welterweight title. Perez was 146 and Decarie was 147.
