Just before the scheduled 1pm start, Matchroom confirmed Lara had been told by the BBBofC he was not permitted to cut any more weight. The official weigh-in at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester was delayed, with a decent crowd made to wait. The story spread so far it was a topic of discussion in Bournemouth, where promoter Boxxer was holding its rival event. Rumours began to circulate on Friday morning that Lara was struggling to make weight. Weight drama in Manchester Mauricio Lara was told he could not cut down to the championship limit on Friday In Belfast, Northern Ireland's Michael Conlan and IBF featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez both made weight for their world-title bout on Saturday night at the SSE ArenaĬonlan and Mexican Lopez - who beat Josh Warrington in December - both weighed in at 8st 13lbs. The former sparring partners weighed the same at 14st 3lbs.
Wood, 34, is not the only Briton in world-title action this weekend, with Lawrence Okolie and Chris Billam-Smith also fighting in Bournemouth. Harper fights on the undercard in Manchester, with Jack Catterall's light-welterweight contest against Darragh Foley the chief support. Meanwhile, Terri Harper's hastily re-arranged world-title defence is on track after England's WBA light-middleweight champion made weight for her fight against Croatia's Ivana Habazin. The Englishman was stopped in the seventh round of their first fight. The BBBofC did not want Lara cutting weight below 9st 2.5lbs, which resulted in the 25-year-old stopping his weight cut and tipping the scales at 9st 3.8lbs on Friday. "I can't sit here and say we 100% rule out the fight not taking place," said Wood's trainer Ben Davison.Īfter a weight check on Wednesday, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) raised concerns about how heavy the champion was as he tried to make the nine-stone limit.
Wood's team were not as positive about Saturday's fight taking place.
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