Ryan Garcia, Jayson Velez make weight on second attempt
In a bizarre turn of events, tomorrow nights headlining bout between 19-year-old boxing phenom Ryan Garcia and Puerto Rico’s Jayson Velez saw both men come in overweight on their first attempt at the scales. To add confusion, essentially no official word from the press core at the event or the promotion has been provided. We, ITRBoxing.com, are simply going off the live stream provided by Golden Boy Boxing.
Weights from tomorrow’s card from the StubHub Center in Carson, CA promoted by Golden Boy Promotions which will be televised on ESPN2
Ryan Garcia 129.8 Jayson Velez 130
Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan 159.2 Berlin Abreu 159.8
Seniesa Estrada 108 Amarilis Adorno 108
Marvin Cabrera 156.6 Wilfrido Buelvas 155.6
Richard Acevedo 152.6 Edward Aceves 153.4
* Both Ryan Garcia and Jayson Velez missed the 130 lbs limit on their first try and were given 30 minutes with Garcia making 130.4 and Velez making 130.2 on their first attempt