TOKYO - Jerwin Ancajas and Tacuma Inoue both made the official weight for their WBA bantamweight title fight on Saturday.
The reigning champion was the first to tip the scale and weighed in at 117 3/4 lbs during the proceedings at the Tokyo Dome Hotel held on a cold, rainy Friday.
The Filipino challenger followed next, but had to strip naked before tipping the scales at 117 3/4 lbs.
The weight limit is at 118 lbs.
The 12-round match is set at the Kokugikan Arena.
Ancajas, 32, later had brocolli and spaghetti for his recovery meal as he was joined by former world title challenger Jonas Sultan, who will fight in the Ancajas-Inoue undercard against Japanese Riku Masuda in an eight-round fight also at bantamweight.
Sultan and Masuda also tipped in at 117 3/4 lbs.
Ancajas, the former IBF super-flyweight champion, said he plans to come in at 130lbs on fight night.
He went in at 137lbs when he fought the last time as a super-bantamweight against Wilner Soto in June of last year.
“Basta hindi na lalagpas ng 137 lbs,” Ancajas said.
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