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Sergio Mora and Vivian Harris both overweight for Saturday PPV

Sergio Mora (seen here in April) was three pounds over the junior middleweight limit on the scales today. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Sergio Mora (seen here in April) was three pounds over the junior middleweight limit on the scales today. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006.

Shane Mosley hit the junior middleweight limit at 154 pounds today on the scales, but Sergio Mora came in three pounds over at 157. BoxingScene.com's Ernest Gabion says that the most likely scenario is that Mora will be ordered to lose no more than two pounds, and he will have to forfeit 20% of his purse. Mora has had problems making 154 pounds in the past, so this should not be a shock to anyone. It does further cheapen an already-criticized fight.

Also overweight was Vivian Harris, who came in at 143½ for his fight with Victor Ortiz. It's not as bad as it seems, since the bout was contracted at 142 pounds, two pounds over the junior welterweight limit. Since coming up in weight early in his career, Ortiz has rarely actually had to make the 140-pound limit, and this is another fight where he didn't have to. But he was at the agreed-upon 142. Harris has to lose a pound and a half.

Daniel Ponce de Leon and Antonio Escalante both made the 126-pound limit for their featherweight battle, and Saul Alvarez and Carlos Baldomir were under the 154-pound limit for their fight, too. Alvarez came in at 150½, with Baldomir at 153½.

In the UK, James DeGale made weight eventually for his 168-pound fight on the Magnificent Seven card. He was over at first, but managed to get it on a further try. Everyone else was on weight. Heavyweights Derek Chisora and Sam Sexton came in at 244½ and 240½ respectively.

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