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Chavez vs Rubio Weigh-In Results: Chavez 159½, Rubio 159; Donaire 121½, Vazquez 122

The main fighters on tomorrow's HBO all made weight today in San Antonio.
The main fighters on tomorrow's HBO all made weight today in San Antonio.

The main fighters for tomorrow night's HBO-televised card in San Antonio made weight this afternoon, though there was some speculation and chatter about Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Chavez (44-0-1, 31 KO) will defend his WBC middleweight title tomorrow night against Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO), but reportedly showed up late to the weigh-in and had media and fans present wondering about his weight. The concerns were given more validity when Chavez immediately stepped to the scales nude with the familiar black cape covering him, and a bit of a nervous look on his face.

But Chavez, who turns 26 on February 16, made weight, coming in at 159½ on the scales, a half-pound under the fight's limit. Challenger Rubio, 31, comfortably made weight at 159 and had no such look of trepidation while on the stage.

For tomorrow night's televised co-feature, Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO) and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr (21-1-1, 18 KO) both looked in good shape for their vacant WBO super bantamweight title fight. Vazquez, 27, came in at the division limit of 122 pounds. Donaire took to the scales next, weighing 121½ (actually 121.6) for his first fight as a super bantamweight.

Off-TV fights, which we will be covering live tomorrow:

Junior Middleweights, 10 Rounds
Vanes Martirosyan - 153½
Troy Lowry - 153¾

Welterweights, 8 Rounds
Wale Omotoso - 147¼
Nestor Rosas - 146½

Super Bantamweights, 8 Rounds
Raul Hirales - 122½
Shawn Nichol - 122½

Welterweights, 4 Rounds
Alex Saucedo - 146¾
Jean Colon - 143½

Lightweights, 4 Rounds
Ivan Najera - 136½
David Castillo - 136½

Bantamweights, 4 Rounds
Adam Lopez - 115¾
Richard Hernandez - 114½

Featherweights, 4 Rounds
Jeremy Longoria - 126
Ricardo Valencia - 125

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