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Berchelt vs Vargas II weigh-in results: World title rematches set for ESPN

All of tomorrow night’s ESPN and ESPN+ fights are good to go, including the two world title bouts.

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Tomorrow night’s world title rematch doubleheader for ESPN is set, as the fighters all made weight today in Tucson, Arizona.

The main event will see Miguel Berchelt (35-1, 31 KO) defend his WBC super featherweight title against the man he took the belt from in 2017, Francisco Vargas (25-1-2, 18 KO).

Both Berchelt and Vargas weighed in at the limit of 130 pounds. In their first meeting, Berchelt bloodied and stopped Vargas in the 11th round of a very entertaining fight.

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The co-feature is also good to go, as WBO super bantamweight titleholder Emanuel Navarrete (26-1, 22 KO) looks to prove his December upset of Isaac Dogboe (20-1, 14 KO) was no fluke.

Navarrete came in at 121.6, with Dogboe at 121.4, both below the 122-pound limit. Dogboe was his usual vocal self, repeatedly barking “NeHo!” at his opponent, while Navarrete just smiled.

Navarette also wished his mom a Happy Mother’s Day while on the scale:

While the ESPN doubleheader begins at 10:00 pm ET, the prelim fights are set to start at 6:30 pm ET, streaming live on ESPN+, and there’s one fight of particular note.

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2016 Olympic gold medalist Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (7-0, 4 KO) of Uzbekistan will take a step up in his eighth pro fight, battling Mykal Fox (19-1, 5 KO) in a 10-round bout. Fox is coming off of a loss, but he gave another good prospect, Shohjahon Ergashev, a very competitive fight in that February outing.

Gaibnazarov weighed in at 141.8, with Fox at 142. If you’re wondering about the heights, no, Gaibnazarov is not a particularly short 140-pound fighter. He’s not tall, but he’s 5’6½”. It’s just that Fox is 6’3”.

If you want to catch Gaibnazarov-Fox, tune in right at 6:30 pm ET, as Top Rank generally puts the most significant prelim fight on first.

Other prelim weights:

  • Carlos Castro 121 vs Mario Diaz 120.8
  • Manny Guajardo 156.4 vs Jonathan Espino 156
  • Miguel Parra 142 vs David Morales 140.2
  • Carlos Velasquez 133.2 vs Demetrius Mora 132.6

Bad Left Hook will have live coverage of tomorrow night’s show, starting at 10:00 pm ET for round-by-round coverage of the main show on ESPN, and 6:30 pm ET with the streaming prelims on ESPN+

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