Mikey Garcia (L) weighed 128 pounds and lost his featherweight title on the scales (Chris Farina/Top Rank)Mikey Garcia lost his WBO featherweight championship before he ever stepped foot into the ring against Juan Manuel Lopez at American Airlines Center in Dallas, missing weight by two pounds and thus forfeiting his title.

Garcia said he awakened on Friday weighing 128 1/2 pounds. He said he thought it would be no problem to cut the remaining weight and get to the featherweight limit.

Mikey Garcia weighed 128, two over the limit (Chris Farina/Top Rank)After a workout of more than an hour, Garcia said he weighed only 127 1/2. After missing weight at the official weigh-in by two pounds, he said he opted not to try again out of concern for his health.

He appeared very gaunt in the face, the effects of the weight cut clearly visible. Lopez, by contrast, looked superb and was bouncing around and smiling.

"I really thought I would be able to make it and I haven't had an issue in the past," he told Yahoo! Sports by telephone. "My body kind of shutdown. I couldn't even sweat. My fingers were stiff and numb and I have no water left in me."

Lopez weighed 125 1/4

James Page was a solid welterweight in the mid-to-late 1990s who held the WBA title for a while from 1998 until he was stripped in 2000. On the surface, he was a talented easy-going guy who always smiled and had a nice word for a familiar face.

Trouble, though, always bubbled beneath the surface with Page. Part of Page's back story when he was champion was that he was trying to turn his life around after fighting drug issues and a checkered past that included two jail stints.

Floyd Mayweather poses with James Page in 2000 (Getty Images)His career ended after a 2001 loss in Las Vegas to Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis. Shortly thereafter, Page was convicted of a bank robbery in Atlanta and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

When Page was released last year, he announced his intention to fight again, at the advanced age of 42. His return was precipitated by the same one that brings so many boxers back, a need for money and no other means of earning a living.

He lost his comeback fight on Nov. 17, when he was knocked out in the second round by Rahman

A recap of some of the most high-profile fights of the weekend.

Adonis Stevenson's thunderous left hand made it a short night for Chad Dawson. (AP Photo)

One-punch power

It was a long road for Adonis Stevenson from turmoil and despair to redemption.

But his championship moment was short and sweet.

Stevenson (21-1, 18 KOs) landed a huge left hand that crumpled Chad Dawson, taking Dawson's WBC light heavyweight title Saturday night in Montreal with a knockout at 1:16 of the first round.

It was a stunning outcome for the 35-year-old Stevenson, who didn't turn pro until 29 because of a sordid, ugly past that derailed his career before turning his life around.

It was the kind of impressive, star-making performance that forces fans to take notice. Stevenson's ferocious punching power was one of the most intriguing story lines entering the bout and he quickly legitimized that his reputation was well-deserved. He now joins the ranks of the active punching pantheon that includes Lucas Matthysse, Gennady Golovkin and Marcos Maidana, who knocked out Josesito Lopez on Saturday night