Jose Ramirez, Jose Pedraza make weight for Friday’s fight
Jose Ramirez and Jose Pedraza on Thursday made weight for their junior welterweight fight Saturday in Fresno, California, near Ramirez’s hometown of Avenal.
Ramirez weighed 139.8 pounds, .2 under the limit. Pedraza came in at the 140 ceiling.
Ramirez (26-1, 17 KOs) last fought in May of last year, when he lost his junior welterweight titles to Josh Taylor by a close, but unanimous decision.
Pedraza (29-3, 14 KOs) lost his first fight as a full-fledged 140-pounder (to Jose Zepeda) but has won three straight since, including an eighth-round knockout of Julian Rodriguez last June.
The Puerto Rican is a former two-division titleholder.
The weigh-in results for other featured fights are as follows:
Joet Gonzalez (125.8) vs. Jeo Santisima (125.2), featherweights.
Gabriel Flores Jr. (131.6) vs. Abraham Montoya (131.8), junior lightweights.
Richard Torrez Jr. (228.2) vs. Allen Melson (201.8), heavyweights.
