Artur Beterbiev vs Callum Smith on weight for unified 175 lbs title

Artur Beterbiev defends his unified light heavyweight titles against Callum Smith in the main event live from Videotron Centre in Québec City, Canada on Sunday, January 14 (AEDT). A day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official.

Montreal-based Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs) makes the second defence of his WBC, WBO and IBF belts. British former WBA super middleweight champion Smith (29-1, 21 KOs) looks to become a two-weight champion. Both fighters made the required 175-pound limit (79 kg). Beterbiev weighed-in at 175 lbs on the dot. Smith showed 174.6 lbs. The contest is scheduled for 12 rounds.

In the co-main event, Cameroon’s Christian Mbilli (25-0, 21 KOs) faces Rohan Murdock (27-2, 19 KOs) of Australia. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds with the WBC Continental Americas and WBA International super middleweight belts on the line. The weight limit is 168 pounds (76 kg). The fighters tipped the scales at 167.3 lbs and 167.6 lbs, respectively.

Also on the card, WBO bantamweight champion Jason Moloney (26-2, 19 KOs) of Australia makes the first defence of his 118-pound title (53.5 kg) against Saul Sanchez (20-2, 12 KOs) of the United States. Moloney came in at 117.5 lbs. Sanchez was 117.8 lbs. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds.

Get Beterbiev vs Smith full fight card and weights below.

Beterbiev vs Smith fight card
Main card

Artur Beterbiev (175 lbs) vs. Callum Smith (174.6 lbs), 12 rounds, light heavyweight – Beterbiev’s unified WBC, WBO, IBF light heavyweight titles
Christian Mbilli (167.3 lbs) vs. Rohan Murdock (167.6 lbs), 10 rounds, super middleweight – Mbilli’s WBC Continental Americas and WBA International super middleweight titles

Preliminary card

Jason Moloney (117.5 lbs) vs. Saul Sanchez (117.8 lbs), 12 rounds, bantamweight – Moloney’s WBO bantamweight title
Imam Khataev (174.6 lbs) vs. Michal Ludwiczak (178.6 lbs), 10 rounds, light heavyweight
Leila Beaudoin (129.9 lbs) vs. Elizabeth Chavez Espinoza (128.6 lbs), 8 rounds, super featherweight
Wilkens Mathieu (168.8 lbs) vs. Jose Arias Alvarez (167.7 lbs), 4 rounds, super middleweight
Mehmet Unal (177.8 lbs) vs. Dragan Lepei (177.7 lbs), 8 rounds, light heavyweight
Christopher Guerrero (149.5 lbs) vs. Sergio Garcia Herrera (149.6 lbs), 8 rounds, welterweight
Moreno Fendero (162.8 lbs) vs. Victor Hugo Flores (162.3 lbs), 4 rounds, super middleweight

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