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11/12/2004 Archived Entry: "A Heavy Weigh-In"
A Heavy Weigh-In
It was a wild scene in the lobby of the Theater at Madison Square Garden today with nearly a ton (over a ton with promoter Don King!) of heavyweights weighing-in for the New York State Athletic Commission in anticipation of four epic heavyweight clashes--two featuring current world heavyweight title-holders and the two other bouts featuring former world heavyweight champions--at Madison Square Garden and on HBO Pay-Per-View on Saturday.
The eight heavyweights: John "The Quietman" Ruiz, Andrew "Powerful Pole" Golota, Chris Byrd, Jameel "Big Time" McCline, Hasim "The Rock" Rahman, Kali "Checkmate" Meehan, Evander "The Real" Deal Holyfield, and Larry "The Legend" Donald all weighed in for the commission before jumping onto a massive truck scale brought in by the Garden for a cumlative weight total.
The eight heavyweights featured on the pay-per-view portion of the card "tipped the Toledos" at an astonishing 1,860 pounds before Don King, who weighed in himself at 278 1/2 pounds, jumped onto the big scale with the boxers to push the total weight to well over a ton: 2,130 1/2 pounds!
Official Weights:
12 rounds for the WBA Heavyweight Title
JOHN “The Quiet Man” RUIZ, 239, Las Vegas, NV (via Chelsea, MA)
40-5-1 (28 KOs)
VS.
ANDREW GOLOTA, 238, Chicago, IL (via Warsaw, Poland)
38-4-1 (31 KOs)
12 Rounds for the IBF Heavyweight Title
CHRIS BYRD, 214, Flint, MI
37-2-1 (20 KOs)
VS.
JAMEEL “Big Time” McCLINE, 270, Port Jefferson, NY
31-3-3 (19 KOs)
12 Round WBC/IBF Elimination Bout
HASIM “The Rock” RAHMAN, 232, Baltimore, MD
39-5-1 (32 KOs)
VS.
KALI “Checkmate” MEEHAN, 237, Wyongah, Australia
29-2 (23 KOs)
12 Rounds for the NABC Heavyweight Title
EVANDER “The Real Deal” HOLYFIELD, 215, Atlanta, GA38-7-2 (25 KOs)
VS.LARRY "The Legend" DONALD, 226, Cincinnatti, OH
41-3-2 (24 KOs)
10 Round Heavyweight Attraction
OLIVER McCALL, 233, Martinsville, Va.
41-7 (30 KOs)
VS.
DAVARRYL WILLIAMSON, 220, Denver, CO
20-3 (17 KOs)
Photograph Courtesy of Don King Productions
