photos by: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – Undefeated 2004 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (left) weighed 167 pounds, while Roger Cantrell (right) tipped the scales at 166 ½ pounds during Thursday’s weigh-in at the Bay Garden Beach Resort on Reduit Beach in Gros-Islet, St. Lucia. SHOWTIME will televise the 10-round super middleweight bout Friday at 11 p.m. ET/PT, while Dan Goossen (middle) of Goossen Tutor Promotions will serve as the promoter..
Heavyweights Joey Abell and Teke Oruh weighed in at 238 ½ and 249 ½ pounds, respectively at Thursday’s weigh-in. The pair then posed with promoter Dan Goossen (middle) on Reduit Beach outside of the Bay Garden Beach Resort in Gros-Islet, St. Lucia. SHOWTIME will televise the 10-round heavyweight fight Friday at 11 p.m. ET/PT.
QUOTES FROM ST. LUCIA WEIGH-IN
Joey Abell (17-1, 1 NC, 17 KOs): “I’m in good condition and looking for a quick fight, but I’m ready to go ten rounds and put on a show. Either way I’m going to win the fight.”
Teke Oruh (14-0-1, six KOs): “I’m ready. I’m in good shape. I’m expecting a victory. That’s all.”
Andre Ward (13-0, eight KOs): “My condition is tip-top shape; we can’t get in any better shape than we are now. I’m just ready to go for tomorrow night. All I’ll predict is a win. KO, distance, it doesn’t matter how you get it. We worked hard to get a win and that’s what we’ve come to get. We’re definitely going to get it.”
Roger Cantrell (12-0, eight KOs): “I feel great. I’m looking for a victory. I’m in the best shape of my life. I trained 58 days in Las Vegas at the Top Rank Gym and I’m two pounds under weight and feel good, the best I’ve ever felt in my life. You know Ward’s a great boxer and I’m expecting the best out of him. He is going to get the best out of me. I predict a mid-round knockout.”