Shawn Porter made weight for his fight on Saturday by a literal hair.
Porter is set to defend his WBC welterweight title against Yordenis Ugas at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The weight limit for the fight is 147 pounds, which posed a problem after Porter initially weighed in at 148.8 pounds on Friday.
With two hours left to make weight, Porter headed to a gym to do some exercise and sauna. He returned and weighed himself again but was still over. So as a last measure, he cut his hair. That took him under the mark so that the fight could qualify as a title defense.
. @showtimeshawnp’s father told me they went to a 24-Hr Fitness. He hit the treadmill, mitts, shadowboxed & sauna. #LAtraffic sucked up about half the allotted 2-hours. W/just minutes to spare, he stepped on the scale- still over. He cut his hair to w/ less than a min to spare.
— Heidi Androl (@HeidiAndrol) March 9, 2019
Shawn Porter haircut, photo courtesy WBC… pic.twitter.com/shsmbVPmBv
— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) March 8, 2019
Shawn porter makes weight after several tries! Had to cut his hair and strip naked but he got down to 146.8. #Boxing #PorterUgas pic.twitter.com/iVYeVzsP3S
— Sean Zittel (@Sean_Zittel) March 8, 2019
Porter officially weighed in at 146.8 pounds. The 31-year-old will look to run his record to 30-2-1 now that he has made weight.
