This weekend is one of the biggest nights for boxing in British history with the long await Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch v ‘The Viking Warrior’ Mikkel Kessler re-match taking place at London’s o2, not only is the fight a re-match but also a super-middleweight unification bout for Froch’s IBF title and Kessler’s WBA title plus a stacked undercard including the re-match between Tony Bellew and Isaac Chilemba in WBA light-heavyweight final eliminator plus rising super-middleweight star Londoner George Groves v Noe Gonzalez Alcoba.
At lunchtime’s weigh-in the fighters scaled as follows and current betting odds courtesy of our friend’s at BetFred and 888Sport are there too.
FROCH v KESSLER
Carl Froch scaled 11st 13lb 9oz
Mikkle Kessler scaled 11st 12lb 4oz
BELLEW v CHILEMBA
Tony Bellew scaled 12st 6lb 9oz
Isaac Chilemba scaled 12st 6lb 4oz
GROVES v GONZALEZ ALCOBA
George Groves scaled 11st 13lb 7oz
Noe Gonzalez Alcoba 11st 11lb 4oz
The betting for the fights are as follows: –
Froch 4/9, Kessler 2/1 and Draw 20/1
Bellew 8/13, Chilemba 11/8 and Draw 20/1
Groves 1/25, Gonzalez Alcoba 11/1 and draw 33/1
Froch 1/2, Kessler 6/4 and Draw 22/1
