6/23 ESPN: Andrew Moloney vs. Joshua Franco / Christopher Diaz vs Jason Sanchez
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Andrew Moloney-Joshua Franco Weigh-In Results From Las Vegas
By Keith Idec
Published On Mon Jun 22, 2020, 03:34 PM EST
Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco made weight Monday afternoon for the first world title fight ESPN will televise since it began broadcasting boxing again June 9.
Australia’s Moloney officially weighed in at 114½ pounds for his defense of the WBA world super flyweight title Tuesday night at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. San Antonio’s Franco came in at 115 pounds even for their 12-round, 115-pound championship match.
Franco first stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale at 115.2 pounds. He weighed exactly 115 pounds after taking off his underwear and his protective mask.
ESPN will televise the Moloney-Franco fight as the main event of a five-fight show scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
The 29-year-old Moloney is listed as a 9-1 favorite to defeat Franco, the WBA’s 12th-rated contender for his championship. Moloney was elevated from the WBA’s interim 115-pound champion to world champion since he won the WBA interim crown by stopping Guyana’s Elton Dharry (24-6-1, 14 KOs) after the eighth round of his last fight, November 15 in Melbourne, Australia.
Nicaragua’s Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (49-2, 41 KOs) is the WBA’s “super” champion in the 115-pound division.
The 24-year-old Franco stopped Mexico’s Jose Burgos (17-3, 14 KOs) in the ninth round of his last fight, January 11 in San Antonio. Franco went 1-0-2 in his three previous fights, all against Colombia’s Oscar Negrete (19-2-2, 7 KOs).
Earlier Monday, Christopher Diaz and Jason Sanchez made weight for their 10-round featherweight fight, the first bout ESPN will air Tuesday night.
Diaz (25-2, 16 KOs), of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, officially weighed 124¾ pounds. Sanchez (15-1, 8 KOs), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, came in at the featherweight limit of 126 pounds.
Below are weights for the three fights ESPN will televise between the Diaz-Sanchez and Moloney-Franco fights.
Joseph Adorno (14-0-1, 12 KOs), Allentown, Pennsylvania, 136 pounds vs. Alexis del Bosque (17-5, 9 KOs), Dallas, 134¼ pounds, 8 rounds, junior welterweights.
Miguel Contreras (10-0, 6 KOs), Bakersfield, California, 137¼ pounds vs. Rolando Vargas (5-0, 5 KOs), 137 pounds, Milwaukee, 6 rounds, junior welterweights.
Adam Stewart (8-0-1, 5 KOs), Phoenix, 232¼ pounds vs. Helaman Olguin (7-3, 3 KOs), South Jordan, Utah, 290 pounds, 6 rounds, heavyweights.
By Keith Idec
Published On Mon Jun 22, 2020, 03:34 PM EST
Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco made weight Monday afternoon for the first world title fight ESPN will televise since it began broadcasting boxing again June 9.
Australia’s Moloney officially weighed in at 114½ pounds for his defense of the WBA world super flyweight title Tuesday night at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. San Antonio’s Franco came in at 115 pounds even for their 12-round, 115-pound championship match.
Franco first stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale at 115.2 pounds. He weighed exactly 115 pounds after taking off his underwear and his protective mask.
ESPN will televise the Moloney-Franco fight as the main event of a five-fight show scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
The 29-year-old Moloney is listed as a 9-1 favorite to defeat Franco, the WBA’s 12th-rated contender for his championship. Moloney was elevated from the WBA’s interim 115-pound champion to world champion since he won the WBA interim crown by stopping Guyana’s Elton Dharry (24-6-1, 14 KOs) after the eighth round of his last fight, November 15 in Melbourne, Australia.
Nicaragua’s Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (49-2, 41 KOs) is the WBA’s “super” champion in the 115-pound division.
The 24-year-old Franco stopped Mexico’s Jose Burgos (17-3, 14 KOs) in the ninth round of his last fight, January 11 in San Antonio. Franco went 1-0-2 in his three previous fights, all against Colombia’s Oscar Negrete (19-2-2, 7 KOs).
Earlier Monday, Christopher Diaz and Jason Sanchez made weight for their 10-round featherweight fight, the first bout ESPN will air Tuesday night.
Diaz (25-2, 16 KOs), of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, officially weighed 124¾ pounds. Sanchez (15-1, 8 KOs), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, came in at the featherweight limit of 126 pounds.
Below are weights for the three fights ESPN will televise between the Diaz-Sanchez and Moloney-Franco fights.
Joseph Adorno (14-0-1, 12 KOs), Allentown, Pennsylvania, 136 pounds vs. Alexis del Bosque (17-5, 9 KOs), Dallas, 134¼ pounds, 8 rounds, junior welterweights.
Miguel Contreras (10-0, 6 KOs), Bakersfield, California, 137¼ pounds vs. Rolando Vargas (5-0, 5 KOs), 137 pounds, Milwaukee, 6 rounds, junior welterweights.
Adam Stewart (8-0-1, 5 KOs), Phoenix, 232¼ pounds vs. Helaman Olguin (7-3, 3 KOs), South Jordan, Utah, 290 pounds, 6 rounds, heavyweights.
Joseph Adorno Sick, Pulls Out Of del Bosque Bout ESPN Was To Air Tuesday Night
By Keith Idec
Published On Tue Jun 23, 2020, 04:55 PM EST
After coming in a pound overweight Monday, Joseph Adorno never made it to the scale Tuesday in Las Vegas.
The 21-year-old lightweight was supposed to weigh in a second time Tuesday afternoon, but Adorno felt ill and withdrew from his scheduled eight-rounder against Alexis del Bosque. ESPN was supposed to televise the Adorno-del Bosque bout as part of a five-fight telecast from MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas.
Adorno (14-0-1, 12 KOs), of Allentown, Pennsylvania, officially weighed in at 136 pounds Monday, one above the contracted maximum. Dallas’ del Bosque (17-5, 9 KOs) stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale at 134¼ pounds.
Their teams made an agreement with the NSAC that Adorno couldn’t weigh more than 142 pounds at another weigh-in Tuesday afternoon. Adorno didn’t weigh in a second time because he was sick.
Adorno-del Bosque was the second fight ESPN and promoter Top Rank lost Tuesday afternoon, though it wasn’t related to a failed COVID-19 test. Jamel Herring, the WBO junior lightweight champion, revealed on social media that he tested positive for the coronavirus last week and that his title defense versus Jonathan Oquendo has been postponed indefinitely.
The 12-round, 130-pound title bout between Herring (21-2, 10 KOs) and Oquendo (31-6, 19 KOs) was supposed to headline ESPN’s show July 2 from MGM Grand Conference Center.
Without Adorno-del Bosque, ESPN will proceed Tuesday night with a four-fight telecast.
The show will start at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT with Puerto Rico’s Christopher Diaz (25-2, 16 KOs) and Jason Sanchez (15-1, 8 KOs), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a 10-round featherweight fight. In the 12-round main event, Australia’s Andrew Moloney (21-0, 14 KOs) will defend his WBA world super flyweight title against San Antonio’s Joshua Franco (16-1-2, 8 KOs).
ESPN will broadcast two six-rounders between the Diaz-Sanchez and Moloney-Franco fights.
In one of those bouts, Miguel Contreras (10-0, 6 KOs), a junior welterweight from Bakersfield, California, will meet Milwaukee’s Rolando Vargas (5-0, 5 KOs). Also, Phoenix-based heavyweight Adam Stewart (8-0-1, 5 KOs) will battle Helaman Olguin (7-3, 3 KOs), of South Jordan, Utah.
at least it wasnt a covid issue
man adorno's opponent was desperate to fight..dude was like fukk the weight...thats awful
yup
5'7 290 pounds...
OGBobbyJohnson
Veteran
5'7 290 
is this on ESPN+
no regular espn
big gristle is actually doing some work 
stewart is greener than grass for even this big mexican