Spence vs. Peterson Fight-Size Update: Fortuna Misses Weight, Live Coverage Reminder, Fighters Left Out Of Card

Carlos ToroJanuary 20, 2018, 5:30 am

-Your boxing fight-size update for the Errol Spence Jr. vs. Lamont Peterson fight card:

– The one big piece of news that came from the weigh-ins is that Javier Fortuna, who was scheduled to challenge for Robert Easter Jr.'s IBF lightweight title, missed weight by nearly two pounds. Fortuna was given two hours to shed the extra weight, but was unable to do so. The fight will continue, but the fight will no longer be a world title fight.

– Fighters such as Amanda Serrano, Richardson Hitchins, Desmond Clarke and Sergiy Derevyanchenko were at one point scheduled to fight on the card, but are no longer listed to fight at the Barclays Center. Below is the scheduled card as of the evening of January 19 with their official weight in parenthesis.

Errol Spence Jr. (c) (147 pounds) vs. Lamont Peterson (146.75 pounds): IBF Welterweight Championship
Robert Easter Jr. (134.5 pounds) vs. Javier Fortuna (136.4 pounds): Lightweight Bout
Marcus Browne (175.8 pounds) vs. Francy Ntetu (174.4 pounds): Light Heavyweight Bout
Adam Kownacki (260 pounds) vs. Iago Kiladze (220.6 pounds): Heavyweight Bout
Anthony Peterson (140.8 pounds) vs. Luis Eduardo Florez (141 pounds): Junior Welterweight Bout
Keyshawn Williams (145.8 pounds) vs. Denis Okoth (145 pounds): Welterweight Bout
Dylan Price (117.4 pounds) vs. Nestor Ramos (117.8 pounds): Bantamweight Bout
Ivan Golub (151 pounds) vs. Fidel Monterrosa Munoz (150.4 pounds): Junior Middleweight Bout
Mathew Gonzalez (144.8 pounds) vs. Alexander Serna (143 pounds): Welterweight Bout

– Below is an interview Easter Jr. had with Showtime's Jim Gray talking about the fight.

– Fightful will have complete coverage of the fight card starting at 5 p.m. EST, including round-by-round coverage of the top two fights and extended recaps of some of the top undercard fights. Fightful has a preview of the main event on the January 18 edition of the Fightful Boxing Newsletter, which can be viewed at this link.