LAS VEGAS \u2014 Sa\u00fal \u201cCanelo\u201d \u00c1lvarez requested that Friday morning\u2019s official weigh-in for his undisputed super middleweight championship bout against Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford be held behind closed doors, according to Jeff Mullen, executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, reporters received email invitations to the official weigh-ins scheduled to take place at the Fontainebleau casino-resort on Friday morning. There was no indication that any of the weigh-ins would be held privately, only a statement that, unlike Friday evening\u2019s ceremonial weigh-in, these would be closed to fans.<\/p>\n
Yet on Thursday evening, credentialed media received an updated email from the organizers of the fight stating that \u201cthe main event official weigh-in will be closed to the media. Those weights will be communicated to credentialed media after both athletes weigh in.\u201d<\/p>\n
When The Athletic queried why the main event weigh-in was to take place privately, unlike the weigh-ins for the rest of the bouts, Zuffa Boxing referred questions to the Nevada Athletic Commission.<\/p>\n
According to Nevada\u2019s written regulations, boxing weigh-ins generally occur with members of the media allowed to attend. \u201cUnless otherwise approved by the Commission or the Executive Director, the weigh-in must occur in the presence of the public,\u201d the regulations state, dated current as of November 2024.<\/p>\n
Mullen said in an interview that its regulations and practices changed during the coronavirus pandemic to allow for private weigh-ins. \u201cWe\u2019re allowed to do it. We were requested to do it. It\u2019s standard procedure for big boxing fights,\u201d Mullen said.<\/p>\n
Mullen said he conducted the weigh-ins himself, and they proceeded normally. Both fighters weighed in half a pound under the super middleweight limit at 167.5 pounds, Mullen said.<\/p>\n
The weigh-ins for Crawford and \u00c1lvarez were held in the same Fontainebleau conference center as the rest of the weigh-ins, which were carried out much like official proceedings for a UFC-organized event (Zuffa is the new boxing arm of the parent company that owns the UFC, with Dana White serving as a cofounder and chief promoter).<\/p>\n
Without much fanfare or delay, all 18 fighters made weight, posed for cameras and walked off a small stage.<\/p>\n
A Nevada regulator then walked down a large hallway to another, more private space, where Crawford and \u00c1lvarez were to be officially weighed. Quickly, crews dismantled the official scale for the rest of the fighters, and a short time later, UFC announced the official weights on social media.<\/p>\n
Oskar Garcia contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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