{"id":387828,"date":"2026-01-24T10:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387828\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:59:07","slug":"future-world-champion-khalil-coe-misses-weight-by-7-pounds-but-the-fight-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387828\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Future world champion&#8217; Khalil Coe misses weight by 7 pounds but the fight goes on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khalil Coe weighed in at a staggering 182.8lbs ahead of his grudge match against Jesse Hart this weekend, who came in comfortably at 174.6lbs for the scheduled light-heavyweight contest.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will face off on the undercard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matchroomboxing.com\/events\/muratalla-vs-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Raymond Muratalla vs Andy Cruz<\/a> for the former\u2019s IBF Lightweight World title, a Matchroom show from the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, broadcast on DAZN. <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/khalil-coe-pulls-out-of-jesse-hart-clash-with-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The fight had been rescheduled from October 11 last year following a hand injury on Coe\u2019s part.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingscene.com\/articles\/raymond-muratalla-and-andy-cruz-all-set-khalil-coe-blows-weight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey\u2019s Coe, who has come in over in the past but not by this ridiculous margin, will forfeit 30% of his purse to Hart<\/a> and is no longer eligible to win the WBC USA title. It\u2019s a major hit to his reputation after being pushed by promoter Eddie Hearn as a world champion in waiting, and leaves questions on his overall dedication and, in particular, this training camp.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd0a The final <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoeHart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#CoeHart<\/a> face off \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>Chief support to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MuratallaCruz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#MuratallaCruz<\/a> live on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@DAZNBoxing<\/a> tomorrow night! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rt453vN5XS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rt453vN5XS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatchroomBoxing\/status\/2014842612285309407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">January 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bo2d-EQcjAg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FightHype<\/a> after the weigh-in, Hart was understandably animated when explaining why he \u2018begged\u2019 for the fight to still go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c83. I came in at 74 \u2026 We found out today at the weigh ins. He knew about this 12 weeks. He did a 12 week training camp out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He did not want to fight. He don\u2019t want to fight me. First his hand, now his weight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m still pushing. I begged the commissioner to still let him fight me because I know he ain\u2019t got this [heart]. They didn\u2019t want to fight. The commissioner tried to say he\u2019s too much over \u2026 He\u2019s eight pounds over the contracted weight. I begged the commission \u2013 \u2018please, do not let him get out of this, on the simple fact that my daughter called me last night when he pushed me on stage.\u2019 He got to pay. It\u2019s no reason why you shouldn\u2019t be a professional and handle the contracted weight. 12 weeks? \u2026 I know when a man don\u2019t wanna fight. I smell fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the numbers on the scales have put more eyes on the rivalry, many will feel safety should have been considered first and foremost and the bout pulled from the card.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Khalil Coe weighed in at a staggering 182.8lbs ahead of his grudge match against Jesse Hart this weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-387828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}