Angelo Leo, Stephen Fulton make weight for title fight

Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect a change of opponent in an undercard fight.

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Angelo Leo and Stephen Fulton on Friday made weight for their fight Saturday at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. (Showtime).

Leo, who will be defending his 122-pound title, came in at 121.4. Fulton weighed 122.

Leo (20-0, 9 KOs) won the vacant WBO title by outpointing Tramaine Williams in August. Fulton (18-0, 8 KOs) was scheduled to face Leo in that fight but had to pull out after testing positive for COVID-19.

In other fights on the card, Victor Pasillas (16-0, 9 KOs) and Ra’eese Aleem (17-0, 11 KOs) weighed 122 and 121.6, respectively, for their junior featherweight bout.

And Rolando Romero (12-0, 10 KOs) will no longer face Justin Pauldo in a scheduled lightweight bout after Pauldo came in 3.6 pounds over the 135-pound limit.

Romero, who weighed 134.2, will now face Avery Sparrow (10-2, 3 KOs), The late replacement weighed one pound over the limit.