There were no scale fails in Glasgow, Scotland, as welterweights Josh Taylor (19-2, 13 KOs) and his opponent Ekow Essuman (21-1, 8 KOs) both came underneath the welterweight limit of 147 pounds on Friday morning.
Saturday’s fight on DAZN will mark Taylor’s debut in the welterweight division as he looks to make his way up the rankings and compete for a title. Essuman looks to ruin all those plans as the 36-year-old looks for his first world title opportunity before retiring. Which version of Taylor shows up on Saturday is the million-dollar question, but Taylor won his first fight fairly easily, which was against the scale on Friday morning.
JOSH TAYLOR VS EKOW ESSUMAN WEIGH-IN RESULTS
The vacant WBO Global Welterweight Championship
Josh Taylor – 146.8 lbs vs. Ekow Essuman – 146.4 lbs
The WBO Inter-continental and WBA International Heavyweight Championships
Moses Itauma – 254 lbs vs. Mike Balogun – 241 lbs
The vacant WBC Silver Featherweight Championship
Nathaniel Collins – 125.6 lbs vs. Lee McGregor – 125.4 lbs
The WBA Continental & vacant Commonwealth Cruiserweight Championships
Aloys Jr – 199 lbs vs. David Jamieson – 198.4 lbs
The vacant BBBofC Scottish area Middleweight Title
Aston Brown – 159.6 lbs vs. Reece Porter – 159.4 lbs
4 x 3 Minute Rounds Super-Welterweight Contest
Drew Limond – 148.8 lbs vs. Ezequiel Gregores – 150 lbs
8 x 3 Minute Rounds Super-Lightweight Contest
Luke McCormack – 143.2 lbs vs. Samir Cuentas – 144 lbs
4 x 3 Minute Rounds Light-Heavyweight Contest
Alex Arthur Jr – 171 lbs vs. Robbie Chapman – 171 lbs
4 x 3 Minute Rounds Lightweight Contest
Luke Bibby – 135.3 lbs vs. Cesar Ignacio Paredes – 134 lbs
4 x 3 Minute Rounds Lightweight Contest
Lee Welsh – 133.1 lbs vs. Tony Morton – 134.6 lbs
6 x 3 Minute Rounds Super-Bantamweight Contest
Marcus Sutherland – 127.3 lbs vs. Dylan Nixon – 127.4 lbs
4 x 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest
Reese Lynch – 141.6 lbs vs. Jonatas De Oliviera – 140.1 lbs
JOSH TAYLOR VS EKOW ESSUMAN BETTING ODDS
Per DraftKings SportsBook, Josh Taylor is the favorite at -330, and Ekow Essuman is the underdog at +250.
Josh Taylor: TKO/KO +330; Decision -135
Draw: +1600
Ekow Essuman: TKO/KO +650; Decision +500
JOSH TAYLOR VS EKOW ESSUMAN DATE, START TIME
- Date: Saturday, May 24
- Start time: 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
- Main event ringwalks (approx): 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT
These timings could change due to the length of the undercard fights.
WHAT CHANNEL/STREAM IS JOSH TAYLOR VS EKOW ESSUMAN?
- U.S.: DAZN
- UK: DAZN
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