Keeping track of  Porter vs. Ugas

WBC welterweight champion,  American Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KO) is ready to defend his crown against  skillful Cuban Yordenis Ugás (23-3, 11 KO), this Saturday , on a Premier Boxing Champions card at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

The WBC recognizes the professionalism of both fighters and their respective teams, as they have complied with all the medical requirements, examinations and safety protocols that the WBC needs.

One of the main priorities of the World Boxing Council for 2019, is the implementation of the new Weight Management Program, which aims to protect the health of fighters.

Rules of the WBC Weight Management Program:

1. Once the fighters and their teams have confirmed the match, the boxers must weigh themselves, so that the WBC can know what their initial weight is.

2. Apart from our already pre-weigh ins  of 30 and 7 days, the pre-weigh in of 14 days will be added.

For the previous weigh in  of 30 days, the boxers must not weigh more than 10% of the limit of their division. For 14 days they must not exceed more than 5% and in the 7 day weigh in they must not weigh more than the  3% above the limit.

3. Also, with the mission of ensuring the safety of boxers and their rivals avoiding over hydration, the World Boxing Council is implementing a weigh in  system on the same day of the fight, in which fighters must not weigh more than 10 percent of what they registered  during the official weigh-in.

* The fighters must be weighed in the dressing room of the arena where the fight will take place. It must be done to monitor that the established percentage is not exceeded, to protect the health and well being of the boxers.

In this way, both fighters only have to complete  the new WBC weigh in  on the day of the fight,  to verify that neither  of them exceed 10% of what they weighed  at the official weigh in , to fully comply with the new WBC weight management program.