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Ruiz Jr vs Joshua 2: Dillian Whyte weighs career-heaviest for Mariusz Wach heavyweight fight

Ring walks at 8.45pm on Saturday for Ruiz Jr vs Joshua 2, live on Sky Sports Box Office

By Matt Horan

Friday 6 December 2019 17:14, UK

WHYTE WACH
Image: Dillian Whyte and Mariusz Wach both came in over 19st

Dillian Whyte came in a career-heaviest ahead of his fight against Mariusz Wach in Saudi Arabia.

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Whyte returns to the ring against 'The Viking' on the undercard to the eagerly-awaited rematch between Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua at the Diriyah Arena, live on Sky Sports Box Office, this Saturday.

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Dillian Whyte weighed in at his career-heaviest
Image: Whyte was two stone bigger than we he fought rival Derek Chisora for a second time
WACH WHYTE
Image: Wach has five defeats to his name

'The Body Snatcher' tipped the scales at 19st 5lbs, almost a stone heavier than his previous outing against Oscar Rivas and two-stone bigger than when he rematched Derek Chisora.

Having his fourth fight this year, Wach was also at a biggest-ever size, just a pound lighter than his Brixton counterpart.

HUNTER POVETKIN
Image: Povetkin and Hunter sit on the brink of a world title shot
MAJIDOV LITTLE
Image: Majidov and Little weigh-in

Elsewhere on the card, Michael Hunter and Alexander Povetkin were similarly matched ahead of their WBA world title eliminator - Hunter 16st 2lbs, Povetkin 16st 5lbs.

Tom Little (17st 13llbs) will have more than a stone-in-weight advantage against Mahammadrasul Majidov (16st 7lbs), while Filip Hrgovic (17st 3lbs) looked in pristine condition for his step-up fight against Eric Molina (17st 10lbs).

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