But Douglin makes it and Periban finally gets there at the third attempt.
Saturday 22 November 2014 11:45, UK
James DeGale and George Groves were left waiting - at the weigh-in.
The super-middleweight rivals both made the 12 stone mark ahead of their fights on Cleverly v Bellew II this Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
A bitter feud between the pair is believed to have reignited beforehand, with reports of a bust-up backstage, and they were made to wait after each of their opponents failed to make the limit in Liverpool.
DeGale's foe, Marco Antonio Periban, weighed in at 2lbs over, while the man who Groves is taking on, Denis Douglin, was just 4oz too heavy.
Both returned to the scales around an hour later and Douglin came in at 11st 13lbs, while Periban remained 1lb over but his fight with DeGale (11st 13lbs) goes ahead as no title is at stake.
Groves (11st 13lbs) was not so worried about the American's slight mishap and looked calm and collected as he left the stage at St George's Hall.
"He made a conscious effort to tell everybody how big he is at super-middleweight. But he doesn't look that big and his height doesn't look like he'll be overweight, Groves told Sky Sports News HQ.
"Maybe he had one pancake (too many) this morning."
There were no other weight issues, with Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew both hitting the scales at 14st 3lbs, inside the cruiserweight limit, and the rest of the card saw Michael Sprott come in heavier than Anthony Joshua.
Official weights
Nathan Cleverly (14st 3lbs) v Tony Bellew (14st 3lbs)
Anthony Joshua (17st 2lbs) Michael Sprott (17st 5lbs)
George Groves (11st 13lbs) v Denis Douglin (11st 13lbs)
James DeGale (11st 12lbs) v Marco Antonio Periban (TBC)
Scott Quigg (8st 9lbs) v Hidenori Ohtake (8st 9lbs)
Jamie McDonnell (8st 5lbs) v Javier Chacon (8st 5lbs)
Callum Smith (11st 13lbs) v Nikola Sjekloca (11st 13lbs)
Bradley Saunders (10st 7lbs) v Ivans Levickis (10st 3lbs)
Scott Cardle (9st 12lbs) v Aboubeker Bechelaghem (9st 13lbs)
Watch Groves and DeGale live and exlcusive as part of Cleverly v Bellew II, on Sky Sports Box Office on November 22, with Joshua, Groves, Smith and more, also on. Go to skysports.com/cleverlybellew to book.
