Chavez-Rubio, Donaire-Vazquez weigh-in report

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altJulio Cesar Chavez Jr, Marco Antonio Rubio, Nonito Donaire and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. all hit the scales ahead of Saturday's HBO-televised show from the Alamodome in San Antonio.

The fighters on Saturday's card at the Alamodome in San Antonio hit the scales on Friday.

The HBO-televised card features junior featherweight Nonito Donaire in his 122-pound debut against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for the vacant WBO title, and, in the main event, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is defending his WBC middleweight belt against Marco Antonio Rubio.

The fighters' weights on Friday follow.

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Donaire (27-1, 18 knockouts) came in at 121.6 pounds ...

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... Vazquez (21-1-1, 18 KOs) weighed 122 pounds even.

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Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KOs) weighed 159.5 pounds ...

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... while tough veteran Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KOs) came in at 159 pounds.

Photos by Chris Farina - Top Rank.

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