Anthony Joshua will have a 20lb weight advantage when he takes on Oleksandr Usyk tomorrow night.
Usyk had been tipped to be heavier for the sequel in Saudi Arabia, perhaps an indication of his intention to force a stoppage in the return leg. But the speculation came to nothing with the Ukrainian weighing 221lb, exactly the same as he did for the first fight.
Joshua weighed in at 244lb, slightly up on the 240lb he scaled before he put his belts on the line at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The Brit has overhauled his training regime since his second career defeat and will have new coach Robert Garcia in his corner on Saturday night.
