Stephen Fulton Blows Weight, Liam Wilson Fight Off

Click here to watch live boxing this weekend

The contest had already been downgraded from a WBA junior lightweight title eliminator after Fulton’s team requested a catchweight of 133 pounds earlier in the week. On Friday’s official weigh-in day, the fight was scrapped entirely.

Fulton admitted before the cancellation that he was struggling to make 130 pounds. He said Wilson’s team had already been warned about the weight issue behind the scenes.

“I mentioned something about it, a ‘behind the doors’ type of thing. It was (an official request), but I had to make the weight, no matter what. (In response, promoters told him) ‘Try to make the weight.’ And that’s what I’m doing, and that’s what I did. That’s why I didn’t come yesterday ’cause I’m sitting here trying to make the weight. I’d rather miss a media workout than not fight. I’m trying to save the card and my slot, so that’s why I didn’t show up yesterday.”

Fulton also revealed that he plans to leave the division after struggling to reach the junior lightweight limit for a second straight fight.

“I would most likely campaign as a lightweight moving forward,” said Fulton.

Wilson accepted the late move to 133 pounds before the bout was eventually canceled, saying the extra allowance did not bother him.

“I only worry about what happens on my side of the fence, what’s happens on his side is up to him. I’ve fought guys like him before. They’ve come in heavy. They don’t work that hard, or they think they have an advantage over you. Whatever it may be if he needs to be a better version of himself coming in heavy, so be it,” said Wilson.

“If anything, it’s kind of relieving, less weight to lose. I’m a professional. 130 was the weight limit, and I was prepared to make that weight, but less weight to lose is better for me.”

The cancellation is another disappointment for the Tim Tszyu vs. Errol Spence Jr. undercard after Jermall Charlo’s scheduled bout with Koen Mazoudier was also removed from the show earlier in the week.