Aston Palicte, Jason Moloney make weight for bantamweight clash in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia — Aston Palicte had no issues at Saturday’s weigh-in, checking in well under the bantamweight limit at 117.06 pounds for his ten round bout against Jason Moloney at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
Moloney, a native of Victoria state in Australia, weighed in at 117.61 pounds for the bout, which will be the co-main event for the undisputed lightweight championship bout between George Kambosos Jr. vs. Devin Haney.
Palicte, a giant in the division at 5’7”, is feeling stronger and healthier now that he isn’t struggling to make the super flyweight limit of 115 pounds, as he had throughout his career.
“I’m not super hungry like when I was at 115 pounds. I feel much stronger now that I’m fighting at 118 pounds,”said Palicte (28-4-1, 23 knockouts) Read more [...]