Eleider Alvarez had difficulty making weight for his last bout because he suffered an Achilles’ injury while training for it.

Alvarez weighed over 200 pounds a month before he was scheduled to fight Sergey Kovalev in an immediate rematch last February 2. His injury prevented Alvarez from doing real roadwork, thus getting down to the 175-pound limit for that fight was harder than ever.

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The former WBO light heavyweight champion had no such difficulty making weight for his fight against Michael Seals on Saturday night. The 35-year-old Alvarez came in at 174 pounds Friday afternoon, a full pound below the maximum for their 10-round main event at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.

The 37-year-old Seals (24-2, 18 KOs) officially weighed in at 173½ pounds.