Alen Babic 214.3 vs. Eric Molina 257

By Charles Brun: Unbeaten heavyweight entertainer Alen Babic weighed in at 214.3 lbs on Friday’s weigh-in for his eight-round co-feature bout in opposition to two-time world title challenger Eric Molina for Saturday’s conflict on DAZN on the O2 Area in London, England.

For his half, the 39-year-old Molina (28-7, 20 KOs) weighed in 42.7 kilos heavier than Babic (8-0, 8 KOs) at 257 lbs.

This combat is taken into account a toss-up within the eyes of many individuals, as Babic has no expertise in opposition to high quality opposition and he’s primarily a primitive cruiserweight with out protection.

Molina wins simply if he has something left

If Molina has something left within the tank at this stage in his lengthy 14-year skilled profession, he’ll destroy Babic on Saturday with ease.

In his prime, Molina would have made straightforward work in opposition to a tiny crude slugger like Babic, however he’s pushing 40 now and he’s been knocked out in two out of his final three fights.

What Babic has in his favor is his youth, the followers, and the truth that Molina has misplaced three out of his final 5 fights.

Clearly, Babic wouldn’t have been matched up in opposition to Molina if the American was coming into the combat with a successful streak in his final 5 matches.

Babic’s administration possible noticed the weak point in Molina they usually needed a reputation man that hardcore boxing followers have been accustomed to. Therefore, Molina was picked out for Babic, however it’s nonetheless not a certainty that the Croatian will win.

Given Babic’s lack of dimension and his wide-open reckless fashion of combating, he’s not going to have the ability to go a lot additional than combating previous their prime guys like Molina earlier than he begins dropping repeatedly.

Babic is just too small and his protection too poor for him to combat top-tier heavyweights of their prime.

Official weights for Saturday:

• Alen Babic 214.3 vs. Eric Molina 257
• Johnny Fisher 242 vs. Alvaro Terrero 222
• Craig Richards 175 vs. Marek Matyja 174.5
• Youssef Khoumari 129.75 vs. Jorge Castaneda 129
• Jordan Thompson 199.2 vs. Piotr Podlucki 195.3
• Chantelle Cameron 139.6 vs. Mary McGee 139.7

“It doesn’t matter what’s been mentioned all week. I’ve acquired to be able to go on Saturday,” mentioned Eric Molina to the Sportsman on his match in opposition to Alen Babic on Saturday.

“It’s a brief discover combat and I’ve acquired to be prepared, I’ve acquired to be sturdy, I’ve acquired to really feel good and I’m not going to let my feelings waste vitality. I’m going to remain on prime of my sport,” mentioned Molina. “In different phrases, I’m sensible, I’m skilled, and I do know what I’m doing right here.

“He’s [Alen Babic] a fan-favorite as a result of he’s reckless. What occurs once you’re reckless? Ultimately, you run right into a wreck, and I’m positively that man that may result in that wreck.

“I really feel sturdy, I really feel good, I really feel the attributes that I’ve, I really feel like my proper hand is stronger and extra correct.

“And I really feel like I’ve all the things it takes to carry that wreck to him,” mentioned Molina in stating that he sees himself beating the undefeated Babic.

“Let’s break down this man [Babic]. He’s 210lbs, he throws punches like he doesn’t care.  How far do you actually assume he’s going to get on this heavyweight division? He has no craft, he has no protection, and he’s beating guys he’s speculated to beat,” mentioned Molina.