TIMOTHY BRADLEY vs. NATE CAMPBELL
WBO JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
DEVON ALEXANDER vs. JUNIOR WITTER
WBC SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, Aug. 1, The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa
WBO 140-POUND CHAMPION TIMOTHY BRADLEY,
FORMER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION NATE CAMPBELL,
WBC NO. 2 RATED 140 POUNDER DEVON ALEXANDER,
AND WBC NO. 3 RATED JUNIOR WITTER
FINAL WEIGHTS
Friday, July 31, 2009, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
NOTE: WEIGHTS: All four fighters in Saturday’s SHOWTIME world championship doubleheader made the 140-pound weight limit during Friday’s weigh-in at the Cahuilla Ballroom at the Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
World Boxing Organization (WBO) 140-pound champion and hometown hero Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley tipped the scales at 139 pounds and former unified lightweight champ Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior” Campbell measured 138 ½ pounds.
Bradley (24-0, 11 KOs) of North Palm Springs, Calif., and Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KOs), of Jacksonville, Fla., square off in the main event of the world championship doubleheader on Saturday, Aug. 1, LIVE on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
No. 2-rated World Boxing Council (WBC) 140-pounder Devon Alexander “The Great’’ weighed in at 138 ½ pounds and No. 3 ranked Junior Witter measured 139 pounds.
In the first half of the doubleheader, the undefeated Alexander (18-0, 11 KOs) of St. Louis will face former champion Witter (37-2-2, 22 KOs), of England, for the WBC strap that Bradley voluntarily relinquished to fight Campbell. Bradley originally won the WBC title by defeating Witter on May 10, 2008 on SHOWTIME.
The biggest boxing event in the history of The Coachella Valley in Southern California will emanate from The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif. It will be promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing Promotions in association with Don King Productions and Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa.