Russia: Sergei Kovalev and Anthony Yarde make weight ahead of world title bout

W/S British light-heavyweight boxer Anthony Yarde preparing for weigh in, Chelyabinsk
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M/S Russian light-heavyweight boxer Sergei Kovalev arriving
W/S Kovalev preparing to make weight
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W/S Kovalev and Yarde with their coaches
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W/S Boxers with their coaches
M/S Kovalev talking to his coach
M/S Kovalev with his son
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Russian light-heavyweight boxer Sergei Kovalev and his British opponent Anthony Yarde both made weight ahead of their WBO world title fight in Chelyabinsk on Friday.
Kovalev weighed in at 79,2 kg (174.6 pounds) and Yarde at 78,9 kg (173.9 pounds), both indicators under the 175-pound limit, according to the boxers’ weight range.
The WBO world title fight is scheduled to take place in Chelyabinsk on Saturday.
The bout will be the first title defence for 36-year-old Kovalev after regaining the light-weight title from Colombian Eleider Alvarez in February.