Cherneka Johnson vs Dina Thorslund weights, running order, ringwalk times

Cherneka Johnson and Dina Thorslund made weight ahead of MVP main event

Today at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Australia’s first-ever undisputed world champion in the four-belt era Cherneka Johnson (19-2, 8 KOs) and MVP and Denmark’s former unified champion and Boxrec’s #2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world  Dina Thorslund (24-0, 9 KOs) stepped on the scales ahead of their highly anticipated undisputed bantamweight title clash, airing live on ESPN and the ESPN App on Saturday, August 8.

Fighters on the main and preliminary cards participated in the weigh-in, including co-main event fighters MVP and Australia’s unified IBF and WBO middleweight world champion Desley Robinson (12-3, 4 KOs) and MVP’s #1 WBA, IBF, WBO and #2 WBC contender, 2x Canadian Olympian, and amateur world champion Tamm Thibeault (4-0, 3 KOs). Additional fighters included MVP’s Shurretta Metcalf (15-5-1, 2 KOs), MVP’s Amanda Galle (12-1-1, 1 KO), MVP’s Krystal Rosado (9-1, 2 KOs), Alondra Hernandez (10-2, 2 KOs), MVP’s Jan Paul Rivera (15-0, 7 KOs), Ruben Garcia (25-7-2, 11 KOs), Dainier Pero (13-0, 10 KOs), Aleem Whitfield (10-1, 6 KOs), MVP’s Sa'Rai Brown-El (1-0), Sheyla Moreno (5-0-1, 1 KO), Angelo Hernandez (1-0, 1 KO), Jose Fernandez (2-1, 1 KO), Sebastian Juarez (11-0, 8 KOs), Rance Ward (9-6-1, 2 KOs), Jadden Addison (2-0, 1 KO), and Dionne Ruvalcaba (2-2, 1 KO). 

For additional details on the final weights, please refer to the bout sheet below.

MAIN CARD – 10pm ET

Undisputed Bantamweight Championship (118 lbs)

Cherneka Johnson 117.0 vs. Dina Thorslund 117.6

WBO/IBF Middleweight World Titles & Vacant Ring Magazine Middleweight Championship (160 lbs)

Desley Robinson 159.0 vs. Tamm Thibeault 159.4 

Junior Bantamweight Bout (115 lbs)

Shurretta Metcalf 114.8 vs. Amanda Galle 114.8

Bantamweight Bout (118 lbs)

Krystal Rosado 117.6 vs. Alondra Hernandez 117.4

PRELIMINARY CARD – 6:30pm ET

Junior Lightweight Bout (132 lbs)

Jan Paul Rivera 131.6 vs. Ruben Garcia 132.2

Heavyweight Bout

Dainier Pero 232.8 vs. Aleem Whitfield 233.8

Junior Flyweight Bout (108 lbs)

Sa'Rai Brown-El 107.8 vs. Sheyla Moreno 106.8

Featherweight Bout (126 lbs)

Angelo Hernandez 125.4 vs. Jose Fernandez 125.2

Middleweight Bout (160 lbs)

Sebastian Juarez 157.6 vs. Rance Ward 157.4

Lightweight Bout (135 lbs)

Jadden Addison 136.0 vs. Dionne Ruvalcaba 133.8

Quotes

CHERNEKA JOHNSON

On being focused on Saturday night’s fight: I've got one focus and one focus only, and that's bringing my best to the ring come Saturday night. And I believe I'm going to do that. 

On representing Australia: I believe it's a really good opportunity for us to showcase what the women's fighters in Australia can do and look at where we are. Look what we have. I’m grateful to be a part of the MVP team and here fighting live on ESPN and back home on Fox Sports,

On securing her position as top of the bantamweight division: I know a lot of people in here still look at Dina [Thorslund] as the queen of the bantamweight division. She's got something that I want, and I'm going to take that and all these belts back home.

On if she’d do MMA: Look, I'm not going to say I'm any good at kicking or any other martial arts other than boxing. That's been my whole focus, my whole career, and I believe that's why I'm so good at it. But I'd never say no to an opportunity, and you never know what happens.

DINA THORSLUND

On story leading up to this fight: I think a lot of people know my story with the whole miscarriage being last year, giving up two titles, and now people maybe have known about my sparring partner and good friend Raven Chapman. There's a lot of emotion in this fight for me, and I'm too experienced to let it have a bad effect on me. So it's like a deeper motivation, even worse now. I'm really looking forward to it.

On preparing to face Johnson: I have made so many upgrades on both training, recovery, sleeping, eating, everything. I'm really well prepared for this fight and have an even deeper meaning with it.

On her excitement for Saturday night: I just want to get in there, in that ring. That is the only thing I want to get in and get everything out, and I can't wait to do that.

On how she plans to secure a win: A win is a win. So, I will be satisfied with the decision, but my aim is to stop her. That is the high aim for me, and I'm not going to stop until I get the win.

On her motivation for taking back her belts: I'm here for the sport, and I really want to have a good person representing the best elite of boxing, and I think I am that, and I will prove that as well on Saturday. 

On if she’d do MMA: Once I said to my husband, I actually thought about it [MMA] when I'm done boxing. I could call out the biggest and baddest in MMA, and he was like, "Nope, you're not going to do that. I love you too much." And I was like, well, okay, that's fine with me.

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On Saturday, August 8, MVPW-05 will stream live from Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, with the preliminary card beginning at 6:30pm ET followed by the main card at 10:00pm ET. Tickets for MVPW-05 are on sale now on Ticketmaster.com

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