Ryan Garcia, Conor Benn make weight for Zuffa Boxing event

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Zuffa Boxing's biggest card to date is now official after Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn made weight for their welterweight title clash.

The 12-round headliner will see Garcia, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, look to defend against Benn. Both men made weight without issue despite speculation that Benn would struggle to hit his mark. All other fighters on the card also made weight, including Zuffa cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia, who will take on Noel Mikaelian.

Garcia (25-2) enters the fight having defeated Mario Barrios to claim the WBC title. This bounceback performance came after "King Ry" failed to dethrone Rolando Romero for the WBA belt last year. Garcia officially weighed 145.5 pounds for the title defense.

Looking to cause an upset is Benn (26-1), whose only career defeat came to Chris Eubank Jr. last year. However, the British superstar won the rematch and then defeated Regis Prograis in his latest outing. Benn weighed 146 pounds on the dot.

The Zuffa Boxing Benn vs. Garcia event will stream live on Paramount+. The main card starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Garcia vs. Benn weigh-in results:

Ryan Garcia (145.5) vs. Conor Benn (146)
Champ Jai Opetaia (199) vs. Noel Mikaelian (200)
Raphael Akpejiori (246) vs. Da'Mazion Vanhouter (231.5)
Andres Cortes (135) vs. Mark Magsayo (134.5)
Oswaldo Molina (131.5) vs. Pablo Rubio Jr. (131)
Abel Gonzalez (167.5) vs. Raul Salomon (167)
Dakota Linger (150.5) vs. Vlad Panin (151.5)
Jose Ramirez (146.5) vs. Alexis Rocha (146.5)
Sean Garcia (134) vs. Abraham Morales (134)

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