Oscar De La Hoya 150 lb*, Steve Forbes 150 lb.

Published Fri May 2, 2008, 4:00 AM

There appears to be confusion at the scales, or perhaps whether or not the Oscar de la Hoya-Steve Forbes announced noontime weigh-in was official. With nothing reported thus far, the only news to come from the scales in Los Angeles, California was that Forbes (33-5, 9KO) made the contracted limit of 150 lb, while de la Hoya (38-5, 30KO) was ½ lb over at 150.5 lb for their fight Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA (HBO, 10PM ET/7PM PT).

It’s standard industry practice for the official weigh-in to take place no sooner than 30 hours prior to the opening bell, which more often than not places such events at or around 5PM ET/2PM PT. It’s possible that today’s nooner at the scales was merely a show for the fans, with the official weigh-in to come at the more conventional time.

The confusion came in when de la Hoya checked in slightly over the limit. He was still just over after removing his socks, and motioned for a towel to be placed in front of him in one last effort to make weight. Before he could perform the censored version of The Full Monty, he was told by Golden Boy Promotions representatives to jump off the scale and pose for the “official” stare down.

The weight contradicts a statement made earlier in the week, when de la Hoya claimed to actually be closer to the official welterweight limit of 147 lb. No news on whether or not he will have to shed the ½ lb in order for the fight to go on as planned, though it’s highly unlikely a fight of this magnitude gets scrapped over such a small discrepancy.

UPDATE: An official press release from Golden Boy Promotions suggests that all fighters on the card made weight. The weights for tomorrow’s evening card are as follows:

MAIN EVENT – CATCHWEIGHT (150 lb.) – 12 ROUNDS
Oscar DE LA HOYA, Los Angeles CA 38-5 (30KO), 150 lb*
Steve FORBES Portland, OR 33-5 (9 KO) 150 lb.

Co-FEATURE –JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 10 ROUNDS
Victor ORTIZ Oxnard, CA 20-1-1 (15KO) 144 lb
Dairo ESALAS Miami, FL 31-12 (25 KO) 142 lbs

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 6 ROUNDS
Danny Oscar GARCIA Philadelphia PA 5-0 (5KO) 144 lb
Manuel BOCANEGRA Ciudad Juarez, MEX 8-8-1 (5 KO) 142 lb

MIDDLEWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS
Daniel JACOBS, Brooklyn NY 5-0 (5KO), 163 ¾ lb
Jose PEñA, Kansas City, MO 2-2-1 (2 KO’s) 159 lb

SWING BOUT - JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS
Javier CASTRO, Ciudad Juarez, MEX 15-1 (13KO) 141 ½ lb
Julio GAMBOA, Managua, NIC 26-12-2 (16 KO) 139.5 lbs

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS - 4 ROUNDS
Hector SANCHEZ, San Juan, PR 12-0 (5KO), 141 lb
Arthur BRAMBILA, Phoenix, AZ 9-12 (4 KO) 141 lbs

WELTERWEIGHTS - 8 ROUNDS
Freddy CURIEL, Vernon NJ 18-6-2 (8KO), 151 lb
Sven PARIS, Frosinone, ITA, 23-3 (16 KO), 151 lbs

LIGHTWEIGHTS - 8 ROUNDS
Wes FERGUSON, Las Vegas, NV 17-3-1 (5KO) 135 lb
Miguel MUNGUIA, Mexico City, MEX, 16-11-1 (13 KO) 135 lbs