Guillermo Rigondeaux, Joseph Agbeko make weight for Atlantic City clash

Super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba and Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko of Ghana both made weight for their title fight Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Rigondeaux, who holds two of the major titles, tipped the scales at 121 pounds, one under the limit. Agbeko, a former bantamweight champion, came in at 121.6 pounds.

Rigondeaux, 33, is a two-time Olympic gold-medal winner who did not turn pro until May 2009, when he was already 28. He is 12-0 with eight knockouts. Agbeko, also 33, is 29-4 with 22 knockouts.

The fight will be televised on HBO along with two other fights. James Kirkland (31-1, 27 KOs) will take on Glen Tapia (20-0, 12 KOs) in a junior middleweight bout and Matthew “Mack The Knife” Macklin (29-5, 20 KOs) will square off with Lamar Russ (14-0, 7 KOs) in the middleweight division.

Kirkland and Tapia are actually fighting at a catch-weight of 156, two pounds over the junior middleweight limit.

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