Lance McDonald weighs 68.76kg in black g-string before Rahim Mundine bout
Lance McDonald turned a Newcastle weigh-in into the night’s strangest scene before his rahim mundine fight. The Queensland boxer stepped on stage Tuesday, stripped off his tracksuit and revealed only a skimpy black g-string, then weighed in at 68.76kg for Wednesday night.
Newcastle weigh-in scene
Ben Damon set the tone before McDonald appeared, warning onlookers to “avert your eyes.” The reaction on stage matched the setup. George Rose laughed as McDonald stood on the scales, and the boxer’s 1-4-1 professional record gave the moment an extra edge. He did the work at the weigh-in and still walked out with the most talked-about image from the card.
McDonald’s opponent, Rahim Mundine, weighed in at 69.76kg. That put the pair one kilogram apart at the official weigh-in for their bout at Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
Rahim Mundine on the card
The fight sits on the undercard of Nikita Tszyu vs Oscar Diaz, which keeps McDonald and Mundine in the middle of a larger Newcastle bill. Nikita Tszyu weighed in at 69.40kg and Oscar Diaz at 69.16kg, keeping the top of the card within the same weight range as the undercard bout.
Oscar Diaz did not speak English when asked for a final comment, but he still answered in his own way with “let's go!” Tszyu later spoke ahead of his 17th professional bout, while the undercard bout between McDonald and Mundine had already pulled attention by the time the scales were cleared.
McDonald’s 68.76kg statement
McDonald’s weigh-in did more than settle a number. It put a low-profile undercard fight in front of the night’s biggest crowd of attention before the first bell. The boxer’s 68.76kg reading, the black g-string, and the reaction around the scales gave the bout a profile that would usually take a fight week interview to create.
For both men, the next step is simple: they meet at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Wednesday night. McDonald arrives with the weigh-in image and a 1-4-1 record. Mundine arrives at 69.76kg, carrying the same fight and the same stage after the card’s most memorable pre-fight moment already belonged to the undercard.
