Eddie Hearn revealed that Courtenay was not going to be able to drop the weight necessary in a two hour period after the weigh-in, admitting that she had given herself an even bigger challenge in the ring.
The rules state that although the fight can go ahead, Courtenay will not be keeping hold of the title after the weekend whatever happens in her meeting with Mitchell.
Hearn told BNTV: "She won't make weight. She'll talk about it later and make her own statement but it's been a long camp for her, she's trained hard.
Unfortunately she couldn't make the weight. "She's now got an even bigger challenge tomorrow night because she's lost her belt."So she has to try and win the fight, then fight for the vacant belt and Jamie Mitchell still gets a.
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