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Brandon Rios of Oxnard has WBA lightwight belt stripped

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Oxnard’s world lightweight champion Brandon Rios had his World Boxing Assn. belt stripped Friday when he failed to make the 135-pound weight limit.

Rios weighed in at 135.6 pounds twice, then went to a hot room to ‘sweat out’ more weight and weighed in again at 136.6 pounds.

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‘It is what it is,’ the gaunt Rios said backstage at the Madison Square Garden Theater.

Rios also disputed the accuracy of the scale to a New York State Athletic Commission member, to no avail.

Rios will still fight England’s once-beaten John Murray on Saturday night, and Murray can claim the title by defeating Rios.

Additionally, Rios will have to pay Murray $20,000 from his purse.

Murray said he deserved additional ‘compensation’ for having to deal with a heavier fighter.

He also recognized that Rios’ weakened condition affirms his plan to take the bout into late rounds.

[Update: 4:29 p.m., Dec. 2, 2011: The Rios and Murray camps also struck an agreement that Rios will be weighed again at 9 a.m. Eastern time Saturday and cannot be over 146 pounds, or the fight is off.]

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