NEW YORK -- The middleweight title bout between WBA/IBO champion Gennady Golovkin and top contender Daniel Geale became official Friday when each fighter weighed in below the required 160-pound limit.

Gaele stepped on the scale first and checked in at 159.2 pounds. Golovkin made the bout official with a weight of 159.8 pounds. They will meet Saturday night (HBO, 9:30 ET/PT) at Madison Square Garden.

Golovkin (29-0-0, 26 KO) will enter the ring as the renowned power puncher, and looked the part standing next to the lithe Aussie, Geale (30-2-0, 16 KO). At the final press conference on Wednesday, Golovkin and his trainer Abel Sanchez discussed the possibility of Golovkin adding Geale to the list of knockout victims. Sanchez said that Golovkin has "God-given heavy hands," but also mentioned his rigorous training.

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"Everybody's reacted the same way," Sanchez said of opponents feeling Golovkin's power. "From the first fight that I worked with him he hit a young man in Panama with a little body shot and his eyes got huge, he backed up, and he laid down and that was it. [Gabriel] Rosado too, as soon as he got hit he was on a bicycle."

Golovkin chimed in after Rosado's name was brought up, mentioning that after their fight Rosado asked him, "What do you eat?"

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Geale looked impressive as well. To the naked eye he looked much smaller than Golovkin, but his light, slender frame should serve him well Saturday night since he told Sports World News his goal is "not giving him an easy target."

The co-feature, a highly anticipated matchup between undefeated heavyweights Mike "The Rebel" Perez and Bryant "By By" Jennings, featured a stark difference in weight. While both men appeared in good physical shape Jennings weighed in at a shredded 226.6 lbs, while Perez was a compact 242.2 lbs.