Mike Alvarado faced an added challenge Friday when the Denver boxer stepped on the scales too heavy at an official weigh-in.

Alvarado, who is set to defend his WBO junior welterweight title Saturday in Broomfield against Ruslan Provodnikov, weighed 141 pounds. That’s one pound over the limit after he spent the day in a steam room, trying to work off the weight at the last minute.

He eventually returned to the scales, nearly two hours later, to weigh in just under the limit at 139.8 pounds.

Provodnikov weighed in at 139.8 pounds on his first try, coming down from the 147-pound welterweight division in his previous fight.

Alvarado had two hours, starting at 3:20 p.m., to shed one pound.

Alvarado was a two-time, state-champion wrestler at Skyview High in Thornton in a sport that requires last-minute weight loss.

Members of the Colorado State Boxing Commission, security guards and members of Provodnikov’s camp watched the official scales while Alvarado was away.