When Frank Caraballo stepped up to the scale for the weigh-ins leading into his first amateur fight, meant to be at 185 pounds, he could manage just 167 pounds.
That was in the days when amateur fights were less regulated, so the Cleveland native had no problem getting into the cage with a much bigger fighter. He had been training for just three months with virtually no combat-sports background before that.
But the lighter and less experienced Caraballo rarely has done things the conventional way.