Brian Minto and John Poore weighed in at about the same Tuesday night.

Their individual stakes in tonight's 10-round heavyweight championship fight at Pullman Park are completely different, however.

Poore, 37, hopes to vault his career to another level. Minto isn't planning to derail his.

"This is heavyweight boxing," said Minto, 33. "This guy is a good puncher and one punch can take you out.

"I'm excited about the crowd. ... I do have a few more butterflies than usual, but I still have to keep my head and box. I have to be careful."

The six-fight card begins at 8 p.m., with ESPN2's "Wednesday Night at the Fights" telecasting live at 9.

The event sold out in two weeks — 3,000 seats and about 1,000 standing room tickets — and ringside tables sold out in two days.

"The community really got behind this and I'm grateful for that,"Minto said. "I've been able to concentrate on the fight, knowing I'm not going to lose any money."

Minto (30-2, 19 knockouts) put up much of the money to promote the fight card.

"I had a lot of help from a lot of people," he said.

Ranked No. 12 in the world by the World Boxing Organization, Minto has been trying to get ranked in the top 10 by the World Boxing Association. A top-10 ranking would make him eligible for a world title fight.

Minto's WBAFedecentro title belt will be on the line tonight, as will the vacant Pennsylvania heavyweight title.

Poore (20-2, 18 KOs) is from Philadelphia and has not defeated an opponent with more than 13 wins.

"A win here would do wonders for my career,"Poore said. "It would open up opportunities for me overseas. Brian's had success over there (Germany). He's a name over there.

"Hopefully, I can take advantage of that."

Tom Yankello, Minto's trainer, doesn't anticipate the main event lasting long.

"But that fight will produce fireworks early,"he promised. "John doesn't take a backward step. Brian doesn't take a backward step. It's going to be great action for the fans.

"The longer the fight goes, the more it favors Brian. He has more experience, he's seen better competition, he's been in bigger fights."

Poore said he's prepared to go the distance if need be.

"I just have to stick to the game plan we came up with in the gym,"Poore said.

Minto weighed in at 214Z\x pounds while Poore weighed in at 213Z\x. Two other Butler heavyweights on the card, Jim Emrick and Ryan Covert, weighed in at 214Z\x and 207, respectively.

All non-heavyweight fighters, including Butler middleweight Dave Cook, were scheduled to weigh in this morning at the Butler Days Inn.

Emrick (4-1-1) is facing an unexpected opponent in Anthony Gatt (6-0-1, 4 KOs) of West Chester. Emrick's originally scheduled opponent, Darryl Spears (1-1), opted out of the bout three days ago.

Gatt last fought June 21, winning a four-round unanimous decision over Kevin Hood (5-8-1), and is scheduled to fight again July 11.

"This doesn't bother me,"Emrick said of the change. "At my age (37), you have to take risks. I feel like, had I trained properly, I'd be 6-0 right now.

"This should be an even fight. If this guy cleans my clock, then I learn it's not worth it for me to continue. I guess I'll find that out."

The combined record of the other five fighters Gatt has beaten is 2-20-2.

<B>Main Event: </B>Brian Minto (30-2, 19 KOs), Butler, vs. John Poore (20-2, 18 KOs), Philadelphia, 10 rounds, WBAFedecentro heavyweight title<B>Co-Feature: </B>Tommy Karpency (11-0-1), Ada, vs. Rayco Saunders (15-10-2), Pittsburgh, eight rounds, light heavyweightDave Cook (3-0, 2 KOs), Butler, vs. Jimmy Lubash (7-1), Pittsburgh, six rounds, super middleweightJim Emrick (4-1-1), Butler, vs. Anthony Gatt (6-0-1), West Chester, four rounds, heavyweightRyan Covert (0-0), Butler, vs. Billy Greenawalt (1-3), Youngstown, Ohio, four rounds, heavyweightClifford Gregory (0-3-2), Farrell, vs. Tom Joseph (2-1), Youngstown, Ohio, four rounds, welterweight