PUMPKIN WEIGH-OFF SET FOR TODAY

PUMPKIN WEIGH-OFF SET FOR TODAY

HALF MOON BAY, Calif (Wireless Flash) -- The title for heavyweight championship of the world will be on the line today (Oct. 9) -- but it's not between boxers, it's between pumpkins. The 27th Annual Heavyweight Championship Pumpkin Weigh- Off will take place in Half Moon Bay, California, and pumpkins as big as 600 pounds will be competing for $5 per pound in "seed money." Although Jon Hunt of Elk Grove, California, set a world's record last year by harvesting a 991-pound pumpkin, don't expect him to squash his record this year. Hunt says he plans to attend the contest, but he doubts his pumpkins will be prize winners because this year's weather caused his top contenders to split their skins before they grew to their full potential.