NEW YORK – Jermell Charlo hasn’t taken offense when fans, commentators or reporters have picked Canelo Alvarez to beat him. (photo by Ryan Hafey)

A somewhat mellower Charlo acknowledged during their recently completed press tour that people are entitled to their opinions, no matter how much the undisputed 154-pound champion might disagree with them. As the 33-year-old Charlo has done throughout his career, though, he will use skepticism regarding his two-division jump for the biggest fight of his life as motivation to disprove doubters September 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Charlo discussed how he feels some people have underestimated him following a press conference recently at Palladium Times Square. While respectful of Alvarez’s legacy and abilities, a confident Charlo feels he has all the tools necessary to beat a four-division champion who is consistently listed as a 4-1 favorite over him.

“I mean, I know he got some power,” Charlo told Showtime’s Brian Campbell, Raul Marquez and Stephen Jackson. “You know what I’m saying? I know he can move, too, he can mix punches. I mean, we just fittin’ to have a fight, you know? Like I don’t think I’m gonna be too much worried about what he gonna do. And y’all gonna see that, ‘Dang! We underestimated a little bit of Jermell Charlo.’

“And that’s what I’m coming to show. I like when I got haters and doubters. And I got people that don’t really know me yet. They don’t really know how hard I hit. They ain’t been in the ring with me. So, hopefully after the fight Canelo can let y’all know like I’m one of the most dangerous fighters that he fought.”

Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) has never weighed in at more than 155¾ pounds for any of his 37 professional fights. He has boxed at or slightly above the junior middleweight limit of 154 pounds for the past 13 years.

Mexico’s Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs) began his Hall-of-Fame career as a junior welterweight in October 2005, but he knocked out Sergey Kovalev in the 11th round of his first light heavyweight fight and won the WBO 175-pound championship in November 2019. The undisputed super middleweight champion is 7-0 in fights contested at that division’s maximum of 168 pounds.

“Well, we’re gonna be able to be comfortable [at a higher weight] and walk around at a good, comfortable weight, and not have to do too much worrying about draining ourselves, you know, depleting the body and stuff,” Charlo said. “And I think that’s the only thing. And after this, we’ll see what we can do with Terence Crawford, after I get my era of Canelo out the way.”

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.