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If he wants to go in that direction, former four division world champion Miguel Cotto has the opportunity to avenge one of his five career defeats. On December 1, 2012, the Puerto Rican superstar lost a unanimous decision to then World Boxing Association (WBA) 154-pounds champion Austin Trout, in what was Cotto's first career defeat at New York's Madison Square Garden of Manhattan.
Austin Trout Video Interview - Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will try to regain a share of the world super welterweight crown he last held three years ago by dethroning Britain's undefeated Liam "Beefy" Smith on Saturday. Both fighters made the junior middleweight limit of 154 on Friday, with Canelo fully stripping down to make it.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo have become the first twins in boxing history to hold world titles in the same weight class. Jermall (24-0, 18KOs) retained his IBF super-welterweight world championship with a unanimous 12-round decision over former world champion Austin Trout in Las Vegas on Saturday nightt, while Jermell (28-0, 13KOs) earned the vacant WBC title by rallying from five points down to register an eighth-round knockout over John Jackson.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, Nevada - IBF junior middleweight championship Jermall Charlo (24-0, 18KOs) was tested tough, but pulled out a twelve round unanimous decision over former WBA beltholder Austin Trout (30-3, 17KOs). The scores were 115-113, 116-112, 116-112.
Charlo vs. Trout - BoxingScene Scorecard - LAS VEGAS - The six elite 154-pound fighters will collide tonight as part of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader. The fighters went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
In his last 5 fights, Jermall Charlo nearly doubled jr. middle avg. with 9.7 jabs landed per round (Charlo does not yet qualify for Categorical Leaders- needs to fight 5 or more champ. caliber opponents).
Jermall Charlo (23-0, 18 KOs), over the last three years has seemed as complete a fighter as they come. He shoots his jab like Mark Breland, spears the right cross like Thomas Hearns and utilizes creative angles like Sugar Ray Leonard.
Photos of Lara-Vanes, Charlo-Trout, Charlo-Jackson Weighin. In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the show, Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan meet in a rematch to their inconclusive Nov. '12 clash. Lara (22-2-2, 13KOs) - a Cuban defector who now trains out of Houston, Texas - checked in at 153.75 for the fourth attempted defense of his version of the super welterweight crown. Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21KOs) - a 2008 U.S. Olympian from California by way of Armenia - was slightly lighter at 153.5 lbs.
Austin Trout Interview - LAS VEGAS - The six elite 154-pound fighters competing on Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Photos by Stephanie Trapp.