Jamshidbek Najmitdinov moved up in weight and had a career best performance as he stopped former world title challenger Charles Hatley in two rounds in Hatley's hometown in Dallas.
The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas - In a crossroads encounter, Jamshidbek Najmitdinov (19-2, 15 KOs) blasted out Charles Hatley in two rounds.
Charlo vs. Hatley Fight Photos Gallery - NEW YORK - Jermell Charlo used a series of straight right hands before a huge right knocked out Charles Hatley - literally - as Charlo defended his WBC junior middleweight title Saturday night with a sixth round knockout.
Jermell Charlo defended his WBC Super Welterweight World Championship in dominant fashion with a devastating sixth-round knockout of mandatory challenger Charles Hatley in the co-main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
NEW YORK – Jermell Charlo silenced Charles Hatley once and for all Saturday night. Charlo scored a spectacular sixth-round knockout against his mandatory challenger, ending their war of words in emphatic fashion. The defending WBC super welterweight champion drilled Hatley with a short, straight right hand that left Hatley unconscious, under a bottom rope at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Lanardo Tyner is the only fighter to have defeated Charles Hatley, who challenges Jermell Charlo for an alphabet junior middleweight belt on Saturday. Tyner (32-10-2, 20 KOs) dropped Hatley twice en route to a first round TKO in 2012.
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Undefeated Jermell Charlo and challenger Charles Hatley will each be coming off long layoffs when they square off for Charlo's World Boxing Council junior middleweight title Saturday at Barclays Center. American Charlo has not fought since winning the 154-pound title last May with an eighth-round knockout of US Virgin Islands fighter John Jackson.
Charlo vs. Hatley Photos Gallery of the Official Weigh-in - Shawn Porter and Andre Berto both made weight without any difficulty Friday afternoon in Brooklyn. Porter weighed in at the division limit of 147 pounds for their WBC welterweight elimination match Saturday night at Barclays Center. Berto weighed 146½ pounds at the Brooklyn Marriott.
Shawn Porter and Andre Berto both made weight without any difficulty Friday afternoon in Brooklyn. Porter weighed in at the division limit of 147 pounds for their WBC welterweight elimination match Saturday night at Barclays Center. Berto weighed 146½ pounds at the Brooklyn Marriott.