Comments Thread For: Jermall Charlo Willing To Bypass Tuneups, March Straight Into Demetrius Andrade Showdown

[factsarenice]

Charlo should fight Keith Thurman

[landotter]

Crazy what is happening here. 160 seems to have been dominated by fights that did not happen in the last 5 years. I am lost to it. If Charlo has taken the last 2 years to straighten his life out, it is worth it on the personal level and I hope that is true. Because it has really damaged a boxing career that was so completely full of amazing potential.,

[jqSide]

Reality is these boxers' choice of fights has nothing to do with fans. Blaming fans mean nothing.
Fights happen not because fans want it. Otherwise, this fight would have happened years ago. Agree?
Charlo decides what to accept and what not to accept. He's taking this fight because it makes sense for his situation.

Name a fighter that is fit for a tuneup for Charlo's next fight. As others said, even tuneups can go horribly wrong.
Losing to a tuneup, or merely struggling, is far more devastating than losing to Andrade.

That's very true.

In men's tennis today rising star Alcaraz, who is hailed as the next Djokovic, just got beat by a 135 ranked Hungarian in the 3rd round of the Italian Open. Marozsan was a virtual nobody in boxingspeak. It's a huge upset.


Tennis gobsmacked as Carlos Alcaraz crashes out in ‘upset of the century’
https://www.reuters.com/sports/tenni...me-2023-05-15/

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A showdown between Jermall Charlo and Demetrius Andrade, at least at one point, seemed inevitable. However, despite years of campaigning either in or near each other's weight class, the two have danced around one another.
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Both men are fossils and are no longer pertinent. Cash out and retire already. Neither of you plan on fighting anyone worth a damn anyways .

[Lance98]

Funny to see the idiots in this forum shifting the imaginary goalposts to fit their narrative and act like they know what's on charlo and andrade's minds. This site is getting dumber with these casuals and fanboy haters.

[kiaba360]

As a fan of Charlo, I would rather see him take a tune up after 2 years of inactivity just because if he's taken into deep waters, I wouldn't want ring rust to cause self doubt, or even be a part of the conversation for how the fight turns out. His immediate fight afterwards should be Andrade or Adames depending on which is the most lucrative, but if he's ordered then he must fight his mandatory first.

I understand an inactive fighter needing a tune-up. However, Montiel was meant to be a stay-busy fight. Then, Jermall went on a long hiatus while in possession of a title. A titlist has a responsibility to defend within a reasonable time-frame. The WBC forces Adames to wait indefinitely because of Jermall's problems. Now Jermall is talking about an Andrade bout, which should've happened years ago. It appears like Jermall is ready to get back in the ring, but he STILL doesn't have a tune-up fight scheduled. How much leeway is a fighter expected to receive before it becomes egregious?

[Rebelrbg]

Reality is these boxers' choice of fights has nothing to do with fans. Blaming fans mean nothing.
Fights happen not because fans want it. Otherwise, this fight would have happened years ago. Agree?
Charlo decides what to accept and what not to accept. He's taking this fight because it makes sense for his situation.

Name a fighter that is fit for a tuneup for Charlo's next fight. As others said, even tuneups can go horribly wrong.
Losing to a tuneup, or merely struggling, is far more devastating than losing to Andrade.

I made a thread about this Charlo fella years ago and that thread is still relevant even to this day. I know what he's made of.

While I agree that the fight should have already taken place, the onus doesn't fall on the fighters alone. Sure, Charlo held a grudge because Demetrius dropped his belt instead of fighting Jermell, and only called them out after 2 years and needing their names to make a lucrative fight, but it also was up to their promoters and advisors to work with each other, which they didn't want to at the time.

Fighters have advisors and promoters to guide them through their career decisions because sometimes a fighter is going to think with his heart instead of his brain, or as a businessman. But, if a fighter really wants that particular fight after all of the advice and discussions, he can demand that his promoter do everything possible to make it happen, because the promoter works for the fighter, and not the other way around.

If I were to advise Charlo on a respectable tune up fight, it would be Nursultanov, Felix Cash, or Hamzah Sheeraz.

[Rebelrbg]

I understand an inactive fighter needing a tune-up. However, Montiel was meant to be a stay-busy fight. Then, Jermall went on a long hiatus while in possession of a title. A titlist has a responsibility to defend within a reasonable time-frame. The WBC forces Adames to wait indefinitely because of Jermall's problems. Now Jermall is talking about an Andrade bout, which should've happened years ago. It appears like Jermall is ready to get back in the ring, but he STILL doesn't have a tune-up fight scheduled. How much leeway is a fighter expected to receive before it becomes egregious?

Or maybe he does have a potential fight scheduled that hasn't been announced, just in case he decides to jump right into the Andrade fight. I agree that he should be stripped if he doesn't give Adames the fight if its ordered, but if the Andrade fight gets scheduled before then, that's the bigger, more lucrative fight to make.

[kiaba360]

Or maybe he does have a potential fight scheduled that hasn't been announced, just in case he decides to jump right into the Andrade fight. I agree that he should be stripped if he doesn't give Adames the fight if its ordered, but if the Andrade fight gets scheduled before then, that's the bigger, more lucrative fight to make.

Or...not announcing the fight allows him to continue his reign of inactivity indefinitely!!

If Charlo is defending his title against Andrade, fair enough. But....that means Andrade looks like an idiot for moving up to 168 and dropping his MW belt.

Their stocks are arguably at their lowest since becoming world-level, and NOW they want to use each other to regain favor. As I said earlier, these two deserve each other.

[Rebelrbg]

Or...not announcing the fight allows him to continue his reign of inactivity indefinitely!!

If Charlo is defending his title against Andrade, fair enough. But....that means Andrade looks like an idiot for moving up to 168 and dropping his MW belt.

Their stocks are arguably at their lowest since becoming world-level, and NOW they want to use each other to regain favor. As I said earlier, these two deserve each other.

Regardless of the inactivity, Charlo's stock is not low, if anything the fighters that were avoiding him when he was active and sharp, now see this as the perfect time to clip him for an advantageous win, thus Cinnabon now mentions him as a potential opponent. He could step in the ring today and have a huge money fight with Canelo or Benavidez besides Andrade just out of fan's on both sides excitement to see what it would look like. It wouldn't be smart to do so after such a long period of inactivity, but the facts remain that he could.