Comments Thread For: Jermell Charlo Vacates IBF Title In Lieu Of Mandatory Title Defense Versus Bakhram Murtazaliev

[HandsofIron]

Mell will never fight again.

Taking a break and then he's moving up to Middleweight.

Mell vs Janibek 2024

[MusoMeanderings]

Taking a break and then he's moving up to Middleweight.

Mell vs Janibek 2024

you wish

[hhh1200]

Once he went up to 168 it's a suicide mission to go back to 154. It's the same situation as Josh Taylor at 140 too long and getting beat by guys he would have smoked 2 years earlier

[Boxing2695]

I don't think that he beats either one. Do you think he's interested in either fight , or is he going to take the Canelo retirement fund and ride off into the sunset ? I hope not. There are lots of good fights available to him , and he needs a couple to wash the stench of the Canelo debacle off of him. At one point I was surprised when he didn't run out of the ring , out of the arena ,and jump in a waiting vehicle...lmao. That's how much he didn't want to fight.

I think he's gonna fight one of them guys probably because after the canelo fight he's probably got a pay day that's he's never had before and obviously he won't get the same fighting them but it's still gonna be the best option pay day wise and I think that's the motivation for him in terms of carrying on fighting. Guys like charlo now only thing keeping him boxing is trying to get what fight makes him the most money. It's why he took the canelo fight he knew he was out of his depth but it was the biggest pay day out there for him. Don't think he's gonna care about belts because he's already won them at 154 that box is ticked now it's financial especially at 33 how many years does he really have left to make big money

[Bullrider]

People's expectations of Charlo are on point.

[drablj]

Four years in the mandatory position... has anyone ever waited longer?

jose napoles. that's why they invented enforced mandatory challenger in the late 60s.

i really hate when boxers are inactive and hold up the division. stripping BOTH jermell and crawford is great. they didn't want to EVER fight their mandatories. just vacate immediatelly then and don't be a !@#$%. josh taylor did the same. these unified champions just stall and do nothing, pretending that they will defend their belts and then fight random opposition. unified (2+ belts) champions should only fight mandatories and other champions. end of story.

[HandsofIron]

you wish

Why not?

Mell vs Janibek is a decent scrap.

[paulf]

He’s not fighting any of these guys. He probably fights Danny Garcia or some **** then retires.