
Canelo vs. Charlo Winner To Receive The WBC "Puebla Belt"
The winner of Saturday night's fight, between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Jermell Charlo, will receive a special belt from the World Boxing Council - the Puebla belt.
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The winner of Saturday night's fight, between Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Jermell Charlo, will receive a special belt from the World Boxing Council - the Puebla belt.

Canelo Alvarez hasn’t just been boxing’s biggest star but to a large portion of the world, he was also its best fighter. It didn’t quite matter the style that stood before him, at some point, the all-time great would either put his opponents out of their misery or cruise to a unanimous decision victory.

Jermell Charlo has stated that he will weigh in at the super middleweight limit of 168 pounds for his upcoming showdown with Canelo Alvarez.

by Corey Erdman - Every generation of boxing fans has its one big star, its fighter whose events are signpost moments in their lives, the way Super Bowls are for football fans. You remember where you were when The Big Game is happening if you’re an NFL fan, or even a fan of gluttony and parties, and likewise, if you like fighting, you remember the nights you spent watching the mega fights.

Ronnie Shields was Jermell Charlo’s trainer when Shields led Erislandy Lara into his 12-round, 155-pound non-title fight against Canelo Alvarez.

It appears Jermell Charlo will want to lean on his fleet feet in order to try and beat Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 30 in the battle between undisputed champions.

There are more questions than ever surrounding Canelo Alvarez. Once viewed as the consensus best fighter in the world, the Mexican star has seemingly been passed up by the likes of Terence Crawford, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk, and a handful of others.

One of the most accomplished trainers in boxing history doesn’t just think Jermell Charlo will upset Canelo Alvarez on September 30. Freddie Roach predicted that Charlo will become the first fighter in 64 professional fights to beat Alvarez by knockout.

Most fighters, even before they pilfer a world title, believe that they are the best that their respective division has to offer. That, of course, is nothing more than conjecture. In the case of Jermell Charlo, however, his claim to the junior middleweight throne is an objective statement.

Jermell Charlo isn’t exactly proud of the way he comported himself in years past. In a recent interview, the undisputed 154-pound champion from Houston, Texas, expressed some regret about his tetchy behavior as he was coming up as a contender.