Jermell Charlo: record, next fight and profile →
Jermell Charlo apparently thinks he’s a Hall of Famer. If the world ends today, he’d be wrong. Though two title reigns at 154 pounds – including an existing four-belt claim – are noteworthy and commendable and worthy of praise, they’re not quite enough to warrant all-time status.
Jermell Charlo has been nothing but respectful toward Canelo Alvarez throughout the promotion of their upcoming showdown. The undisputed junior middleweight champion praised Alvarez for his abilities, accomplishments and impact on the boxing business. Alvarez never forgot, however, the disparaging things Charlo and his twin brother, Jermall Charlo, said about him over the years.
Canelo Alvarez Training Camp Photos Gallery - Undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez showed off the skills that have made him a global superstar during a live streamed workout Wednesday as he prepares to take on Undisputed Junior Middleweight World Champion Jermell Charlo headlining a SHOWTIME PPV on Saturday, September 30 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Canelo Promotions will present the Premier Boxing Champions Pay-Per-View. (photos by Esther Lin)
Jermell Charlo was never pressed about landing a fight of the magnitude that is now on the horizon. The undisputed junior middleweight king is in the final stages of his September 30 challenge of fully unified super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. A two-weight division leap was necessary to make the fight happen, though Charlo insisted there was no better time than the present for the fight—not even when they shared the same division nearly a decade ago.
Canelo Alvarez has controlled his own career ever since severing ties with Golden Boy Promotions in 2020. Six out of Alvarez’s last seven fights were promoted by Matchroom Boxing, with the other presented by Premier Boxing Champions in 2021 when Alvarez knocked out Caleb Plant to become the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world.
Jermell Charlo knows his history. Before he ultimately set out on his own boxing path, the truculent undisputed junior middleweight champ was a student of the game. In a lot of ways, he still is.
Derrick James doesn’t understand why Jermell Charlo isn’t on every pound-for-pound list by now. Charlo’s hand injury has kept him out of the ring for the past 16 months, but he became boxing’s first fully unified 154-pound by knocking out Brian Castano in the 10th round of his last fight in May 2022. The 33-year-old Houston native
Jermell Charlo believes beating Canelo Alvarez would finally earn him the respect that the undisputed 154-pound champion claims he has been denied during his successful 15-year professional career.
Canelo Alvarez has long been one of the most effective body punchers in boxing. Jermell Charlo’s former trainer thinks that the undisputed junior middleweight champion must make Alvarez pay to the body, though, to give himself the best chance of pulling off an upset September 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The ship that is Dmitry Bivol has sailed for Canelo Alvarez. The undisputed super middleweight champion Alvarez stepped up to 175 pounds for the second time in his career in May 2022 and suffered a unanimous decision defeat to the Russian Bivol, getting outlanded 152 to 84 along the way.