Jermell Charlo: record, next fight and profile →
Brian Castano won’t have to fight Jermell Charlo in Charlo’s hometown after all. Though there was a time when it appeared that their immediate rematch would be held February 26 at Toyota Center in Houston, BoxingScene.com has learned that their second 154-pound championship match
Despite Covid-19 and its variants still running rampant, the sport of boxing worldwide registered a relatively clean bill of health in 2021, displaying formidable punch resistance against the pandemic's onslaught. Granted, the sport saw its share of cancellations and postponements but it was a minor setback compared to the battering the virus has wreaked upon many other sectors of the global economy. Virtually every world titleholder - from 105-pound Seneisa Estrada to 277-pound Tyson Fury - defended their belts in 2021.
The WBO super welterweight world champion, Brian Carlos Castano, is already training hard for a planned unification rematch with IBF, WBA, WBC champion Jermell Charlo.
One less hurdle remains in the path of a rematch to crown an undisputed junior middleweight champion. Lineal/WBC/WBA/IBF champion Jermell Charlo and WBO titlist Brian Castano were provided the opportunity to produce a single divisional king, only to fight to a twelve-round, split decision draw this past July at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The Showtime-televised championships affair came with the blessing of all four sanctioning bodies, though with the threat of two mandatory challenges looming ahead.
Rising junior middleweight star Tim Tszyu has not taken kindly to some of the statements being made about him by some of the top boxers in the weight class.
Tim Tszyu was able to plead a stronger case as to why he should be favored over Magomed Kurbanov as the number one contender to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior middleweight title.
Keith Thurman has been ensconced within the welterweight division his entire professional career, but an opportunity to face 154-pound unified champion Jermell Charlo may be just the kind of challenge to get him to budge from his familiar perch.
The quest for an undisputed champion in the junior middleweight division has hit its second snag in less than a week. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has ordered a mandatory title fight between its reigning champion Jermell Charlo and number-one contender Bakhram Murtazaliev. The fight was formally ordered on Wednesday, as confirmed to BoxingScene.com by the New Jersey-based sanctioning body.
SAN ANTONIO – If an immediate rematch with Brian Castano isn’t next for Jermell Charlo, Bakhram Murtazaliev wants his overdue title shot. Russia’s Murtazaliev has been the IBF’s mandatory challenger for Charlo’s junior middleweight title since November 2019, when Julian Williams owned it. The unbeaten contender has accepted back-to-back fights on Charlo’s undercards while waiting for his championship chance.
SAN ANTONIO – Sebastian Contursi considers mandatory title defenses to be the probable obstacle that’ll prevent an immediate rematch between Brian Castano and Jermell Charlo. Both 154-pound champions expressed interest in a second fight following their controversial 12-round split draw at AT&T Center, but Castano’s