Jermell Charlo: record, next fight and profile →
Jermell Charlo gave Brian Castano even more credit in the statement he issued Tuesday night on Instagram than he did during their post-fight press conference.
Jermell Charlo-Brian Castano was Showtime’s most-watched live boxing match since December 2019. Nielsen Media Research released viewership figures Tuesday that indicated an average of 422,000 watched the highly competitive, thoroughly entertaining battle between Castano and Charlo on Saturday night from AT&T Center in San Antonio.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Every now and then, the tinkering mood just hits. Especially when I’m feeling bored, introspective, forward-thinking … whatever, and I begin pondering ways in which I can make the things I genuinely enjoy even better.
WBO junior middleweight champion Brian Castano received words of encouragement from the man regarded by many as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman had no issue with the overall outcome in Saturday's high stakes junior middleweight unification between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano.
WBO junior middleweight champion Brian 'Boxi' Castaño confirmed his intention to pursue a rematch with WBA, WBC, IBF champion Jermell Charlo - but the Argentine boxer is not confident that the feeling is mutual.
SAN ANTONIO – Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano both asserted after their 12-round split draw Saturday night that they want a rematch. Castano would welcome a second shot at Charlo’s championships next, though Charlo noted during their post-fight press conference at AT&T Center that he isn’t sure when a rematch might take place. There was not a clause in their contracts that assures an immediate rematch, primarily because Charlo, the IBF, WBA and WBC champ, and Castano, who owns the WBO belt, likely will have to make mandatory defenses of their titles in their next fights.
SAN ANTONIO – The more time Brian Castano took late Saturday night to think about what occurred in the ring at AT&T Center, the worse the WBO junior middleweight champion felt about the official result.
By Corey Erdman - After fighting to a draw with Brian Castano on Saturday night in San Antonio, Jermell Charlo didn’t seem bothered in the way many fighters do after a draw. With very few exceptions, fighters believe that any fight they were involved in that was scored closely should have gone in their favor. Though Charlo too believed that he ought to have been declared the winner of the bout, he seemed to reject the notion that it was wholly unjust, or that the result was something to be overly disappointed in.
Junior middleweight contender Tim Tszyu is even more confident after watching world champions Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano battle to a twelve round split draw on Saturday night. The judges saw it 114-113 for Castano, 117-111 for Charlo and 114-114 for the draw.