Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

By Boxing News - 09/22/2020 - Comments

By Barry Holbrook: Jermall Charlo and his twin brother Jermell will be fighting this Saturday night on Showtime pay-per-view against Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Jeison Rosario on SHOWTIME PPV.

For the fans that have the money and the willingness to purchase the card, it’ll run them $74.95. With the fight card being priced so high, it’s virtually eliminated a massive amount of boxing fans that don’t have the means during the pandemic to order it.

The set price for the event is acceptable as long as the organizers aim for a low number of fewer than 100,000 buys. If that’s their window for what they’re showing for, then $75 makes sense for the Charlo twins. But if they’re aiming for 500,000 to 1 million buys, there’s going to be a lot of sour grapes when the PPV numbers come in.

Charlo brothers fighting on PPV for the first time

Neither of the Charlo brothers has ever fought on PPV, and it’s understandable because they haven’t opposed quality guys. It’s also challenging to understand what they sometimes say because they babble a lot and drift off the topics.

As far as the fights go, both Charlo’s brother might wind up losing. WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo has a tough bout against IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario (20-1-1, 14 KOs). That’s a 50-50 fight right there. Charlo already lost to Tony Harrison, and he’s looked bad in many other contests.

Image: Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

Jermall is taking on Sergiy Derevyanchenko, who is coming off of a questionable 12 round unanimous decision loss to Gennadiy Golovkin last October. Virtually the entire world felt that Derevyanchenko deserved the win.

Jermall would likely lose to GGG if they fought, which means that Derevyanchenko has a heck of a chance of beating him on Saturday, provided that the judges score the contest the right way.

Pricing people out

It’s a questionable move on the management for the Charlo brother’s part in picking this time during the pandemic to stage a super expensive pay-per-view card. Still, they’ll likely learn their lesson if it does dismal numbers like many boxing fans are predicting.

Many fans won’t have the means time pay $75 for the card, and that isn’t good for the Charlo brothers.

If the idea is to make them famous by putting them on PPV, they’re not going to accomplish that goal due to the high price for the card.

Charlo-Rosario and Charlo-Derevyanchenko will be taking place behind closed doors at theĀ  Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The start time is at 7:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. PT.

Image: Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

Jermall’s best wins

  • Matt Korobov
  • Julian Williams
  • Austin Trout
  • Cornelius Bundrage
  • Dennis Hogan

Jermall seems like the better fighter between the Charlo brothers, but he hasn’t fought anyone yet. Charlo’s performance against Korobov was atrocious from start to finish, and that was by far the best guy he’s fought. What this tells you is, Charlo isn’t that good. He can do a lot of basic, but he’s flawed on defense, and he struggles when facing guys with a little bit of talent. Trout gave Charlo a hard time as well.

Image: Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

Tony Harrison helped Jermell’s career

Jermell, 30, has gained a measure of popularity, thanks to Tony Harrison, who trashed talked him fiercely in their two fights. Harrison beat Charlo in their first fight in 2018, but in the rematch last December, Jermell knocked him out in the 11th. Harrison did an excellent job of dissecting Jermell mentally and pointing out how much of a hot-head he is when interacting with him.

What’s interesting is the Jermell vs. Rosario fight is the main event on this card, which seems like an odd move. And Rosario is arguably less well known compared to Derevyanchenko (13-2, 10 KOs), who has been seen by many boxing fans in the U.S in his matches against Gennady Golovkin, Daniel Jacobs, and Tureano Johnson.

Rosario (20-1-1, 14 KOs) wasn’t known until his upset 5th round knockout win over IBF/WBA 154-lb champion Julian ‘J-Rock’ Williams on January 18th this year.

Charlo facing Derevyanchenko in a tough fight

Jermall Charlo (30-0, 22 KOs) is making a defense of his WBC middleweight title against former two-time world title challenger #1 WBC Derevyanchenko on the undercard. Charlo will be fighting the first high-quality opponent of his career in facing Derevyanchenko, and we’re going to see if he can hold up under the pressure that he will be dealt with him.

Jermall looked horrible in his toughest test to date against 36-year-old Matt Korobov in 2018, and he got through that bout thanks to a set of questionable scores by the three judges assigned to the fight. The boxing public overruled the judges, however, and they saw it as a loss for Charlo. Fans see Charlo has had an asterisk on his record next to the Korobov name.

Image: Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

Jermall will need to show something different if he wants to beat Derevyanchenko because he can’t count on the judges to continue to give him questionable wins like that. It’s not something he can count on happening every time he faces someone good.

Charlo brothers going crazy in quarantine

The Charlo brothers are in quarantine in a hotel in Connecticut. They have a small gym with a treadmill and a stationary bike. Neither of them is happy about their situation, and we’ll see if they can make weight. Not being able to leave the hotel until the night of the fight will be tough on them.

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“I can’t wait to get in there and fight. I can’t wait to do my thing,” said Jermall Charlo. “They take me out of my comfort zone. I can’t work out. I can’t do nothing,” said Charlo in complaining about being in quarantine.

“They gave us the whole floor. They got us living out of a box,” Jermall complaining about his boxed food they gave him to eat while in the hotel. We could have stayed at home for this s***.

“And we want to fight. We got a training room, and we got to cut weight. We don’t even get a treadmill with a TV screen on it. They gave us Skittles, and we got to cut weight. We can’t have this s*** right now.

“Watch what happens on Saturday. This is how they do the champ, and I’m trying to stay focused, man. Pay-per-view live. We’re still going to go out and do our s***.

Too many PPVs for fans during the pandemic

For many boxing fans, they don’t have the money to be paying $75 to order the Charlo brother’s fight this Saturday on Showtime. Fans are already being asked to pay to see the October 24th fight between Gervonta Davis and Leo Santa Cruz on Showtime PPV and the November 21st match between Errol Spence and Danny Garcia on Fox Sports PPV.

Image: Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

Asking fans to pay approximately $75 three straight months in September through November is a bit much. Yeah, there will be some boxing fans that will have the money to order the Charlo-Rosario and Charlo-Derevyanchyenko card this Saturday on Showtime PPV. Still, a lot of people will save their money if they have any.

The organizers for the event should have taken into account the pandemic that’s going on and dropped the prices for the fans. If they lowered the price to around $15 per household, they might make more money in the long with the high volume of purchases than the $75 fee.

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Undercard fights on Saturday:

  • Luis Nery vs. Aaron Alameda
  • John Riel Casimero vs. Duke Micah
  • Brandon Figueroa vs. Damiel Vazquez
  • Daniel Roman vs. Juan Carlos Payano
  • Bakhram Murtazaliev vs. Manny Woods

Those fights are pretty much all mismatches, which means that boxing fans are likely only going to see two exciting fights on the entire card involving the Charlo brothers.

In the old days, you could see a lot on an expensive pay-per-view event, but not anymore. $75 gets you one, possibly two exciting fights. The rest of the contests are showcase fights where the promoter puts their fighters in with an over-matched opponent to make them look good. It’s all predictable and sad.

It would be a good idea if boxing fans could select which portion of the Saturday’s Charlo card to purse on PPV. Instead of paying $75 for the whole thing and stuck with many mismatches, fans should be able to purchase just the Charlo brother’s two fights and leave off all the undercard matches that don’t figure to be competitive.

Image: Charlo brothers in action against Derevyanchenko & Rosario on PPV this Saturday

Fans would be willing to pay $30 to see just the Charlo brothers fight if they knew they were saving $45 by not wasting their time on empty filler fights.