By Sean Jones: Former middleweight title challenger Curtis ‘Cerebral Assassin’ Stevens (29-6, 21 KOs) says he wants to fight WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo, Jermall Charlo and Gabriel Rosado. Stevens, 32, says he’ll take any of those fights.
By Stanley White: Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions says junior middleweight champions Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) and Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) are realistic options for Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) to face in unification fights. Ali won the WBO junior middleweight title last Saturday night in beating champion Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jeff Aranow: Kell Brook says he wants to get 1 tune-up fight out of the way before he challenges for a world title in 2018 against one of the junior middleweight champions in Jermell Charlo, Jarrett Hurd or Erislandy Lara.
By Jim Dower: WBC World junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) stopped the highly hyped No.1 WBC contender Erickson Lubin (18-1, 13 KOs) by a 1st round highlight reel knockout on Saturday night in their co-feature fight on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Eric Thomas: WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (29-0, 14 KOs) puts his title and unbeaten record on the line this Saturday night on October 14 against 22-year-old Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (18-0, 13 KOs) in a big tripleheader at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Jeff Aranow: In a stacked card on October 14, unbeaten WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo will be defending his title against unbeaten mandatory contender Erickson Lubin at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. There isn’t a network yet for the fight card, but Showtime Championship Boxing is where the fight card could wind up being televised.
By Rob MaClean: Jermell Charlo (29-0, 14 KOs) delivered a stunning right hand to challenger Charles Hatley, retaining his WBC Super Welterweight title at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York via knockout in round 6. Charlo exhibited immense power, completely knocking out Hatley, in what was a one-sided contest. Charlo could likely have got the KO earlier in the fight, he scored a hard knockdown in round 3, but ultimately it was a solid display from the defending champion.
By Jeff Aranow: Showing off his new punching power, WBC World super welterweight champion Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo (29-0, 14 KOs) knocked out his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Charles Hatley (26-2-1, 18 KOs) in the 6th round on Saturday night on Showtime Championship Boxing, presented by Premier Boxing Champions at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Allan Fox: Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) and “Showtime” Shawn Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs) will be fighting tonight, as well as WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 KOs) and Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Berto-Porter is an important fight for both of them, as the winner of match becomes the #1 WBC mandatory challenger to World Boxing Council welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman.
By Jeff Aranow: Andre Berto will be getting a purse of $1.2 million for his WBC welterweight title eliminator fight against Shawn Porter this Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. According to Dan Rafael, Porter’s purse for the fight is $1 million, which isn’t bad considering that he lost his last fight to Keith Thurman last June. The Berto-Porter fight will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.
The winner of the Berto vs. Porter fight will have a future fight against WBA/WBC champion Thurman.