By Allan Fox: Jermell Charlo believes that he and his brother former IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo should both be rated in the top 10 in the pound-for-pound lists. As of now, neither fighter is rated top 10 in Ring Magazine’s P-4-P list. The unbeaten Jermell (30-0, 15 KOs) will be defending his WBC junior middleweight title against former 154lb champion Austin ‘No Doubt’ Trout (31-4, 17 KOs) this Saturday night on Showtime as presented by Premier Boxing Champions at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo
Crawford, Charlo and Santa Cruz all favored
By Allan Fox: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs), Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) and Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) are favored to win their fights this Saturday night. Crawford will be fighting on ESPN against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) in a fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jermell Charlo says Jaime Munguia is “hype, makes rookie mistakes”
By Sean Jones: Jermell Charlo says new WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs0 is nothing but “hype” in talking about what he saw of him in his recent 4th round knockout of Sadam Ali (26-2, 14 KOs) on May 12.
Jermall Charlo says Hearn and Arum have contacted him and Jermell for signing
By Jeff Aranow: Interim WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (27-0, 21 KOs) says he’s been contacted by Matchroom Boxing USA promoter Eddie Hearn and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about him and his twin brother WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) potentially signing a deal with those two promotional companies.
The Next World Boxing Super Series: Part 3
By Danni Rocket: This last chapter in my recent trilogy of articles is all about dreams and speculation. Part 1 was about the Bantamweights and their confirmed WBSS tournament. Several fighters had already been announced and the tourney has been officially given the go ahead, with the top four seeded fighters looking to take their pick of the unranked underdogs at some point in the coming months. In Part 2, we explored the opportunities available to the leaked first six fighters of the eight-man Light Welterweight tournament, which looks to be announced very shortly. In Part 3 I’d like to muse on the potential third weight class.
Hearn wants to sign Jermall and Jermell Charlo
By Allan Fox: British promoter Eddie Hearn says he wants to ink Jermall and Jermell Charlo to his Matchroom Boxing stable, and he says he’ll pay them a lot more than they’re getting right now. Hearn says the Charlo brothers currently don’t have a promoter, so he wants to sign them both.
Kell Brook vs. Sergey Rabchenko fighting for WBC Silver 154lb title
By Tim Royner: The WBC Silver junior middleweight title will be on the line this Saturday night for the Kell ‘Special K’ Brook vs. Sergey Rabchenko fight at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.
Review of 2017
By Gav Duthie: It’s that time of the year again. Arguably the best year of boxing this century is coming to a close. Here is my personal categories and winners for what it’s worth.
Jermell Charlo taunts Lubin on Twitter after KO win
By Allan Fox: WBC World junior middleweight champion Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) couldn’t resist taking a shot on his beaten opponent Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (18-1, 13 KOs) on Twitter after knocking him out in the 1st round last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Jermell Charlo: If I could replace Sadam Ali for Cotto fight, I would
By Dan Ambrose: Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) says he would replace welterweight Sadam Ali for his fight against WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on December 2 if he could. Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) says he would make Cotto’s final fight of his career worthy.