One of Houston's favorite sons, Jermell Charlo returns home in his second bid to become an undisputed jr middleweight champion. The younger Charlo Twin will do battle with Argentine Brian Castano for the second time, on February 26th at the Toyota Center in his home city. The two champions have agreed to terms for the highly anticipated rematch for undisputed supremacy of the division.
Charlo and Castano memorably battled to a draw back in July, in the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Although Charlo enjoyed home state advantage he was unable to secure the victory. In a highly entertaining and competitive fight that Charlo rallied late in was declared a draw despite the majority of the fans thinking it was not Charlo but the Argentinian who deserved the nod.
Castano bought the pressure and in the eyes of most built up a lead in the early and mid-rounds. However, with the heart of a lion, Little Charlo came roaring back and rallied late to steal most of the late rate rounds to earn the draw. Charlo seemed cautious and didn't let his hands go in the early and mid rounds seemingly giving rounds away. However, showed superior skills in spots as well. Which led him to say "I do believe I won the fight; I don't believe it was that close should be undisputed right now."
Charlo holds the WBC, WBA,& IBF version of the 154-pound world title and sports a terrific 34-1-1 (18) record will get another chance to capture Castano's WBO version and become the first fighter ever to simultaneously hold all four belts in the 154-pound weight class. He will also look to become just the fifth man ever to hold all four belts in any weight class. The other four are Middleweight Bernard Hopkins, Jr Welterweights, Terence Crawford and Josh Taylor, and cruiserweight Oleksandr Usyk.