Jermall Charlo is set to return on November 25th.

Houston native and WBC Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo,32-0 (22), has been linked to David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade for years. He will not be fighting either of those former world champions, instead, he will fight former welterweight world title challenger Jose Benavidez Jr the older brother of David, on the undercard of Benavidez-Andrade on November 25th in Las Vegas. Charlo, who turned 33 earlier this year, captured the WBC middleweight title in 2019 and has defended it successfully four times. He has wins over Brandon Adams, Dennis Hogan, Surrogate Derevyanchenko, and Juan Mantiel. However, he has not defended his belt at all since June of 2021. Despite the layoff WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman said that the Texan was at no risk of losing his title. The president had no plans of stripping him of the belt for inactivity  He will end that layoff and return to the ring on the. 

Benavidez Jr is 31 -years old and sports a 28-2-1 (19) record, and was once upon a time one of boxing's hottest young prospects. He made a bid at the WBO Welterweight crown against Terence Crawford in 2018 but came up short and was stopped in the 12th round. He then took three years off and returned in 2021 and fought Argentinian Francisco Emanuel Torres. In his next outing, he was outpointed by former two-weight division world champ Danny Garcia in July of 22. He then picked up his first win in over five years by stopping Bosnian journeyman Sladan Janjanin in five rounds. The fight was the first fight of note Benavidez Jr fought at the middleweight limit. 

Barrios Shines in Las Vegas Captures Interim Title. Charlo Comes Up Short in Historic Bid

San Antonio native "El Azteca" Mario Barrios put on a career-best performance in Las Vegas on the undercard of Canelo vs. Jermell Charlo.

Barrios, a former 140-pound world champion, walked into the ring a 3-1 underdog against former welterweight champion and Cuban native Yordenis Ugas. It was the second fight for Barrios with trainer Bob Santos, and it was his second highly-impressive performance.

Barrios showed patience and a more disciplined jab after shaking off a nice body shot Barrios, stayed the course, and that jab scored in the second round and put Ugas down. The 37-year-old Ugas fought back valiantly and scored a right hand that hurt Barrios in the 3rd and landed another big right that affected the Texan. Ugas followed up with a flurry. The fighter seemed even through the midway point. It seemed the fight was up for grabs going into the second half of the fight. El Azteca certainly seized control and dominated the second half of the fight. A right uppercut in the 8th stunned Ugas. Barrios couldn't miss with the right hand as Ugas's eye began swelling. The ringside physician was called in by the referee, who appeared like he wanted to stop the fight, in each of the last three rounds. A fight that likely should have been stopped, by someone continued into the 12th and final round. The Texan scored another knockdown with a picture-perfect left hook in the 12th. Ugas fired back and had some moments with the right hand. However, Barrios continued to get the best of scoring with some right hands of his own. Ugas was deducted a point for spitting his mouthpiece out. Barrios rolled to a wide unanimous points victory by scores of 117-108 and 118-107x2. The Texan, who picks up the WBC Interim title, which will eventually make him the mandatory for the WBC champion, which is currently Jermell Charlo, out-landed the Cuban 193 of 810 to Ugas's 86 of 277. The Alamo City native improved his record to 28-2 (18).

In the main event, Houston native Jermell Charlo came up well short in his bid to become a two-division undisputed champion and dropped a lopsided decision to Canelo Alvarez 118-109X2 and 119-108.

Charlo and Barrios in Action on PPV Card in Las Vegas

Undisputed Junior Middleweight Champion Jermell Charlo of Houston and San Antonio native and former WBA junior welterweight champ Mario Barrios will look to make it a Texas two-step in Las Vegas.

Charlo, 35-1-1 (19), captured the fourth belt at 154-pounds in his last outing, back in May 2022. He rallied and stopped Brian Castano in the 10th round of a thrilling rematch. Charlo set the record straight following their 2021 draw. He will now jump up two weight classes and look to become undisputed in his second weight class, a feat accomplished only once in the history of the four-belt era, Terence Crawford accomplished it two months ago by stopping DeSoto, native Errol Spence. He will face Mexican legend and four-division world champion Canelo Alvarez. Alvarez became undisputed in 2021 by stopping Caleb Plant, Billy Joe Saunders at AT&T Stadium, and Callum Smith. He then attempted to move to 175 and lost a one-sided affair to WBA champ Dmitry Bivol. He went back down to 168 and has outpointed GGG and John Ryder.

On the undercard is San Antonio-based fan favorite "El Azteca" Mario Barrios, 27-2 (18), who will battle former welterweight champ Yordenis Ugas of Cuba. Ugas last fought in April of 2022 and was stopped by Spence. Barrios moved up to 147 in 2022 and was outpointed by Keith Thurman, but bounced back nicely, in his first fight with trainer Bob Santos by stopping rugged contender Jovanie Santiago in February. A crossroads fight for each man, a win gets Barrios one giant step closer to being a two-division world champion. There has only been one two-division champ, that called Alamo City home. Bam Rodriguez accomplished the feat in April when he outpointed Cristian Gonzalez.

Errol Spence Looks to Become Undisputed Welterweight Champion Tomorrow in Vegas

Desoto native and undefeated unified welterweight world champion Errol "The Truth" Spence, 28-0 (22), looks to join his stablemate Jermell Charlo as an undisputed champion in his weight class. The feat has been accomplished nine times in the four-belt era. It was last accomplished by Japanese KO artist Naoya Inoue, in the Bantamweight division in late 2022. Charlo, a Houston native, captured all four belts in the 154-pound division in May, 2022 by stopping Brian Castano in the 10th round of their rematch.

Spence, who currently holds three of the four welterweight belts (WBA, WBC, IBF), will step into the ring with WBO title holder Terence "Bud" Crawford, 38-0 (30), of Omaha, Nebraska, in what is being-touted as the biggest fight of the year. Crawford is also one of the nine men who held all the straps in the four-belt era. He accomplished the task when he stopped Julius Indongo in the third round of their 2017 showdown. Crawford will look to be the first-ever man to hold the undisputed crown in multiple weight classes. Evander Holyfield accomplished the feat in the three-belt era.

If Spence, who is a slight betting underdog, +120 according to DraftKings, can pull the minor upset, that will mean all eight world title belts from 147 to 154, will not only be held in the great state of Texas, they will be held in the same gym. Both fighters train with Derick James at his World Class Boxing Gym in Dallas. Additionaly, Charlo will have a unique opportunity to hold all four belts in two separate weight classes when he steps into the ring with legendary Mexican champion Canelo Alvarez who holds all the belts at 168 on September 30th in Las Vegas. If both Texans are successful, all of the world titles in the 147, 154 & 168-pound divisions will all be held by Texans.

Canelo vs Jermell Charlo Set for September 30th in Vegas

It's not the Charlo brother we were expecting. However, we are getting a Charlo VS Canelo fight in September. In an unexpected plot twist, the four-division Mexican legend will fight Jermell Charlo of Houston, not bigger twin brother Jermall Charlo, and it will be on September 30th in Las Vegas, not the 16th, potentially in Minute Maid Park in Houston as was speculated.

The bout is being highly scrutinized by fight fans, mainly due to the weight discrepancy. Canelo, a former 154-pound world champ, is currently the 168-pound undisputed champion and has held world titles as high as 175 pounds. Jermell Charlo is the current undisputed 154-pound world champion, two weight classes smaller than Canelo, and has never fought above the 154-pound weight class. The matchup looks unfair on paper.

Despite the controversy, the fight will be highly anticipated and will likely draw massive attendance and PPV numbers. It will be the first-ever matchup of two undisputed fighters in the four-belt era. Charlo, 35-1 (19), has held the world title at 154 since December 2019, when he stopped Tony Harrison in the 11th round. He last fought 14 months ago when he stopped WBO champ Brian Castano in the 10th round of their thrilling battle for undisputed supremacy of the junior middleweight division. The Houstonian was set to defend his four titles against Tim Tszyu in January before suffering a fractured left hand. It is unclear at the moment if any of the four sanctioning bodies will strip Charlo of his world title.

Canelo, 59-2-2 (39), recently fought a three-fight deal with PBC and according to rumors may fight three Texans in those three fights. According to sources, he will fight Little Charlo, Big Charlo, and finally Errol Spence. This is currently just speculation. However, the plan and timeline make sense.

Jermell Charlo Eyeing Return in Mid-June

Original reports had undisputed Junior Middleweight champion Jermell Charlo, of Houston returning in April to make his title defense against Tium Tszyu of Australia. That return date of April. is likely only positive thinking and is far too aggressive a time frame according to sources close to the undisputed 154-pound world champ. He is reportedly recovering from two separate breaks in his hand. The hand is recovering as expected and Charlo is doing well. However, it's two to two and a half months away from even being able to return to normal boxing activity. At this time, he can resume and restart training camp. At the current time and with the normal recovery time the bout will likely be rescheduled for mid-June, not April. According to the source close to Charlo, they are looking at mid-June.

Jermell Charlo vs Tim Tszyu & The WBO UPDATE

Undisputed Jr Middleweight champ and Houston native Jermell Charlo was set to defend all the straps against Tim Tszyu of Australia, the son of legendary former 140-pound world champ Kostya Tszyu. That fight is off, at least for the time being, due to a hand injury suffered by Jermell Charlo.

Charlo provided a doctor's note from an orthopedic specialist from the Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports MedicineSugar land. The letter was dated December 23rd. Three days after injuring his hand during a mid-week sparring session. It is signed by Dr. Vincent Chau Phan and states, “He [Charlo] has sustained a left scaphoid fracture and 5th metacarpal base fracture. He will be placed in a short arm cast at this time. It is my recommendation that Jermell should refrain from upper extremity training that involves impact for 2 months.”

This was apparently not sufficient for the WBO as they issued A Notice of Medical Certification was issued to Charlo. Additionally, told WBO Championship Committee chairman Luis Batista-Salas told event promoter Tom Brown Mr. Charlo is hereby ordered to submit within the next 5 days upon issuance of this notice a detailed medical explanation of his injury, findings, recovery prognosis, and his orthopedic specialist’s opinion as to when will he be physically and medically cleared to compete and return to active competition,”

This means that Charlo will have until New Year's Day, Jan 1, 2023, to produce the document. It appears that Charlo has provided this in his original letter from Doctor Phan. It documented the injury and duration. It's from a licensed doctor who is anorthopedic specialist. So it's unclear exactly what more Charlo could provide.

There are also rumors that Tszyu will fight former world champion Tony Harrison in a bout for the WBO Interim title. Or that Harrison could fight Bakhram Murtazaliev in an eliminator. It's a fluid situation at the current time. However, one thing is certain the January 28th fight scheduled for Las Vegas is off atleast for now.

Jermell Charlo Suffers Multiple Breaks in Left hand, Tszyu Fight PPD

The only thing that has been able to slow down undisputed 154-Pound world champion Jermell Charlo over recent years has been inactivity. The younger Charlo twin has fought just once in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Despite the inactivity, the Houston native has been able to unify all four junior middleweight world titles. Unfortunately, Charlo will be out of the ring a bit longer suffering a major setback that will keep the undisputed champ out of the ring a little longer. Charlo was scheduled to fight No. 1 contender Tim Tszyu, on January 28, that fight has now been officially postponed.

Charlo broke multiple bones in his left hand as a result of a sparring session in his home gym in Houston this past Tuesday. He had a bone

between the pinkie and ring finger and suffered a separate break in his thumb. The Houstonian got two opinions, visiting separate hand specialists in Houston. The hand has been placed in a cast, where it will remain for two months.

Tszyu, the son of former 140-pound world champ Kostya Tszyu, expressed disappointment in the postponement of the fight. Charlo stated, "It’s even more dangerous when a lion faces adversity and has to come back to defend the pride. I’ve been training since July, and I’ve been hitting harder than ever, and these are the things that happen when you push yourself to the limits. After my hand heals, I’m coming back stronger than ever to defend my legacy.’’

There has been no date or venue announced for the rescheduling of the bout.

Jermell Charlo Set to Return Against Tim Tszyu

Undisputed Jr Middleweight champion and Houston Native Jermell Charlo, 35-1-1 (19), will stay at 154 pounds and defend all the belts against WBO mandatory challenger Tim Tszyu, 21-0 (15), of New South Wales, Australia. The bout is scheduled for January 28th, 2023. More than six months out. The location of the bout is not yet determined. Tszyu underwent hand surgery back in May, several weeks after his points victory over former US olympian Terrell Gausha. The injury is perhaps the reason for the delay in the fight, but that is far more than the timetable for typical recovery suggests. Tszyu is the son of legendary former Jr welterweight champ and Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu.

It has been reported that the Houstonian wanted the bout in October. This means Charlo would have fought multiple times in the same calendar year for the first time since 2019. He fought just once in 2020-2022. Having last fought in May, when he stopped then WBO champ Brian Brian Castano of Argentina. It was their second bout in 10 months. Their first bout was in the summer of 2021 and ended in a disputed draw. A fight most thought the Argentinian deserved the nod in. Charlo set the record straight by knocking out the WBO champ in the 10th round of the rematch to become the first man to unify all four belts in the 154-pound division in the four-belt era. It is unclear if the younger Charlo twin will start at 154 pounds beyond this next fight. If he wants to, he will have to start fighting more often. His other mandatories are thought to be called very shortly meaning he will be given timetables to fight the likes of  Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev. If Charlo does not meet those mandatories, he risks being stripped of those titles. Murtazaliev is coming up on three years as IBF mandatory.

Charlo Makes History at the "Punch Bowl"

Jermell Charlo, of Houston, made history last night at the venue dubbed "The Punch Bowl"  by stopping WBO 154-pound world champion Brian Castano to become the undisputed junior middleweight champ.  He came up just short of accomplishing the feat in July of last year when the two settled got a hotly disputed draw in his home state at the Alamo in San Antonio. Little Charlo becomes just the seventh fighter, and the first Texan, to become undisputed in the four-belt era. His stablemate and fellow Texas, Errol Spence jr, may get the chance to accomplish the feat in the division directly south, the welterweight division. It seems like Spence and WBO welterweight champion Terrence Crawford may come to an agreement. 

Charlo becomes the first Jr Middleweight to get all the belts in the four-belt era in what will be a candidate for fight of the year. Things started off well for the Houston-based champion who was able to score with his jab and establish his rhythm and scored the best punch of the opening round when he scored with a thudding left hand that stopped Castano in his tracks. He started the fight much more aggressively than he did in the first fight putting some early rounds in the back as Castano, applying constant pressure on and swarming Charlo cutting off the ring and scoring with a thudding right hand at the end of the fourth that seemed to hurt the Texan. Castano seemed to have seized the momentum after six but Charlo regrouped in the seventh. He got back to moving and outboxing his opponent and seemingly regaining control of the fight taking the eighth and ninth rounds. In the middle of a heated exchange, Charlo scored with an uppercut that stunned Castano. Charlo jumped on his opponent like a dog on fear and rocked his opponent with another picture-perfect left hook that Castano put Castano down in what looked like a delayed reaction. The referee allowed Castano, who was clearly out on his feet, after beating the count, but the writing was on the wall, and Charlo, an excellent finisher, closed the show and secured the stoppage at  2:33 of the tenth round.

Big Charlo Returns to Houston

WBC Middleweight champion and Houston Native Jermall Charlo is set to return to the ring. Stephen Espinoza, of Showtime Sports, made a major announcement concerning the elder Charlo twin. He will defend his WBC title against long-time Polish contender Maciej Sulecki on June 18th in Houston. A venue has not been selected yet. However, the Toyota center seems most likely as the Houston Rockets will be long over. It will be one day short of a full year since Jermall Charlo steppedinto the ring. He last fought on June 19th, 2021, and dominated Juan Macias Montiel, also in Houston, at the Toyota Center. Charlo scored a wide unanimous decision over a game and rugged Montiel. 

Charlo won the WBC  middleweight interim belt in 2018 and was awaiting a showdown with Canelo Alvarez. That fight never came to fruition. Canelo was tagged "Franchise Champion" and Charlo was promoted to WBC world champion. He defended the initial defense of his strap against Brandon Adams in Houston and has defended three more times since. Once in Brooklyn, once in Connecticut, and then in Houston. He will return to H-Town to battle Sulecki who sports a 30-2 (11) record and has been a top 10 middleweight for several years. He has had one other major world title shot, back in June of 2019 he dropped a lopsided decision to Demetrius Andrade for the WBO strap in Andrade's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. It was the second loss of the Polish contender's career. He has scored two tune-up victories in his two-fight since the Andrade loss. Most recently he outpointed in an eight-round affair in Poland back in December.

Charlo was long rumored to be in advanced talks with Golden Boy's middleweight and fan-favorite Jaime Munguia. In what was a highly anticipated fight, talks fell apart at the last minute. Munguia has a large following throughout the Lone Star State, having fought not only in Houston but having sold well in San Antonio and El Paso as well. Fans almost unanimously wanted the Munguia fight and the initial reaction to the Sulecki fight was not positive at all.

Houston Native Looks to Become Undisputed in Clutch City

The Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castano rematch for undisputed supremacy of the 154-pound division is being moved to Houston on March 12th or 19th and will take place in Hoston at the Toyota Center. Houston hasn't done much winning all year at the Toyota Center the past few seasons and the 31-year -old Charlo, a Houston native looks to reverse the trend and set the record straight against Brain Castano of Argentina. The two fought to a disputed draw, last July in San Antonio.  The Houstonian started off slow but rallied the last few rounds to at least get the draw in his home state. 

Charlo sports a record of 34-1-1 and suffered his only loss back in December of 2018, a very disputed and hotly debated decision loss to Tony Harrison. Charlo righted the wrong and removed all doubt and stopped Harrison 364 days later in the 11th round of the rematch to reclaim his WBC junior middleweight strap. He then added the WBA & 1BF titles in his only fight in 2020 and stopped Jeison Rosario with a body shot in the eighth round.  The only belt of the major four he has not captured is the WBO the belt currently held by Castano. The Argentine captured the title when he outpointed heavy-hitting Brazilian Patrick Teixeira over 12 one-sided rounds. That bout was just 12-months after he emerged on the scene out of nowhere where he fought Cuban legend Erislandy Lara, who also trains in Houston, to a disputed draw. A fight the vast majority of viewers that he eeked out, in what was a highly entertaining and competitive contrast in styles. 

The bout was originally scheduled for February 26th and potentially in Houston. The location was confirmed and the date was pushed back a few weeks. There will be a potential conflict with another Texas fighter who may be making a homecoming appearance. Top-rated welterweight prospect Vergil Oritz who hails from the Dallas area is confirmed by promoter Golden Boy, to be fighting on March 19th and that fight will likely be in Dallas as well. Ortiz has fought in the DFW metroplex three times since 2019, the other two fights were during the height of the pandemic and were in "The Bubble" in Indio, California

Houston Hero Returns Home For Biggest Fight

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.