By: Sean Crose
Junior middleweight titlist Jermell Charlo sat on a stage with Canelo Alvarez and their respective camps in New York on Tuesday. The cause for the gathering, after all, was to advertise the 2 fighter’s showdown on September thirtieth. They’re an unlikely pairing, junior middleweight Charlo and tremendous middleweight Canelo. Indeed, some thought Canelo was extra probably face Charlo’s twin brother Jermall. Boxing is filled with surprises, nonetheless, and there’s no denying Canelo-Charlo is an intriguing struggle.
“They’re legends in the game of boxing,” Charlo mentioned of Canelo and his crew. “They did it. They made it.” Still, the Texan made it clear that he desires what Canelo now has. “I just want to be the one to get in there and take away from all of that,” he added. “It’s time now.” Charlo addressed the notion that he’s in harmful waters leaping up two weight divisions to attempt to finest a fighter of Canelo’s caliber. As far as Charlo’s involved, although, appreciable success comes from taking appreciable challenges. “When you want to win something this big you’ve got to risk it all,” he mentioned. “I’m going to be training my ass off. I’m going crazy with it.”
Charlo’s sense of daring has really impressed Canelo himself. “He take’s challenges like me,” the pound for pound nice mentioned of Charlo. Canelo, who has labored with the likes of such promoters as Oscar De La Hoya, and Eddie Hearn went on to say one thing that little question raised some eyebrows. “I think,” he mentioned, “proper now the most effective promotions are Canelo Promotions and PBC (Premier Boxing Champions). The PBC, which is run by the publicity shy Al Haymon, is a foremost competitor of De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, and Hearn’s Matchroom Promotions.
With that being mentioned, Canelo has lengthy been thought of one of many very best fighters within the enterprise. The 33 12 months previous boasts a document of 59-2-2 and has met and defeated a few of the largest names within the enterprise, reminiscent of Gennady Golovkin, Miguel Cotta, Shane Mosely, and quite a few others. As for the 35-1-1 Charlo, he would be the identical age as Canelo, however he doesn’t have fairly the resume. Not that Charlo’s document isn’t spectacular. The man has overwhelmed a few of the largest challenges within the division the place he now rightfully guidelines supreme. Unfortunately, Charlo will reportedly have to surrender his undisputed junior middleweight crown when he squares off in opposition to undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo in September.
