Canelo Alvarez evidently is going to fight Charlo in September. Only it’s not the Charlo it was reported to be. The undisputed 168-pound champion indicated on social media that he is going to face undisputed 154-pound champ Jermell Charlo, not his twin brother and 160-pound titleholder Jermall Charlo. And sources have confirmed the news.
According to court documents, the criminal charge stems from the same alleged Sept. 5, 2021 incident that Jermall Charlo, Jermell's twin brother, was arrested for last month. Officials say in
The two brothers are identical twins, and while they operate in similar weight classes, they established themselves recently in different divisions. Jermell was the undisputed champion at 154lbs, but he lost that status when he was defeated by Canelo in September 2023, and it is now almost a year and a half since he defended his belts.
The Charlo brothers previously used to revel in their labels as misunderstood, with the 2007 hip hop song of the same name by Common serving as an unofficial theme song. Jermell went as far as revealing on the "I Am Athlete" podcast that previously he had the word the same adjective tattooed on the back of his leg until a revelation led him to
The issue with Canelo vs Bivol 2 getting done is that Canelo wants the fight at 175 lbs for Bivol’s WBA title there, while Bivol (21-0, 11 KO) is only interested in moving down in weight to
Charlo and Castano fought to a disputed draw 10 months ago in Texas, where judge Nelson Vazquez confounded those who watched the bout by scoring it 117-111 (nine rounds to three) in Charlo’s
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