

Devon Alexander at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. įollowing the cancellation of the Andrade fight, Charlo fought in December 2014 against Mario Alberto Lozano on the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Andrade was reportedly offered $250,000, but later increased to what would be a career high $300,000 purse. Andrade negotiations Ĭharlo was scheduled to fight Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on December 13, 2014, for WBO light middleweight title but on November 16 was cancelled due to purse issues. Charlo was dropped in round 3 but he still won a unanimous decision after twelve rounds, with the scorecards reading 118-109 twice and 115-111. On May 24, 2014, Charlo defeated Charlie Ota at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. The fight averaged 472,000 viewers on Showtime. Charlo landed 50% of his punches thrown compared to Rosado's 18%. The judges scored the fight 100-90, 99-91 and 97-93 all in Charlo's favor. Charlo passed the biggest test of his career and looked good doing so as he easily out boxed Rosado to win a lopsided 10-round unanimous decision. He was also moving back down to light middleweight after having little success at middleweight and claimed he would be Charlo's toughest fight.


Prior to the fight, Rosado was 0-2-1 in his last three fights. In November 2013, it was reported that Charlo would step up and fight Philadelphia veteran boxer and former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado (21-7, 13 KOs) on January 25, 2014, at D.C. Charlo won the fight in the last round via TKO. Ĭharlo next fought in October against 34 year old Jose Angel Rodriguez (17-2-1, 2 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round fight at the BB&t Center in Sunrise, Florida. The crowd seemed to be displeased with the performances. In a close back and forth affair were Charlo controlled the action in the early rounds with his aggression and power shots, he defeated Hopkins by unanimous decision. On June 8, 2013, Charlo fought former light welterweight contender Demetrius Hopkins (33-2-1, 13 KOs). With this win, at the age of 22, Charlo had a record of 17 wins, with no losses with 8 wins inside the distance. In the third round, he landed a flush straight right hand to Chatman's chin and knocked him out at 1 minute, 22 seconds. Olympian Demetrius Andrade in 2009, but he was no match for Charlo, who controlled his awkward opponent for most of the fight. Chatman's only previous loss was a six-round decision to 2008 U.S. in the eighth round on June 26, defeated Vardan Gasparyan in six, and then finished up the year with a second-round knockout of unbeaten prospect Abdon Lozano.Ĭharlo scored a sensational one-punch knockout of Chicago's Chris Chatman in the third round. In 2009, he scored a shutout four-round decision over Juan Serrano on February 28, got a decision win over Carlos Garcia over six rounds on April 4, TKO'd Federico Flores Jr.

On April 19, 2008, he stopped Jesus Villareal in three rounds and after scoring an impressive first-round TKO over Dwayne Jones in June, Charlo added the names Rodrigo Villareal (TKO4) and Deon Nash (W6) to his victims list before the year was out.
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He began his professional career at the age of 17 on December 8, 2007, with a four-round decision win over Corey Sommerville. He ended his amateur career with a record of 56 wins and 8 losses. Jermell graduated to the elite level on the amateur boxing scene after two years, winning a bronze medal at the 2005 Junior Olympics at age fifteen. They began boxing when they started following their father, a former boxer, into the gym. Both brothers are graduates of Alief Hastings High School in Houston, Texas. Jermell is younger than his identical twin Jermall by one minute. He is also ranked as the world's best active light middleweight by the TBRB, BoxRec, The Ring and ESPN. As of May 2022, Jermell is ranked as the world's tenth best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring and the TBRB. His identical twin brother, Jermall Charlo, is also a professional boxer and a world champion. He is currently a unified light middleweight world champion, having previously held the undisputed championship from 2022 to September 2023. Jermell DeAvante Charlo ( / dʒ ɜːr ˈ m ɛ l/ born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer.
