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Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo fight results, highlights: Mexican star retains undisputed title by decision
LAS VEGAS – At 33, and fully healthy for the first time in two years, Canelo Alvarez reminded boxing fans on Saturday why he still belongs among the pound-for-pound best in the world.
Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) systematically dominated a timid and overwhelmed Jermell Charlo en route to a wide unanimous decision in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view card from T-Mobile Arena. The Mexican icon took home judges’ scores of 119-108 and 118-109 (twice) to defend his undisputed super middleweight championship.
In the first meeting between defending undisputed four-belt champions in men’s boxing history, Alvarez battered the arms and shoulders of the smaller Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs), whose four-pack of 154-pound titles were not at stake in this 168-pound match. Alvarez also cut off the ring at will to consistently overwhelm the output of his opponent.
“Nobody can beat this Canelo,” Alvarez said.
Charlo, who is two months older than Alvarez at 33, was never able to get out of first gear. His jab was non-existent for most of the bout and he was never able to bother or slow Alvarez down with his power shots in the second half.
Alvarez outlanded Charlo by a margin of 134 to 71, according to CompuBox. He landed 35% of his punches overall and 40% of his power connects, including a 42 to 11 advantage in body shots.
“I don’t make excuses for myself so it is what it is,” Charlo said. “I took my punches but this is boxing. You win some and you lose some.
“You could feel the difference in weight because I came up 12 pounds. I was daring to be great today. I took the shots and just kept pushing.”
Alvarez put his stamp on the fight with a delayed knockdown in Round 7 as he backed Charlo up to the ropes and landed a looping right through his high guard. After taking a second to absorb the shot, Charlo took a voluntary knee.
“We worked on the body because he’s a great fighter and knows how to move around the ring,” Alvarez said. “We trained for three months in the mountains without my family or anything because I just love boxing so f—ing much. Boxing is my life and boxing has made me the best in the game today.
“I needed 12 rounds to show that I am the best and to show who is better.”
Despite the cries from Charlo’s corner in the final rounds to go for the knockout, he was never able to create enough of a threat to break through.
“I hit him with some hard shots,” Charlo said. “I got him off of me.”
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Alvarez shook off any notion that age and mileage had kept up with him after a three-fight stretch in which he looked human. Alvarez blamed the performances, in which he faded late despite winning two of three, on a nagging left wrist injury which prevented him from training at full strength.
After the fight, Alvarez declared his intentions of returning to the ring next May but decided against declaring a targeted opponent despite the ringside presence of undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford, who had been campaigning to face the winner.
“Cinco de Mayo [weekend],” Alvarez said. “Whoever, I don’t care. I don’t f—ing care.”
Despite the loss, Charlo said he would move back down to 154 pounds, where he remains the undisputed champion, and wasn’t shy to invite Crawford to a future fight.
“[F—] that, I could fight Terence Crawford,” Charlo said. “Let him fight Errol Spence and get that out of the way. I’m waiting.”
Alvarez became the first four-belt undisputed champion to defend his titles three times.
CBS Sports was with you throughout the entire way on Saturday with the live results and highlights below. Fight card, resultsCanelo Alvarez (c) def. Jermell Charlo via unanimous decision (119-108, 118-109, 118-109)Erickson Lubin def. Jesus Ramos via unanimous decision (117-111, 116-112, 115-112)Mario Barrios def. Yordenis Ugas via unanimous decision (117-108, 118-107, 118-107)Elijah Garcia def. Armando Resendiz via eighth-round TKO
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Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo LIVE Blog: Fight result, scorecard and highlights
Canelo Alvarez takes on Jermell Charlo tonight, Saturday Sep 30 (8pm ET / 5 pm PT), in what will be a packed T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The crowd and Showtime PPV viewers at home will be treated to 11 undercard fights, while the main boxing event is expected to start at 10:30 pm ET / 8:30 pm PT.
Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez takes on hard-hitting sensation Jermell Charlo in boxing’s biggest fight of the year. “Two kings, one throne, no mercy”, is the tagline being used to promote the 168-pound bout. Canelo is putting it all on the line, defending his undisputed super middleweight world titles. Meanwhile, undisputed junior middleweight world champion Jermell Charlo has stated he will do what no man has done before: give Canelo the first KO loss of his career.
Canelo sends a powerful message to Charlo with intense workout Parker JohnsonCanelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo LIVE: latest updates from the fight
Canelo Alvarez, 59-2-2 (39 KO wins), has beamed with his usual confidence leading up to this Premier Boxing Champions event presented by Canelo Promotions. If the Mexican fighter wins, he could pocket up to $50 million dollars from the event, pending television broadcasting rights, ticket sales, advertising and PPV purchases. After back-to-back UD wins against Golovkin and John Ryder, Canelo looks to grow his incredible boxing career even more.
Jermell Charlo, 35-1-1 (19 KO wins), is looking to turn the world of boxing on its head and get a victory that would launch his career into new heights. Hard at work and training away from twin brother Jermall, he is determined to keep his undefeated streak going. His last (and only) loss came in the form of a unanimous decision on Dec 22, 2018 against Tony Harrison.Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo: what championship is on the line?
Both Canelo and Charlo fall into the Super Middleweight category, which is 168 pounds; the weight class they will be fighting this weekend. Charlo is the current champion in this category, while Canelo will try to claim this new championship. The winner will also receive the unique “Puebla belt”.
Canelo vs Charlo: individual records and full fight stats Marca English
Jermell Charlo (6’0″) has a four inch height advantage of Canelo (5’8″), as well as a 2.5″ reach advantage. The Mexican, however, has stated his is unphased by this: “I’ve been in the ring with a lot of styles, all kinds of fighters. My whole career I’ve been fighting (fighters) taller than me, so I know how to do it.” It’s also worth nothing that the Guadalajara fighter (168 lb) has a 12-pound weight advantage over the Texas native (154 lb).Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo fight card: what are the undercard fights?
There will be 11 fights leading up to Canelo vs. Charlo. In addition to the highly-anticipated main event, these bouts will complete the undercard of the boxing show in Las Vegas tonight. Division and track record for every fighter:
Yordenis Ugas vs Mario BarriosDivision: WelterweightYordenis Ugas – Record: 27-5Mario Barrios – Record: 27-2
Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr vs Erickson LubinDivision: Super WelterweightAlejandro Ramos: 20-0Erickson Lubin: 25-2
Elijah Garcia vs Jose Armando ResendizDivision: MiddleweightElijah Garcia: 15-0Resendiz: 14-1
Frank Sanchez vs Scott Alexander (Sanchez wins by TKO)Division: HeavyweightFrank Sanchez: 22-0Scott Alexander: 17-5-2
Terrell Gausha vs Keandrae Leatherwood (Gausha wins by Majority decision)Division: MiddleweightTerrell Gausha: 23-3-1Keandrae Leatherwood: 23-8-1
Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs Isaac Rodrigues (Gvozdyk by TKO)Division: Light HeavyweightOleksandr Gvozdyk: 19-1Rodrigues: 28-4
Curmel Moton vs Ezequiel FloresDivision: Light HeavyweightCurmel Moton: 0 (Debut)Ezequiel Flores: 4-0
Other bouts: Justin Viloria vs Angel Barrera, Bek Nurmaganbet vs Abimbola Osundairo and Abilkhan Amankul vs Joeshon James.
Who is Jermell Charlo and why is he fighting Canelo Alvarez? Highlights, fight record and more
Jermell Charlo is jumping up in weight to challenge Canelo
Jermell Charlo is the undisputed light middleweight world champion. He reclaimed the WBC title in 2019 (after previously holding it from 2016 to 2018). He added the the WBA (Super), IBF and Ring magazine titles in 2020, and the WBO title in 2022. All of those titles are fought at 154 pounds.
Canelo Alvarez currently fights at 168 pounds however so Charlo is making a big jump to challenge for Alvarez’ titles. He’ll leave his belts at home Saturday as they won’t be on the line.
At the open media workout his bout against Canelo Alvarez this Saturday, Charlo expressed no doubts about his qualifications (transcribed by Bad Left Hook), “I’ve been doing this my whole life and now it’s time to put on for my city,” Jermell Charlo said. “Put up or shut up and do what I do. I’m facing one of the best fighters in the world, you have to be excited for this moment.
“Now is the right time for this fight,” Jermell Charlo continued. “We’re in our primes and at our best. I wanna shake the doubters off and prove to the world why I’m in this position. There’s a reason I made it this far. I’m gonna show what I’m made of. Everything I’ve done since I was eight years old, I’m putting it all on the line now.
“I’m not going to have to worry about losing too much weight. I’ve been sparring bigger guys for a very long time and now it’s about bringing that same mindset that I have at 154-pounds and bringing it up with me to 168-pounds,” said Jermell Charlo.
“We’ve done so much sparring and conditioning. I’m working on the mental as well, because I know it’s not only about the physical. I’ve been training 14 weeks and making sure I do everything I need to,” Charlo concluded.Claiming Floyd Mayweather’s vacant title with a KO
In 2015, Jermell Charlo had the opportunity to fight for the WBC light middleweight title which had been vacated by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. He faced John Jackson for the title, and despite being behind on the judges score cards, managed to win with a late and controversial TKO.
Bad Left Hook summarized the situation, “The finish came when Charlo caught Jackson with a good shot that dazed him, and Jackson pawed at his face, saying he was trying to adjust his mouthpiece. When he turned away, Charlo hit him again with a flush left hook, and Tony Weeks jumped in to stop the fight, as Jackson had stopped protecting himself.”
Let’s watch the fight:Losing the title to Harrison
Charlo suffered his first loss to Tony Harrison via a unanimous decision. Harrison took the title as well.Reclaiming his title with a KO win over Harrison
Harrison and Charlo met again in 2019 and this time Charlo left no doubt, ending Harrison’s title reign with an 11th round KO.Unifying the titles against Rosario
Charlo took on WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO light middleweight champion Jeison Rosario in a unification match in 2020.
The method of the finish via a brutal body shot knock out surprised many observers. As Scott Christ wrote, “The win itself was not any big surprise, as Charlo (34-1, 18 KO) did come in as the favorite, even if not a huge favorite. But the KO itself was pretty unusual, a jab to the body early in the eighth round, which Charlo said was really more the result of him having softened up Rosario, breaking him down in the fight. Rosario had already been down two times, in the first and sixth rounds, and was hurt at the end of the sixth for sure.
“Still, it was a KO the likes of which a lot of people say they’ve never quite seen before, as Rosario was in a bad way for a couple of minutes, though he did get up and walk out.”Thrilling but controversial bouts with Brian Castano
Most recently Charlo has been in a pair of fan-pleasing but controversy-stirring bouts with Brian Castano. The first fight was described by Bloody Elbow’s Harry Davies as an “incredible split decision draw.” Let’s take a look:
In the rematch, Charlo scored two tenth round knockdowns and forced a stoppage. Let’s see:Don’t confuse him with his troubled twin Jermall Charlo
Jermell is exactly one minute younger than his twin brother Jermall. Jermall’s boxing record is even better than Jermell’s sitting at a perfect 32-0 and holding the WBC middleweight title since 2019 and was previously the IBF light middleweight champ for two years from 2015 to 2017.
Unfortunately, Jermall has had some legal troubles (although the charges were later dropped):
“The charge against Charlo stems from an arrest warrant that was issued over an alleged assault that took place on September 21, 2021. Court documents claim that Charlo punched and grabbed a man who is a member of Charlo’s “family or household”. Those documents also claim the alleged victim suffered injuries as a result of the assault.
“This isn’t Charlo’s first run-in with the law. Last August he was charged with three counts of felony robbery. Those charges came after Charlo was accused of taking cash from a waiter during an argument over a declined credit card. Those charges were later dismissed.
“In May 2020 Charlo was interviewed by police after an altercation took place during a party at his mansion near Missouri City, TX. Officers made a welfare check at that residence after an individual claimed that they had been assaulted and suffered bodily harm.
Charlo was named as a suspect in that investigation but was not charged with any crimes.”
Jermall also was involved in a scuffle backstage at this summer’s Crawford-Spence bout, getting slapped by Caleb Plant during a face-off.
Jermell has commented on his brother at the final press conference for the Canelo bout (transcribed by Bad Left Hook):
“This family affair thing has been really crazy and I try not to touch on that topic too much because at the end of the day I love my brother but I just think at this current moment we don’t see eye to eye,” said Jermell. ” And it has a lot to do with what he wants in his life and what I want in mines is two completely different things.
“Growing up and growing apart from each other is just part of the nature and I have to tend to accept things just like I accept certain people, and I accept the good that come with the bad.
“So one day hopefully we speak again but right now I’m just not in a moment or a mood to want to deal with that havoc that he brings and all that kind of stuff. But I’m a dog, I’m an animal for my brother too so I rock with him. If he’s not here for fight night, it’s okay. He can’t fight for me anyways so it don’t hurt my feelings.
“I hope he get ready, get back in the ring ’cause it seem like I been putting on for the Charlos. And that sort of stems to the issue. I did this for us, I did this for Lions Only, and so I don’t want nobody attaching the brand or bringing us down.
“I feel like we have had a bunch of hiccups on his end that has tarnished our character and our name a little bit. But I’ll be the one that bring it back up, I’ll be the one to continue to do it for us.
“I love my brother and I want the best for him. I want him to continue to be the world champion that he is.”
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Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.
