Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will safeguard his super-middleweight world titles versus Jermell Charlo on September 30 in Las Vegas.
Canelo is the undeniable WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO champ and it had actually been believed the Mexican would deal with Jermell’s twin sibling Jermall next.
Nevertheless, it is undeniable super-welterweight champ Jermell Charlo who will be going up 2 weight departments to deal with 32-year-old Canelo.
” Undeniable vs undeniable,” Canelo stated on Twitter, in a statement that amazed the boxing world.
Canelo last battled in Might, when he sealed a consentaneous choice win over John Ryder to maintain his world titles.
More than 50,000 fans viewed as Canelo battled in Mexico for the very first time because 2011, and later on there had actually been talk of a rematch versus Dmitry Bivol, who beat him on points in their WBA light-heavyweight title battle last Might.
However as just recently as Friday afternoon, Canelo was being promoted to deal with Jermall Charlo in September, with Jermall the existing WBC middleweight champ.
Then came the statement: Canelo versus Jermell Charlo, the very first conference of undeniable champs in the four-belt period.
Charlo (35-1-1) maintained his 4 super-welterweight belts when beating Brian Carlos Castano by knockout in Might 2022.
The set had actually drawn their previous bout in a split choice in July the previous year.
Charlo’s only defeat to date was to Tony Harrison in December 2018, a loss he avenged 12 months later on.