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Jermell DeAvante Charlo (; born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He held the undisputed championship at light middleweight from 2022 to 2023 and The Ring light middleweight title from 2020 to 2024.
His identical twin brother, Jermall Charlo, is also a professional boxer and a world champion.
Charlo scored a sensational one-punch knockout of Chicago's Chris Chatman in the third round. Chatman's only previous loss was a six-round decision to 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade in 2009, but he was no match for Charlo, who controlled his awkward opponent for most of the fight. In the third round, he landed a flush straight right hand to Chatman's chin and knocked him out at 1 minute, 22 seconds. With this win, at the age of 22, Charlo had a record of 17 wins, with no losses with 8 wins inside the distance.
On June 8, 2013, Charlo fought former light welterweight contender Demetrius Hopkins (33-2-1, 13 KOs). 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. All three judges scored it 115-113. The crowd seemed to be displeased with the performances.
Charlo 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. Charlo won the fight in the last round via TKO.
On May 24, 2014, Charlo defeated Charlie Ota at the Centre Bell in Montreal, Quebec. 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.
Following the cancellation of the Andrade fight, Charlo fought in December 2014 against Mario Alberto Lozano on the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Devon Alexander at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Charlo won a clear 100-90 on all three scorecards of the 10 round fight.
In January 2015, Banner Promotions who promote Andrade stated the fight was back on and likely to take place in the Spring of 2015. The following month, Star Boxing and Banner Promotions announced a deal was being worked out, however a fight did not materialise.
On September 25, Premier Boxing Champions announced that Charlo would next fight former light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (35-7-2, 21 KOs) On October 31 at the NRG Arena in Houston, Texas. Charlo won the fight after knocking Alcine out in round 6 of their scheduled 12 round bout. Charlo outboxed Alcine for 5 rounds eventually dropping him in round 6 with a right hand to the head. Alcine beat the count but looked badly hurt. Charlo followed on by landing a barrage of punches to which Alcine had no reply to causing referee Jon Schorle to stop the fight at 1 minute and 20 seconds. After the fight, Charlo called out the recently retired Floyd Mayweather. At the age of 39, this was Alcine's final professional fight as he announced his retirement.
Charlo's defence against Hatley was pushed back to April 22, 2017, on the Shawn Porter vs. Andre Berto undercard. It was confirmed before the fight that Charlo would earn $100,000 and Hatley would receive a $85,000 purse. Charlo successfully defended his WBC title for the first time when he knocked Hatley out unconscious in round 6 after a right hook to the head. Before the end, Charlo was in control landing successive power shots. Hatley was also knocked down in round 3 following a combination of shots from Charlo. In the aftermath of the fight, Charlo spoke about a potential unification fight against Jarrett Hurd, who won the vacant IBF title in February 2017, the title that previously belonged to Jermell's twin brother Jermall who moved up to middleweight. The fight averaged 401,000 viewers on Showtime.
In front of 7,643, Charlo won the fight via first-round knockout to retain his WBC title. The opening round was cagey, with Charlo and Lubin not throwing much and hardly getting hit. The end came in the closing stages of the round when Charlo landed a huge right hand, landing flush on Lubin, dropping him backwards onto the canvas. Lubin did manage to get up, but the fight had already been stopped by referee Harvey Dock, who halted the fight immediately after Lubin was dropped and seeing him in pain. After the fight, Charlo called out IBF champion Jarrett Hurd, "Give me another title. I want Hurd. Hurd just fought. He just won. Give me Hurd. I want Hurd." Lubin believed he could have continued, but admitted the stoppage was fair, stating "He caught me with a blind shot. I didn't see it coming. He landed it. I got up. I felt like I could keep fighting, but it happens. I wanted to entertain the crowd. He caught me with a blind shot that I didn't see." The official time of stoppage was 2 minutes, 41 seconds. A member of Lubin's camp threw a chair at Jermall Charlo after the fight ended. Charlo earned a purse of $450,000, while Lubin earned $225,000 for the fight. The fight averaged 495,000 viewers and peaked 537,000 viewers on Showtime.
There was an announced crowd of 9,177 fans in attendance. In a major upset, Charlo lost the bout via unanimous decision for his first defeat as a professional boxer, losing his title in the process. Harrison showed urgency and landed the cleaner shots for most of the fight. The first six rounds were dominated by Harrison, working behind his jab. He stepped off a little in the championship rounds, which allowed Charlo to come back and take the last few rounds in his favour. In comparison, some felt it was a poor effort by Charlo. He had previously struggled with boxers who come forward with powering shots. The three judges scorecards read 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 in Harrison's favour, to a chorus of jeers from the crowd. With it being a voluntary defence, it was likely a rematch would take place. It was worth noting that PBC broadcasters did not agree with the decision, including trainer Joe Goossen and Fox's unofficial scorer Larry Hazzard Sr. scored the fight 117-111 in favour of Charlo, as did Dan Rafael of ESPN. Speaking after the fight, Charlo said, "They took that fight from me. I was pressing the action. He didn't win that fight. I'm going to get my belts back." Harrison, who was also in the ring replied, "Jermell -- you gave me a shot. I'll give you a rematch." According to CompuBox statistics, Charlo landed 160 of 548 punches thrown (29%) and Harrison landed 128 of his 377 punches (34 %).
During the post-fight press conference, Charlo revealed there was a rematch clause in the contract and would take place within four months. Charlo appeared teary and upset at the conference. He said, “I ain’t no loser. You know what I mean? I don’t f*cking take losses easy. I don’t even play video games because I don’t like losing. Straight up.” Harrison had the same attitude in wanting the rematch next.
The average viewership for the card, which was PBC's return to FOX, was 2,114,184. The card peaked 2,421,000 viewers, which was during the main event. The fight was picked as BoxingScene’s 2018 Upset of the Year.
Charlo destroyed Cota with 20 seconds left in the third round with a big right to the chin. Cota proved to be overmatched, even before the match, with Charlo being listed as a 50-1 favorite. He was knocked down twice in the third. Referee Jay Nady stopped the fight after the second knockdown. Cota took the first round on all three judges scorecards. Charlo praised Cota post-fight, saying, “I wanna give a thank you and a congratulations to Jorge Cota. Even though he took the defeat, he still stepped in the ring. You know, the guy that has the title backed out the fight, and he was the one who stepped in the ring as fast as he did.” Harrison was in attendance for the fight. The fight averaged 1,832,000 viewers, with the whole card averaging 1,265,000 viewers across all FOX platforms.
The fight was as close as the first bout until the 11th round when Harrison was dropped twice and referee Jack Reiss called a halt to the contest , giving Charlo the win, regaining his WBC title. Every shot Charlo threw, was with power. He dropped Harrison in round 2 during an exchange, which was considered a flash knockdown. Harrison took control following the third round. Unlike the first bout, which saw Harrison move more, this time he planted his feet more and traded. In round 11, it was a left hook which dropped Harrison. This came after Harrison had taunted Charlo in the ring. He beat the count, but was again in trouble as Charlo piled on the pressure of hard shots, dropping him again. The fight not called off here, despite Charlo climbing on the corner rope. Another barrage of punches followed, with Reiss finally stopping the fight at 2 minutes, 28 seconds. At the time of stoppage, two judges had the score 96-93 for Charlo, whilst the remaining judge had it 95-94 for Harrison.
During the post-fight, Charlo said, "I got the belt back and I didn't leave it up to the judges. Tony is a former champion. He had a lot on the line. I dominated and I knocked him out." Harrison congratulated Charlo, making no excuses, "I started getting a little lax and got caught. I hate it, but he earned it. The game plan was to do a little boxing. But taking a year off, my body wasn't used to it. He earned it and no excuses, I got caught slipping." There was talks of a trilogy. According to Compubox, Harrison landed 121 of 389 punches thrown (31.1%) and Charlo was less accurate, landing 127 of his 582 thrown (21.8%), of which 108 were power shots. The fight averaged 2.223 million viewers, with the whole card peaking 2.233 million viewers. This was the second highest for the year. Charlo was open to a third fight with Harrison in the future, but only if it headlined pay-per-view.
Charlo unified the WBC, WBA & IBF world title, knocking out Rosario in eight rounds. Charlo would start quickly, dropping Rosario with a left hook to the top of the head in the first round. In the next few rounds Rosario managed to outwork Charlo with a series of attacks to the body, keeping Charlo on his back foot. Near the end of the sixth however, another left hook had Rosario down again. This time, he was badly hurt and was saved by the bell. Rosario was knocked down for the third time with a left jab in the eight round and was unable to beat the count, giving Charlo the knockout victory. Speaking after the bout Charlo said "I definitely proved that I'm more than just a puncher, but I also showed again that I'm a big puncher. I'd give myself an A tonight, I stuck to my game plan and listened to my coach. Everything we did in camp, I used it in this fight. I pushed myself the whole way through training camp. It's been a journey for me. I'm bringing the straps home to my family like they told me to." At the time of stoppage, Charlo was ahead 67-64, 67-64 & 66-65 on the cards. According to Compubox, Charlo landed 64 of 242 punches thrown (26.4%), with Rosario out landing him, connecting 85 of his 367 thrown (23.2%).
Following the fight, Rosario found it difficult to stand and was helped to his dressing room. He was then taken to hospital after feeling Dizziness and Nausea. He underwent tests including MRI and EKG and was released on Sunday morning.
A competitive fight between them ended in a split draw, with scores of 117-111 Charlo, 114-113 Castaño and 114-114 even. Charlo won the final three round on all three judges scorecards to avoid an upset loss. Castaño set a good pace for the first nine rounds, beat Charlo to the punch, pushing him against the ropes and avoided a lot of Charlo's attack. A counter left hook in the tenth round from Charlo began to steer the fight in his direction. Castaño was put on unsteady legs. Fans anticipated the end was near, however Castaño began exchanging with Charlo. Before the last round, Charlo's trainer Derrick James told him he needed a knockout to win. The result was controversial, with much attention being brought to judge Nelson Vazquez’s 117-111 Charlo card, which was described as "terrible" by Andre Ward. In the post-fight press conference, Charlo commented "...honestly I think it was a closer fight than it seems. Somebody had it like 117-111... 117-111 was kind of a large range." Charlo thought he'd won, believing he hurt Castaño more than he hurt him. Castaño felt he was robbed off a win. Both boxers were open to rematch, in order to finally crown an undisputed champion. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman stated the result was fair.
According to Compubox, Charlo landed 151 of 533 punches thrown (28.3%) and Castaño landed 173 of his 586 thrown (29.5%). He out-landed Charlo in power punches 164-98. The fight averaged 422,000 viewers and peaked at 536,000 viewers, which came towards the end, on Showtime, which made the fight the most-watched live boxing match since December 2019.
After suffering a slight biceps tear during training, Castaño was forced to withdraw on February 17. This caused the fight to me postponed for at least four weeks. A day later, the WBO ordered Castaño to show cause as to why Charlo shouldn't be scheduled to make an overdue mandatory title defense against Tim Tszyu. The WBO took some time in making a decision, but ultimately approved the rematch, which was rearranged to take place on May 14 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Castaño officially weighed 153¾ pounds and Charlo weighed one pound lighter at 152¾ pounds.
Like the first fight, the rematch was competitive, the two men spent the opening rounds trading blows before Charlo began to build a lead. In the 10th round, Charlo scored 2 knockdowns, the first with a body shot followed up by a left hook. The second was left to the head and another body shot sent Castaño back to the canvas badly hurt, he did not beat the count and Charlo was awarded a KO victory. Charlo unified the WBO belt with his WBA, WBC and IBF light middleweight belts, becoming the 7th male four-belt undisputed champion in history and the first undisputed light middleweight champion since Winky Wright in 2004. Castaño was down on all three of the judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage, with scores of 84–87, 83–88 and 82–89.
Speaking after the bout Charlo said "I showed the fans, I showed these haters I can stand there and trade. One thing I changed up is try not to be on the ropes too much ... place shots on really precise parts on the body and wear him out." Castaño was gracious in defeat saying "We both were fighting back and forth. It was power back and forth, and then his right hand came over and stopped the fight. He's a champion. He hit me. He got me. We showed that we are warriors. That's the main thing. We have to feed our families." According to Compubox, Charlo 173 of 559 punches thrown (30.9%), and Castaño landed 194 of his 610 thrown (31.8%), 174 of which were power punches. Both landed over 40% of their power punches. The fight averaged 756,000 viewers, peaking at 832,000 viewers, making it Showtime's biggest audience for boxing match in three years.
A month before the fight was scheduled to take place, Charlo broke his hand in two different place, forcing the bout to be postponed. The injury happened during a sparring session. Charlo visited a specialist and two doctors, as the hand was placed in a cast and would remain so for at least two months. Charlo was disappointed, as was Tszyu, who expected to still reschedule a new fight date. While some questioned the untimely injury, the WBO issued a 'Notice of Medical Certification'. Charlo took to social media to silence the media, posting a note from Dr. Vincent Chau Phan stated, “Jermell Charlo was seen in my clinic on 12/23/2022. He has sustained a left scaphoid fracture and 5th metacarpal base fracture. He will be placed in a short arm cast at this time. It is my recommendation that Jermell should refrain from upper extremity training that involves impact for 2 months.” In the meantime, former world champion Tony Harrison, offered to step in and fight Tszyu. In March 2023, Tszyu knocked out Harrison in Australia, to claim the vacant interim WBO title. Tszyu came out of the bout without any injuries with his team looking to make the fight with Charlo in July 2023. Charlo appeared on The Last Stand Podcast, giving a positive update. Although he was not training, the recovery as going well and he expected to be back in the ring in the Summer. Tszyu wanted to stay busy, defending his interim WBO title in June, stopping Carlos Ocampo in the first round. He then joked at the post-fight press conference, suggesting Charlo would move up from the light middleweight division.
The fight was billed as "Undisputed vs. Undisputed". The WBO would allow Charlo to enter the ring and be announced by the MC as the undisputed super middleweight champion, however, after the first bell rung, he would be stripped of the WBO title, elevating Tszyu to full championship status. Charlo spoke on the matter calling it unfair by the WBO, as he only recently won the title and fully intended to fight at the light middleweight division after the fight with Álvarez. When asked about not fighting Tszyu, Charlo said, “I know Tim Tszyu was my mandatory challenger. But he does nothing for my career.” Both boxers weighed the same 167.4 pounds for the fight, a career-high for Charlo.
Both fighters were cautious early and landed just one punch each in the opening round, but from the second round Álvarez would largely control the pace the bout, backing Charlo into the ropes and landing heavy punches to the body. About a minute into the 7th round, Álvarez sent Charlo to his knee with a right hook and right uppercut. It was just the second time that Charlo had been knocked down in his career. Charlo beat the count but by this time, appeared to be focused on just trying to survive and see the final bell. Whenever Álvarez cut inside, Charlo moved out of range without engaging. At the end of 12 rounds, all three judges scored the bout for Álvarez with scores of 119–108, 118–109 and 118–109 giving him a unanimous decision victory.
According to Compubox, Álvarez landed 134 of 385 punches thrown (35%) compared to Charlo, who landed 71 of his 398 thrown (18%). According to Dan Rafael, the PPV sold up to 700,000 units, generating $59,500,000 in revenue, which was in the top 3 PPV's for the year after Davis-Garcia sold 1.2 million and Spence-Crawford sold around 700,000 PPV's.
The WBC were more flexible with Charlo, as they approved the Castaño rematch and instead ordered for the next highest ranked contenders to contest for the WBC interim championship. At the 61st annual WBC convention in November 2023, they officially ordered Sebastian Fundora to fight Serhii Bohachuk. In January 2024, the WBC re-classified Charlo's status to “champion in recess”, allowing Fundora and Bohachuk to fight for the full championship.
On March 2, 2024 the WBA officially stripped Charlo of his world title, which meant he had lost the WBO, IBF, WBC and now the WBA titles all in the space of nine months. This allowed the Israil Madrimov vs. Magomed Kurbanov fight, the following week in Riyadh, to be contested for the WBA title. The title was won by Madrimov. In April, Charlo's team wrote to the WBA, invoking his right to challenge Madrimov (10-0-1, 7KOs) for the title. At the same time, this was putting a dent in Turki Al-Sheikh's plans to have Madrimov defend the title against Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), who was moving up a weight division, aiming to win a world title in a fourth weight. The fight was allowed to take place after the WBA offered a resolution, were Charlo could fight the winner.
On March 21, 2025 Tom Brown told Lance Pugmire that Charlo was in the gym and training, looking for a comeback later in the year.
In August 2025, Charlo posted an image depicting a lion consuming a shark, representing his nickname "the lion" and Errol Spence's nickname "the shark." This imagery suggested a possible matchup between the two, as both athletes aimed to rebound from their recent defeats. The prospect of this fight became more compelling following Spence's separation from trainer Derrick James, which resulted from a disagreement concerning compensation. Jacob Spence, the cousin of Errol , issued a caution to Charlo concerning their prospective fight. He stated, "We could do him worse than Canelo did." Earlier this year, Spence was in negotiations with WBC super-welterweight champion Sebastian Fundora, but the discussions did not reach a conclusion due to disagreements. According to Mike Coppinger, on September 10, the two teams were in talks to fight in 2026.
| 38 | Loss | Canelo Álvarez | UD | 12 | Sep 30, 2023 | |||
| 37 | Win | 35–1–1 | Brian Castaño | KO | 10 (12), | May 14, 2022 | ||
| 36 | Draw | 34–1–1 | Brian Castaño | 12 | Jul 17, 2021 | |||
| 35 | Win | 34–1 | Jeison Rosario | KO | 8 (12), | Sep 26, 2020 | ||
| 34 | Win | 33–1 | Tony Harrison | TKO | 11 (12), | Dec 21, 2019 | ||
| 33 | Win | 32–1 | Jorge Cota | KO | 3 (12), | Jun 23, 2019 | ||
| 32 | Loss | 31–1 | Tony Harrison | UD | 12 | Dec 22, 2018 | ||
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Austin Trout | 12 | Jun 9, 2018 | |||
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Erickson Lubin | KO | 1 (12), | Oct 14, 2017 | ||
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Charles Hatley | KO | 6 (12), | Apr 22, 2017 | ||
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | John Jackson | TKO | 8 (12), | May 21, 2016 | ||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Joachim Alcine | TKO | 6 (10), | Oct 31, 2015 | ||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Vanes Martirosyan | UD | 10 | Mar 28, 2015 | ||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Miguel Alberto Lozano | UD | 10 | Dec 13, 2014 | ||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Charlie Ota | UD | 12 | May 24, 2014 | ||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Gabriel Rosado | UD | 10 | Jan 25, 2014 | ||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Jose Angel Rodriguez | TKO | 10 (10), | Oct 14, 2013 | ||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Demetrius Hopkins | UD | 12 | Jun 8, 2013 | ||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Harry Joe Yorgey | KO | 8 (10), | Jan 26, 2013 | ||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Dashon Johnson | UD | 10 | Nov 24, 2012 | ||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Denis Douglin | KO | 5 (10), | Jun 23, 2012 | ||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Chris Chatman | TKO | 3 (10), | Mar 24, 2012 | ||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Francisco Santana | UD | 8 | Oct 7, 2011 | ||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Larry Smith | UD | 6 | Jun 17, 2011 | ||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Luis Grajeda | UD | 8 | Nov 12, 2010 | ||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Quinton Whitaker | TKO | 2 (8), | Aug 6, 2010 | ||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Adan Murillo | TKO | 1 (6), | Jun 18, 2010 | ||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Gerardo Cesar Prieto | UD | 8 | Mar 27, 2010 | ||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Abdon Lozano | 2 (6), | Dec 12, 2009 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Vito Gasparyan | UD | 6 | Aug 22, 2009 | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Federico Flores Jr. | TKO | 8 (8), | Jun 26, 2009 | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Carlos Garcia | UD | 6 | Apr 4, 2009 | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Juan Serrano | UD | 4 | Feb 28, 2009 | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Deon Nash | UD | 6 | Oct 10, 2008 | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Rodrigo Villarreal | TKO | 4 (4), | Sep 6, 2008 | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Dwayne Jones | TKO | 1 (4), | Jun 13, 2008 | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jesus Villareal | 3 (4), | Apr 19, 2008 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Corey Sommerville | 4 | Dec 8, 2007 |
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| 1 | The Charlos vs. Derevyanchenko and Rosario | 120,000 | Showtime | $9,000,000 | |
| 2 | Canelo vs. Charlo | 700,000 | Showtime | $59,500,000 | |
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