Light middleweight Jermall Charlo

1 light middleweight

1.1 years
1.2 charlo vs. finney
1.3 charlo vs. bundrage
1.4 charlo vs. campfort
1.5 charlo vs. trout
1.6 charlo vs. williams

light middleweight
early years

on august 12, 2008 charlo made professional debut against cimmaron davis , won fight via 2nd round technical knockout. on july 11, 2009 charlo faced deon nash, opponent brother jermell went against , beat in 2008. jermall won comfortable unanimous decision victory , later fought nash rematch on august 28, 2010 , charlo end winning again corner retirement.

on october 24, 2010 charlo went against puerto rican carlos garcia, whom brother jermell had fought year prior. both brothers beat garcia unanimous decision. on next 5 years, charlo remained undefeated picking wins on orlando lora, antwone smith , norberto gonzalez. close of 2014, charlo had record of 20 wins 16 coming inside distance , no losses.

charlo vs. finney

on march 28, 2015 charlo went against highly talented prospect, michael kenneth finney. charlo won majority of rounds on 3 judges scorecards , won unanimous decision victory. charlo gave finney third loss in professional boxing career.

charlo vs. bundrage

cornelius bundrage ordered ibf make mandatory title defense against charlo. bout scheduled take place on september 12. charlo steamrolled bundrage , captured ibf light middleweight title dominating third-round ko. bundrage knocked down once in rounds 1 , 2 , twice in round 3.

charlo vs. campfort

charlo scheduled make first defense of ibf light middleweight title against veteran wilky campfort (21-1, 12 kos) on november 28, 2015 @ bomb factory in dallas, texas. charlo floored campfort in round 2 counter right hand. recorded second knockdown following round after flurry in corner forced campfort take voluntary knee. towards end of round 3 charlo hit perfect left uppercut clean left eye of campfort s, compromising vision instantly take knee again. despite beating count, campfort complained unable see, causing referee mark calo-oy wave off fight.

charlo vs. trout

on march 29, 2016, announced charlo make defence against former world champion austin trout (30-2, 17 kos) @ cosmopolitan of las vegas in las vegas, nevada. card included top light middleweights erislandy lara, vanes martirosyan , brother jermell. in close contested bout, charlo defeated trout 12 round unanimous decision. judges’ scored fight 115-113, 116-112, 116-112. charlo landed harder shots dominate action in first 6 rounds. however, charlo seemed gas out little in second half of fight, , outworked trout. trout suffered cut on right eye in 10th round clash of heads fought despite suffering cut. crowd booed loudlywhen scores read out let judges know felt trout should have won.

charlo vs. williams

charlo s next title defense set against no. 1 contender julian williams (22-0-1, 14 kos) on december 10, 2016 @ usc galen center in los angeles, california. fight pushed charlo nursing eye injury , given 60-day medical extension ibf. there rumours charlo vacate title move middleweight. charlo retained ibf junior middleweight title fifth round stoppage of williams. charlo dropped williams in second round powerful jab. williams came , fought clever fight, making charlo miss, slipping punches, landing counters. in round 5, charlo landed right uppercut, dropping williams hard. williams got up, charlo went finish, , got third knockdown after barrage of punches ending left hook. after referee stopped fight, williams went on congratulate charlo. charlo didn t want embrace , told williams,“i don’t want congratulations, want apology.” crowd noticing heat between 2 corners started boo charlo. in post fight interview, charlo stated williams had disrespected him leading fight, called out canelo , golovkin, stating move middleweight.