Jermell Charlo
| Jermell Charlo | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Jermell De'Avante Charlo |
| Nickname(s) | Iron Man |
| Rated at | Light middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Reach | 73 in (185 cm) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
May 19, 1990 Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 29 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 14 |
| Losses | 0 |
Jermell De'Avante Charlo (born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer who has held the WBC super welterweight title since 2016. His identical twin brother, Jermall Charlo, is also a professional boxer and is older by one minute. Both brothers are graduates of Hastings High School in Alief, Houston,Texas. They began boxing when they started following their father, a former boxer, into the gym.
Charlo graduated to the elite level on the amateur boxing scene after just two years, winning a bronze medal at the 2005 junior Olympics at 15 years old.
Charlo ended his amateur career with a 56–8 record.
He began his professional career on December 8, 2007 with a four round decision win over Corey Sommerville.
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.
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. 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.
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 22 wins, with no losses with 17 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.
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