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Jermell Charlo is emerging from his 15-month hibernation phase. He is asking PBC to organize a fight for him against the “best” they have at 154.
“Make it make sense”
They have no one at that weight to match against former undisputed junior middleweight champion Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs). He says, “Make it make sense,” which is code for Jermell’s desire to receive a big payout for his return. That ship sailed a long time ago.
Jermell likely wants to receive enough wealth to purchase the Beverly Hillbillies mansion in Bel Air, California.
That doesn’t seem likely unless Turki Alashikh wants to use it in one of her cards to feed him. Serhii Bohachuk. It would be fun to see it.
It’s too late for Jermell to fight Terence Crawford. He’s hunting big game and trying to get a golden parachute retirement payday against Canelo Alvarez. He won’t waste his time on a fighter who lacks ambition and has been sitting on his couch for 15 months.
Charlo may have burned his bridges with the lack of effort he put in against Canelo Alvarez last time, and ruined what little popularity he still had afterwards by staying on the shelf for over a year.
It is estimated that Jermell was paid $20 million in that fight, which may explain why fans haven’t seen a hair of him since.
It’s possible that PBC could negotiate a fight for Jermell against the newly crowned IBF 154-pound champion. Bakram Murtazaliev. However, Charlo, 34, never showed interest in fighting Murtazaliev when it was his IBF mandatory fight, so it’s hard to see him agreeing to fight him now. If Charlo wants the fastest path to a world title. Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) would be the one.
Charlo’s demands
“Premier Boxing, give me the best you have, or whoever you think can handle me at 154. Let the fans choose. Only lions. Make it make sense,” Jermell Charlo said on social media.
It would be brave of Charlo to challenge the undefeated Murtazaliev for his IBF belt, but that’s probably not happening. That guy is too good.
Murtazaliev destroyed former WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu by third-round knockout on October 19, knocking him down four times in the fight. If he could do that against an active and still young Tszyu, you could only imagine what Murtazaliev would do to the old Jermell, rusty in the ring.
Jermell looked horrible in his one-sided 12-round unanimous decision loss to Canelo Alvarez 15 months ago on September 30, 2023. Charlo didn’t even appear to try to win the fight as he moved around the ring, playing it safe for 12 rounds. Many boxing fans believe that Jermell came for the payday and never intended to try to win.
The fact that Jermell hasn’t fought since that loss further adds to the belief that it was always just a matter of money for him.
