Jermell Charlo is emerging from a 15-month hibernation. He's asking PBC to make a fight for him against their “best” at 154.
“Make it make sense”
They don't have anyone at that weight to watch against former undisputed junior middleweight champion, Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs). “Make it make sense,” he says, which is code for Jermell wanting a huge payday for his return. That ship sailed a long time ago.
Jermell likely wants to have enough wealth to buy the Beverly Hillbillies mansion in Bel Air, California.
This only seems likely if Turki Al-Sheikh wants to use it as one of his cards to feed him Serhiy Bohachuk. It will be fun to watch
It's too late for Jermell to fight Terence Crawford. He's hunting big game and trying to get a golden parachute retirement day against Canelo Alvarez. He's not going to waste time on a fighter who lacks ambition and has been sitting on his couch for 15 months.
Charlo may have burned his bridges with his lack of effort against Canelo Alvarez last time out, and ruined what little popularity he still had after that by sitting on the shelf for over a year.
It's estimated that Jermell earned a payday of $20 million for that fight, which may explain why fans haven't seen him cover or hair since.
It's possible that PBC could negotiate a Jermell fight against the newly crowned IBF 154-pound champion. Bakram Murtazaliev. However, Charlo, 34, never showed interest in fighting Murtazaliev when he was an IBF mandatory, so it's hard to see him agreeing to fight him now. If Charlo wants the quickest path to a world title. Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KO) will be the man.
Charlo demands
“No. 1 boxer, give me your best, or whoever you think can handle me at 154 years old. Let the fans choose. Only black. Make it make sense,” Jermell Charlo said on social media.
It would be brave on Charlo's part to challenge undefeated Murtazaliev for the IBF belt, but that's probably not going to happen. This guy is very good.
Murtazaliev destroyed WBO junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu by third-round knockout on October 19, knocking him down four times in the fight. If he can do that against the energetic, still young Tszyu, you can only imagine what Murtazaliev will do to rusty old Jermell.
Jermell looked terrible 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 be trying to win the fight as he moved around the ring, playing it safe for 12 minutes. Tours. Many boxing fans believe that Jermell came in for the payday and never intended to try to win.
The fact that Jermell has not fought since that loss only adds to the belief that it has always been just about the money for him.
