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Canelo Alvarez Puts Undisputed Super Middleweight Titles
On The Line Against Undisputed Junior Middleweight Champion
Jermell Charlo Sept. 30
Mexican superstar and pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez
will defend his undisputed super middleweight world titles
in a blockbuster showdown against hard-hitting undisputed
junior middleweight world champion Jermell Charlo headlining
a SHOWTIME PPV (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) Saturday, September 30
in a Premier Boxing Champions event from T-Mobile Arena in
Las Vegas.
Canelo, who’s amassed one of the best resumes of his
generation at only 33-years-old, will make the third
consecutive defense of his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO super
middleweight world titles against the junior middleweight
king Charlo in the first matchup of the four-belt era
pitting two reigning undisputed champions against each
other. With a win, Charlo would add his name alongside
legendary champions such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns
and Roy Jones Jr. by successfully jumping two weight classes
to win a world title.
Public on-sale begins Friday, August 11 at 10 a.m. PT with
tickets available through AXS.com. The event is promoted by
Canelo Promotions and TGB Promotions.
“Canelo Álvarez and Jermell Charlo are fighters who dare to
be great every time they enter the ring and have shown that
once again by going headfirst into this dream matchup
between the two best fighters in their divisions,” said Tom
Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “Canelo is already a
surefire Hall of Famer but continues to seek the biggest and
best fights for his devoted fans. Charlo has also
established himself as one of the sport’s top
pound-for-pound fighters and would leave no doubt about his
place in boxing’s hierarchy with a win on September 30. This
is a night you won’t want to miss on SHOWTIME PPV and at
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.”
“We are very excited about this historic matchup under the
PBC banner,” said Eddy Reynoso, Canelo’s Manager and
Trainer. “Our team is very focused on this fight and we have
decided to hold a high-altitude training camp to prepare. We
have a great champion in Charlo in front of us and this will
be an exciting fight because of the styles both fighters
bring to the ring.”
“Canelo vs. Charlo is a legitimate mega-fight and yet
another testament that SHOWTIME® continues to deliver the
biggest and best matchups in the sport." said Stephen
Espinoza, President, SHOWTIME SPORTS®. "In a banner year
that has already featured some of the most anticipated
fights in recent memory, Canelo vs. Charlo stands out as a
historically unique showdown between two undisputed
champions. September 30 will be another can’t-miss event for
boxing fans around the world.”
Having captured world titles at 154, 160, 168 and
175-pounds, Canelo (59-2-2, 39 KOs) will enter the ring for
yet another super fight as he looks to become the first man
during the four-belt era to defend all four titles
successfully three consecutive times. The fighting pride of
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Canelo became undisputed at
super middleweight in November 2021 by taking the IBF belt
from then unbeaten Caleb Plant via an 11th-round TKO
headlining a SHOWTIME PPV. After dropping a light
heavyweight title fight against Dmitriy Bivol in May 2022,
Canelo rebounded to defeat Gennadiy Golovkin in their
September 2022 trilogy fight before most recently defeating
John Ryder in May.
Under the guidance of his renowned coach Reynoso, Canelo has
triumphed over a long list of elite fighters since turning
pro at just 15-years-old in 2005, including Golovkin twice,
plus Shane Mosley, Erislandy Lara, Miguel Cotto and Sergey
Kovalev to name a few. Outside of the Bivol fight, Canelo’s
only other defeat came against undefeated legend Floyd
Mayweather in September 2013.
“I’m very happy that we got to make a fight of this
magnitude between two undisputed champions,” said Canelo.
“Jermell Charlo has also faced the best in his division, and
I’m glad that the fans are going to enjoy a world class
fight between us on September 30.”
Houston’s Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs) unified the junior
middleweight titles in emphatic fashion his last time out,
knocking out Brian Castaño in round 10 of their May 2022
rematch, after they fought to a draw in a July 2021
slugfest. The 33-year-old became a unified champion in
September 2020, dropping Jeison Rosario three times on his
way to an eighth-round knockout that earned him the WBA and
IBF titles. Before that fight, Charlo had avenged the only
loss of his career as he reclaimed his WBC belt via an
11th-round knockout of Tony Harrison in one of 2019’s best
fights.
Charlo is trained by 2022 BWAA “Trainer of the Year” Derrick
James in Dallas and won his first world title in his debut
fight with James by scoring an eighth-round knockout of John
Jackson in 2016. He followed up that victory with three
successful defenses, knocking out Erickson Lubin and Charles
Hatley, and winning a decision over former world champion
Austin Trout. Charlo and his twin brother and two-division
champion Jermall, who fight under their Lions Only banner,
made history in 2016, becoming the first twins in boxing
history to simultaneously hold world championships in the
same weight class.
“I’m really excited to make history once again on September
30,” said Charlo. “This is the biggest fight in boxing and
I’m coming to leave it all in the ring like I do every time.
I manifested this fight into existence and earned it with
everything I’ve done in this sport so far. Canelo is a great
fighter, but he’s gonna see what Lions Only is all about.
When the fight’s over, people are gonna have to recognize
that I’m the best fighter in the sport.”
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