Jimel Charlo, the WBC, WBA and IBF super-middleweight champion, who lists himself as a potential opponent for Canelo Avarez, bluntly said in an interview that "of course I want to be the one who fights Avarez".
Jimmel Charlo is the twin brother of WBC middleweight champion Jimal Charlo, and is also known as Little Charlo by boxing fans. Although Charlo Jr. and his older brother Jimar Charlo, as well as David Benavidez, Demeterus Andrade and others have always wanted to challenge Avarez, Charlo Jr. has mostly played in the 154-pound over-the-middleweight, and his confrontation with Avarez is minimal.
Next, Charlo Jr. will need to fight against WBO champion Brian Castano on May 14, which is also the second meeting between the two sides, and the winner will become the undisputed overlord of the super middleweight after Wengy Wright, and will set a new record in his class - the first champion with all four gold belts.
Given the reality, the odds of Charlo Jr. challenging Avarez are almost zero, and Avarez will challenge WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Biver in May, and unless Charlo Jr. implements the upgrade challenge, Avarez is unlikely to reduce his weight to fight it.
Charlo Jr. is also well aware that the level gap will make the game difficult to play, so he proposes that the two sides have a duel at the agreed weight of 158 pounds. Little Charlo called out to Avarez: "Let's go to war at 158 pounds, if you come to 158 pounds, I can easily handle it." ”
Since beating Briton Liam Smith in 2016, Avarez has weighed no less than 160 pounds, after his outstanding 154 pounds, which won the WBC, WBA and WBO Boxing Champion Gold Belts. Of course, during the 154-pound period, Avarez lost to the seasoned Floyd Mayweather, when the two sides fought at an agreed weight of 152 pounds, and Mayweather gave Avarez a boxing lesson, leaving Avarez with his only defeat so far.
After losing to Mayweather, Avarez's level has improved by leaps and bounds, but The Younger Chalo claims that if given a chance, he will give Avarez a sense of déjà vu.
Little Chalo said: "I will treat Avirez like Mayweather, give him a boxing lesson, and it's time for everyone to respect my name." ”
It feels like Little Charlo is completely talking, entertaining himself, and taking himself too seriously, because how can you let Avarez play at 158 pounds? If so, why not implement the upgrade? Maybe there is no score in the heart, or maybe it is not at all that, it is nothing more than selling a guanzi to win attention.
The author has always felt that although the strength of the Charlo brothers is not bad, but somewhat overestimated, the elder brother Charlo is called first-class, but definitely not super first-class, as for the younger brother Little Charlo, even more like quasi-first-class, it is nothing more than due to the lack of real masters at his level, coupled with his relatively lucky, so that he has seized a number of gold belts. Little Charlo claims to teach Avarez like Mayweather, more like a dream, and whether he can defeat Castano twice is unknown, let alone how far away he will fight Avarez.