David Benavidez fight will happen “when it makes sense” says Jermall Charlo
Jermall Charlo says he has a better chance of fighting David Benavidez in 2023 than he does Canelo Alvarez or Gennadiy Golovkin.
Jermall Charlo says he has a better chance of fighting David Benavidez in 2023 than he does Canelo Alvarez or Gennadiy Golovkin.
Jermall Charlo says he WON’T fight David Benavidez to earn a fight against Canelo Alvarez. He says he wants the superstar Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KOs) to fight him without needing to earn it by beating the former two-time WBC 168-lb champion Benavidez.
WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo has suffered a back injury training for his June 18th fight against challenger Maciej Sulecki, resulting in the match needing to be postponed and rescheduled later.
Jermall Charlo feels that he should be given a straight title shot against Canelo Alvarez at 168 when he moves up in that weight class rather than fighting Davis Benavidez.
WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo sounded like a politician on Wednesday, dodging questions on WHY he’s not fighting David Benavidez.
Jermall (32-0, 22 KOs) had hoped to talk mostly about his upcoming June 18th title defense against #5 WBC Sulecki (30-2, 11 KOs) on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Eddie Hearn says he views the Canelo Alvarez vs. David Benavidez fight as one that will be a huge one for the future after the Mexican superstar faces Gennadiy Golovkin & Dmitry Bivol in his next two fights.
Jose Benavidez Jr. doesn’t believe Jermall Charlo or Caleb Plant will fight his brother David Benavidez because neither of them wants that work.
David Benavidez says he wants to “expose” Jermall Charlo and knock him out after he defeats David Lemieux on May 21st in their headliner on Showtime a the Gala River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo sounded like a politician on Thursday, dancing around questions about whether he’d be interested in fighting David Benavidez at 168 this year.
Canelo Alvarez recently suggested that his #1 contender at 168, David Benavidez fight Jermall Charlo. It sounded good at the time with pro-Canelo fans, but he was clearly doing by asking Benavidez & Charlo to fight was changing the frame to get the heat off of him.