WBC Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo and WBC Super Welterweight Champion Jermell Charlo previewed the CHARLO DOUBLEHEADER at final press conferences Wednesday, as they went face to face with the opponents presenting the most challenging tests of their careers.
SHOWTIME Sports announced today the price and programming lineup for the first-of-its-kind pay-per-view doubleheader on Saturday, September 26, featuring two stacked fight cards each headlined by one of the world champion Charlo twins in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Unbeaten WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo and top 160-pound contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko spoke to the press during a kick-off virtual press conference Monday.
John Riel Casimero tore the WBO bantamweight title from Zolani Tete courtesy of a stunning KO win back in November of last year, and the Filipino puncher was convinced he would do a similar job on “Monster” Naoya Inoue.
After the considerable amount of smoke has cleared from tonight’s battle of the big men, Las Vegas will look forward to playing host to the little guys.
WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero hosted a press conference today in Manila, to hype his upcoming April 25th unification showdown with WBA/IBF 118 pound ruler Naoya Inoue.
Naoya Inoue, the WBA/IBF bantamweight king, against John Riel Casimero, the WBO bantamweight boss. This is a fight we are set to see unfold in Las Vegas on April 25th, according to a news story from The Japan Times, who report how word of this fight has come out of Inoue’s gym.
Naoya Inoue, the WBA/IBF bantamweight king – a strong contender for 2019 Fighter of the Year: a savage and quick KO over an unbeaten Emanuel Rodriguez and a tough and thrilling decision win over a future Hall of Famer in Nonito Donaire.
Well, that was quite a bang. Last night in Birmingham, UK, Filipino warrior John Riel Casimero totally upset defending WBO bantamweight champ Zolani Tete, and the veteran of 12 years in the ring also totally upset Tete’s plans of facing WBA/IBF bantamweight ruler Naoya Inoue in a big unification clash.
WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete (28-4, 21 KOs) was powerless to fend off the devastating attack from the Filipino hurricane John Riel Casimero (29-4, 20 KOs), who made quick work of him knocking him down 3 times in the process of scoring a 3rd round knockout on Saturday night in front of a crowd of shocked boxing fans at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.