Jermall Charlo

Jermall Charlo (born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer.

As an amateur, Jermall was hopeful for a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team but was forced to back out due to a toe injury.

He competed in the amateur ranks for one more year and finished with a record of 65 wins and 6 losses.

On August 12, 2008, Charlo made his professional debut against Cimmaron Davis and won the fight via 2nd-round technical knockout.

On July 11, 2009, Charlo faced Deon Nash, the opponent his brother Jermell went up against and beat in 2008.

Jermall won a comfortable unanimous decision victory and later fought Nash to a rematch on August 28, 2010, and Charlo would end up winning again by a corner retirement.

On October 24, 2010, Charlo went up against Puerto Rican Carlos Garcia, whom his brother Jermell had fought a year prior.

Both brothers beat Garcia by unanimous decision.

Over the next five years, Charlo remained undefeated picking up wins over Orlando Lora, Antwone Smith and Norberto Gonzalez.

On March 28, 2015, Charlo went up against a highly talented prospect, Michael Kenneth Finney (12-2-1, 10 KOs) at The Pearl, Palms Casino in Las Vegas.

Charlo won all of the rounds on all 3 judges scorecards and won a unanimous decision victory.

The fight nearly came to an end a few times during the fight, however Finney managed to take Charlo the distance for the fifth time in his career.

By the close of 2014, Charlo had a record of 20 wins with 16 coming inside the distance and no losses.

In May 2015, 42 year old Cornelius Bundrage (34-5, 19 KOs) was ordered by the IBF to make a mandatory title defense against Charlo.

July 25 was a potential date discussed initially.

On June 8, a few weeks prior to the fight taking place, Bundrage was forced to pull out of the fight citing an injury above his left eye.

The card, which was scheduled to July 18 was postponed.

The deep cut happened during a sparring session.

On August 17, it was confirmed the fight would take place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, on September 12.

After an 18-month wait, Charlo dismantled Bundrage and captured the IBF light middleweight title with a dominating third-round knockout win.

Bundrage was knocked down once in rounds 1 and 2 and twice in round 3.

An overhand right put Bundrage down in round 1.

Charlo never allowed Bundrage to get into the fight, constantly applying pressure.

The second knockdown, which occurred in round 2 was from a left jab.

Fast combinations to the head dropped Bundrage early in round 3 and a couple of minutes later, a final blow to the head.

The referee did attempt to make a count and stopped the fight at 2 minutes and 33 seconds.

After the fight, Bundrage said, "I hand't fought in (11 months), you can't be inactive fighting these young guys."

A few weeks after winning the title, Charlo's trainer Ronnie Shields confirmed that Charlo would make his first defence against veteran Wilky Campfort (21-1, 12 KOs) on November 28, 2015, at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas.

Campfort's sole loss on his record came in his second professional fight via majority decision after 4 rounds.

Shield's, who had been training both the twins, recently confirmed he would no longer be working with Jermell.

He stated it was on good terms and it would not affect how Jermall would perform.

Charlo floored Campfort in round 2 with a counter right hand.

He recorded a second knockdown the following round after a flurry in the corner forced Campfort to take a voluntary knee.

Towards the end of round 3 Charlo hit a perfect left uppercut clean to his left eye of Campfort's, compromising his vision was instantly to take a knee again.

Despite beating the count, Campfort complained that he was unable to see, causing referee Mark Calo-Oy to wave off the fight.

He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC middleweight title since 2019 and previously the IBF light middleweight title from 2015 to 2017.

His identical twin brother, Jermell Charlo, is also a professional boxer and unified WBC, WBA (Super) and IBF light middleweight world champion.

Jermall is older than his identical twin Jermell by one minute.

Both brothers are graduates of Alief Hastings High School in Houston, Texas.

They began boxing when they started following their father, himself a former boxer, into the gym.