Jermell Charlo faces Canelo Alveraz in one of the more intriguing fights as Charlo, the junior Middleweight champion, will face the super Middleweight champion. My good friend David Martinez is talking upset, but I am not so sure.
Canelo is the bigger fighter and has been fighting bigger fighters for a longer period of time and Charlo is moving two weights class not just one. Canelo has been one of the elite pounds for pound from Welterweight division and even campaigned as a light heavyweight.
What Canelo has going for him is his advantage at the higher weight, and he has excellent upper body movement and great power. Charlo has a high boxing IQ and good boxing skills. In his second fight with Brian Castano, he switched his strategy and stopped Castano. Charlo is capable of adjusting but to paraphrase Mike Tyson, “Everyone has a strategy until the first bell ring, and you get hit the first time.”
When Floyd Mayweather fought a young Canelo, he out boxed and out thought Alvarez and Alvarez seemed hesitant throughout the bout. He learned a lesson in fighting Mayweather, and one was to all his instinct and let loose his power. The Canelo that fights Charlo will pressure Charlo and Charlo has never fought a fighter with ferocity of Alvarez.
Charlo is a good boxer and has the ability to make the fight difficult but somehow unless Alvarez starts showing signs of aging as result of his many wars, there will be on upset. Charlo may win a few early rounds, but I anticipate that Canelo power and pressure will take hold for a late round stoppage.
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