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IBF, WBA, WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo is only a few weeks away from his undisputed fight with WBO world champion Brian Castano.
The Showtime televised fight will take place on July 17th from AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The undefeated Castano has barely been hurt in his career, but Charlo feels that a knockout victory is certainly possible.
“If I can land a right clear shot, I don’t know if he can get hit with that many shots or take that type of power I’m going to possess on July 17th, so I don’t want to predict a knockout I just like to have tough wars,” Charlo said to the Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer.
According to Charlo, he should absolutely receive recognition as a top-five pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.
“Absolutely, I feel like I should’ve been somebody they’ve (boxing media) been talking about…I think I come with very unique skills and I come with something very unique to boxing,” Charlo said.
Should he win in two weeks, and unify the entire weight class, will he remain at 154 or make the move to the middleweight division?
Jermell’s undefeated twin brother, Jermall Charlo, is the WBC world champion at 160.
“I can be at 154, I can stay here to fight I don’t know [who] the next guys [will be] and just beat everybody up. If the money is making sense, I’ll move up to 160, my twin brother is there and we can accomplish goals together. It all depends on how hungry I am for something like that,” Charlo said.
“I stand strong in this weight division and I don’t think nobody can come to this weight division and f— with me, I’m sorry I’m that guy in this weight division!”