‘Going to make a strategic move’: Jermell Charlo talks plans for return
Jermall Charlo appears ready to schedule his next fight.
Jamell Charlo hasn’t fought since losing to Canelo Alvarez two years ago, but he hopped on social media to tell his followers that he’s working on his return and will be deliberate in who he chooses as an opponent for his next fight while also quickly touching on this weekend’s big fight.
“I’m back in the ring soon,” Charlo said. “Got a couple more days and ya’ll going to see Canelo fighting Crawford so I should be in the back of the book and I come back to my weight division and try to see what I can destroy before I make a decision on who I’m going to destroy. We’re going to make a strategic move, make sure we do it the right way.
“I ain’t got no comment on who going to win no fight, you dig. If Crawford do what he supposed to do he got an option. If he don’t, he don’t beat Canelo. Simple as that. If Crawford don’t do what he got to do he going to lose.”
Based on Charlo’s words it would appear that he’s acknowledging his intention on taking a relatively soft touch for his comeback fight, which probably is to be expected considering the fact he’ll have been out of action for over two years by the time it takes place. That, of course, won’t be an event that gets fans into frenzy, but there is potential for a good fight to be made for Charlo following.
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I can't see him coming back to super welterweight, so where does he land? Middleweight? Super middleweight?
I don't think he'll take on anyone in the top 25 in either of those weight classes. Part of me thinks middleweight is the likely choice and could see him taking on someone like Marquis Taylor, Jahi Tucker, or Darrelle Valsaint. All three are solid but untested fighters that could give 'Mell rounds without posing a great threat, especially after a layoff.
I have to admit I'm kinda curious to see what he has left.
I don't think he'll take on anyone in the top 25 in either of those weight classes. Part of me thinks middleweight is the likely choice and could see him taking on someone like Marquis Taylor, Jahi Tucker, or Darrelle Valsaint. All three are solid but untested fighters that could give 'Mell rounds without posing a great threat, especially after a layoff.
I have to admit I'm kinda curious to see what he has left.
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Agree, he was cutting a lot of weight 3 years ago at 154, so he probably cannot do it now. 168 lbs have some dangerous guys right now and he dont want that after loss. Going for Carlos Adames at middleweight seems logic to meMPW wrote: ↑10 Sep 2025, 08:51 I can't see him coming back to super welterweight, so where does he land? Middleweight? Super middleweight?
I don't think he'll take on anyone in the top 25 in either of those weight classes. Part of me thinks middleweight is the likely choice and could see him taking on someone like Marquis Taylor, Jahi Tucker, or Darrelle Valsaint. All three are solid but untested fighters that could give 'Mell rounds without posing a great threat, especially after a layoff.
I have to admit I'm kinda curious to see what he has left.
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Middleweight is a bit crappy right ‘now.
I always rated Mell, he can take over that weight
I always rated Mell, he can take over that weight
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He hasn't won a fight in 3 years, and struggled against any decent opponent he ever fought. I honestly don't care what's next for him.
As long as Jermell Charlo is hanging around as a Titleholder, it's an indication that the weight class he operates in, is in possibly its worst era.
As long as Jermell Charlo is hanging around as a Titleholder, it's an indication that the weight class he operates in, is in possibly its worst era.
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JERMELL CHARLO CALLS OUT CRAWFORD, SPENCE, ENNIS: 'I WANT ALL THE SMOKE'
Former Ring and undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo appears ready for an in-ring return after more than a 25-month hiatus from the sport.
Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) hasn't fought since stepping up two weight classes to challenge Canelo Alvarez in September 2023. At the time, Alvarez was the super middleweight champion, and Charlo got dropped before fighting to survive, hearing the final bell in a lackluster unanimous decision defeat.
Charlo, a 35-year-old from Houston, Texas, has tried to mostly keep a low profile ever since. But he's now screaming from the mountaintops and calling out all of the top names within reach hoping to get one of them to stick.
"I'm only interested in fights that make sense and make money. I want all the smoke," Charlo said during an Instagram Live session.
"I want smoke with Crawford. Get me the best – I'm in shape, I train, my lifestyle is on the move. Everything is great so why wouldn't I want the best? If they gave me an offer for Crawford, it would be an honor to get in the ring with him, I'd give him the best fight of today's era. I don't think that there's no other fight out there in the boxing world for him to make right now, it would be me. The best fight with Boots [Jaron Ennis] is me.
"I honestly think Errol Spence is a good fight - I like Errol - don't have any issues with him, alright. Vergil [Ortiz] is a great fighter and can fight, could go a long way. I ain't never even see the [Xander] Zayas kid.
"I just feel that I don't know what's happening with the boxing world. Like right after my era with Canelo – I started to watch boxing change, got my little distance and thought it was important to focus strictly on my family, kids, life and my future. I got hella [millions], come from a different era in boxing, I don't know if there are too many of us left.
"I really don't see anybody else [who should fight the top guys]. What do ya'll want me to do in the game?"
Charlo has been rather inactive in recent years; having fought just four times since 2020. When Charlo has graced the ring, however, he's proven to be one of the sport's more entertaining and skilled fighters.
His resume features a knockout win against Brian Castano (one split draw as well), avenging a close decision loss against Tony Harrison (KO11), and wins over Erickson Lubin (KO1), Austin Trout (MD), and Jeison Rosario (KO8).
Former Ring and undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo appears ready for an in-ring return after more than a 25-month hiatus from the sport.
Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) hasn't fought since stepping up two weight classes to challenge Canelo Alvarez in September 2023. At the time, Alvarez was the super middleweight champion, and Charlo got dropped before fighting to survive, hearing the final bell in a lackluster unanimous decision defeat.
Charlo, a 35-year-old from Houston, Texas, has tried to mostly keep a low profile ever since. But he's now screaming from the mountaintops and calling out all of the top names within reach hoping to get one of them to stick.
"I'm only interested in fights that make sense and make money. I want all the smoke," Charlo said during an Instagram Live session.
"I want smoke with Crawford. Get me the best – I'm in shape, I train, my lifestyle is on the move. Everything is great so why wouldn't I want the best? If they gave me an offer for Crawford, it would be an honor to get in the ring with him, I'd give him the best fight of today's era. I don't think that there's no other fight out there in the boxing world for him to make right now, it would be me. The best fight with Boots [Jaron Ennis] is me.
"I honestly think Errol Spence is a good fight - I like Errol - don't have any issues with him, alright. Vergil [Ortiz] is a great fighter and can fight, could go a long way. I ain't never even see the [Xander] Zayas kid.
"I just feel that I don't know what's happening with the boxing world. Like right after my era with Canelo – I started to watch boxing change, got my little distance and thought it was important to focus strictly on my family, kids, life and my future. I got hella [millions], come from a different era in boxing, I don't know if there are too many of us left.
"I really don't see anybody else [who should fight the top guys]. What do ya'll want me to do in the game?"
Charlo has been rather inactive in recent years; having fought just four times since 2020. When Charlo has graced the ring, however, he's proven to be one of the sport's more entertaining and skilled fighters.
His resume features a knockout win against Brian Castano (one split draw as well), avenging a close decision loss against Tony Harrison (KO11), and wins over Erickson Lubin (KO1), Austin Trout (MD), and Jeison Rosario (KO8).
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Vergil Ortiz’s Manager Proposes Bout Vs. Spence, Ennis-Charlo Doubleheader Next
Vergil Ortiz reiterated Saturday night that he wants, at long last, to fight Jaron “Boots” Ennis next.
The WBC interim super welterweight champion clarified, though, that he is willing to take other marketable, meaningful fights if their promoters can’t come to an agreement for them to meet early in 2026. Ortiz mentioned the most accomplished opponent of all, Terence Crawford, as an alternative to Ennis, whom DAZN executives expect Ortiz to face February 28 in Las Vegas.
The Grand Prairie, Texas, native and his manager, Rick Mirigian, also identified the former welterweight champion Crawford dominated as a potential opponent once Ortiz knocked out Erickson Lubin in the second round at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
“I’m here to fight the best,” Ortiz said during his post-fight press conference. “I don’t care who it is. It can be Boots next, it can be [Errol] Spence next, it could be Crawford next if he’s still willing to do it, because, you know, that’s a fight that I’ve been calling for for a while. I think that’s a great fight to make happen still. And we’re just gonna keep doing what I do best, you know, and that’s just be me.”
Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs), No. 1 on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list, made it clear after he beat Canelo Alvarez to become undisputed 168-pound champion September 13 in Las Vegas that he won’t return to the junior middleweight limit of 154.
Ortiz (24-0, 22 KOs) holds the WBC interim 154-pound crown and is The Ring’s No. 1 contender for a vacant junior middleweight title. The 27-year-old Ortiz didn’t say whether he would move up in weight to challenge Crawford.
Mirigian, meanwhile, suggested through his Instagram account Sunday that Ortiz could oppose Spence next in an all-Texas clash at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Ortiz had hoped to face Spence, of DeSoto, Texas, at that enormous venue before Crawford dropped Spence three times and won their welterweight title unification bout by ninth-round technical knockout in July 2023 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), a former IBF/WBA/WBC 147-pound champ, hasn’t fought since Crawford defeated him.
“I think Ortiz [versus] Spence at Cowboy Stadium (biggest all Texas matchup in history),” Mirigian wrote, “and [Jermell] Charlo vs. Boots as co-main event and the winners fight each other just might be [fire emoji]. (Makes sense, Charlo and Boots both turned Ortiz down).”
Mirigian added that he’d need the “blessings” of Ortiz’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, and Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez before they could pivot toward Spence. DAZN executives, who fund most of Golden Boy’s business through their exclusive streaming partnership, have told De La Hoya and Gomez that they want Ortiz to face Ennis next.
Charlo, a former undisputed junior middleweight champ, hasn’t fought in more than two years, either. Houston’s Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) lost a lopsided unanimous decision to Alvarez in September 2023 at T-Mobile Arena, where they fought for The Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound titles Mexico’s Alvarez lost to Crawford.
Charlo and Spence sat ringside Saturday night to watch Ortiz beat Lubin (27-3, 19 KOs), The Ring’s fifth-rated 154-pound contender. Footage of Ennis and Charlo talking and eventually shaking hands circulated on social media Saturday night.
“I was going at it with Charlo,” Ennis told The Ring. “I told Charlo stay by his phone, just in case.”
Vergil Ortiz reiterated Saturday night that he wants, at long last, to fight Jaron “Boots” Ennis next.
The WBC interim super welterweight champion clarified, though, that he is willing to take other marketable, meaningful fights if their promoters can’t come to an agreement for them to meet early in 2026. Ortiz mentioned the most accomplished opponent of all, Terence Crawford, as an alternative to Ennis, whom DAZN executives expect Ortiz to face February 28 in Las Vegas.
The Grand Prairie, Texas, native and his manager, Rick Mirigian, also identified the former welterweight champion Crawford dominated as a potential opponent once Ortiz knocked out Erickson Lubin in the second round at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
“I’m here to fight the best,” Ortiz said during his post-fight press conference. “I don’t care who it is. It can be Boots next, it can be [Errol] Spence next, it could be Crawford next if he’s still willing to do it, because, you know, that’s a fight that I’ve been calling for for a while. I think that’s a great fight to make happen still. And we’re just gonna keep doing what I do best, you know, and that’s just be me.”
Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs), No. 1 on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list, made it clear after he beat Canelo Alvarez to become undisputed 168-pound champion September 13 in Las Vegas that he won’t return to the junior middleweight limit of 154.
Ortiz (24-0, 22 KOs) holds the WBC interim 154-pound crown and is The Ring’s No. 1 contender for a vacant junior middleweight title. The 27-year-old Ortiz didn’t say whether he would move up in weight to challenge Crawford.
Mirigian, meanwhile, suggested through his Instagram account Sunday that Ortiz could oppose Spence next in an all-Texas clash at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Ortiz had hoped to face Spence, of DeSoto, Texas, at that enormous venue before Crawford dropped Spence three times and won their welterweight title unification bout by ninth-round technical knockout in July 2023 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), a former IBF/WBA/WBC 147-pound champ, hasn’t fought since Crawford defeated him.
“I think Ortiz [versus] Spence at Cowboy Stadium (biggest all Texas matchup in history),” Mirigian wrote, “and [Jermell] Charlo vs. Boots as co-main event and the winners fight each other just might be [fire emoji]. (Makes sense, Charlo and Boots both turned Ortiz down).”
Mirigian added that he’d need the “blessings” of Ortiz’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, and Golden Boy Promotions president Eric Gomez before they could pivot toward Spence. DAZN executives, who fund most of Golden Boy’s business through their exclusive streaming partnership, have told De La Hoya and Gomez that they want Ortiz to face Ennis next.
Charlo, a former undisputed junior middleweight champ, hasn’t fought in more than two years, either. Houston’s Charlo (35-2-1, 19 KOs) lost a lopsided unanimous decision to Alvarez in September 2023 at T-Mobile Arena, where they fought for The Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 168-pound titles Mexico’s Alvarez lost to Crawford.
Charlo and Spence sat ringside Saturday night to watch Ortiz beat Lubin (27-3, 19 KOs), The Ring’s fifth-rated 154-pound contender. Footage of Ennis and Charlo talking and eventually shaking hands circulated on social media Saturday night.
“I was going at it with Charlo,” Ennis told The Ring. “I told Charlo stay by his phone, just in case.”
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Isn't Spence retired? Or was that just speculation?
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It's a stupid idea anyway..
should just be Spence-Charlo and Boots-Ortiz.
Why beat around the bush.
no more tune ups or easy fights.
Both Ortiz and Boot's easily dispatched their opponents . Didn't even get out of 1st gear.
should just be Spence-Charlo and Boots-Ortiz.
Why beat around the bush.
no more tune ups or easy fights.
Both Ortiz and Boot's easily dispatched their opponents . Didn't even get out of 1st gear.
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Honestly the way De La Hoya promotes fighters almost makes you think he just wants to make sure they never get as popular as he was.
Anytime a potential star making fight comes up for one of his guys, he don't want it.
Anytime a potential star making fight comes up for one of his guys, he don't want it.
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The future is for lions only!
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I'd love to see Jermell lose that tune up fight personally. The Charlo's have always been annoying douchebags.
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Jermell having a go at Mall
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