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The Canelo Alvares vs. Jermell Charlo September 30th fight in Las Vegas has been putting all eyes on Jermell Charlo (35-1-1,19 KOs) who's been training hard to strip away his four-belt undisputed super middleweight title.
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Canelo is the hard favorite to win the bout due to his technical training, power and punch reach, and resistance, however, Charlo is a contender who has been dropping opponents during the past 15 years of his professional career.
Jermell Charlo has a chance to beat Canelo according to experts
One of the most significant fights for Charlo is his win over Brian Castano who ultimately has a style very similar to what Canelo brings to the ring.
Former boxer Paulie Malignaggi spoke to Boxing News claiming that "Jermell's a very talented fighter, but he comes undone a little bit. He opens himself up, and he throws, gets a little bit crazy in the exchanges,".
Malignaggi underlined that Jermell Charlo needs to work on being cool, calm, and collected due to his past experiences with talented fighters. According to the former boxer, when Charlo gets hit and hurt he throws all preparation away and tries to retaliate without any studied tactic, he 'goes to war' and that would be a good thing if he already has an opponent half-conquered, however, it did not work with Castano and Tony Harrison.
"We noticed that with the Brian Castano fight and all that stuff. Honestly, with a guy two weight classes bigger and that strong, I don't know if you can afford to do that." Malignaggi added
"I think if Jermell is mentally focused and disciplined, he can make a good fight out of this because I think he's more gifted as an athlete, but I just don't know if mentally he has the self-control to keep a disciplined game plan throughout the whole fight. I haven't noticed that from him yet," Malignaggi claims.
Meanwhile, according to Boxing247, British fighter Johnny Nelson claims "I do give him a chance. He's a very talented fighter, I think Canelo is still a force to be reckoned with, but it's 99 of the fighters in the world today".
"He's not the fighter he was, but the fighter he is is enough to give hellfire to a lot of fighters out there and beat them. Charlo, you can't write him off because this is a winnable fight for Charlo. He's a talented fighter. Nelson concluded.