Jermall Charlo vs Juan Macias Montiel highlights recap from Showtime. Charlo vs Montiel was the main event from the Showtime boxing card on Saturday night. Charlo puts his undefeated record and WBC title on the line against Montiel. Jermall Charlo hasn't struggled much in his 31 trips to the ring as a professional. Based on the odds for Charlo's fight with Juan Macias Montiel on Saturday (9 p.m. ET, Showtime), Charlo is expected to keep his undefeated record in front of a hometown crowd at Toyota Center in Houston.
Charlo is the heavy favorite coming into the fight, having proven himself as an elite fighter during his lengthy reign as WBC middleweight champion. Montiel has stumbled in other attempts to step up in competition, but he is riding a four-fight unbeaten streak, going 3-0-1 since a second-round knockout loss to Jaime Munguia in February 2017.
The bigger story coming into the fight may be Charlo's attempt to avoid disaster while trying to set up the biggest fight of his career.
After Canelo Alvarez's stoppage win over Billy Joe Saunders, boxing's biggest star seemed open to a potential fight with Charlo, though a bout with Caleb Plant to unify all four world titles at super middleweight seems the top priority for Alvarez. That means taking care of business against Montiel and holding his place in line could set up a huge payday for Charlo in late 2021 or early 2022.
"I'm down. I'll fight Canelo," Charlo told DAZN in May. "Right now, that's what everybody keeps talking about -- 'Canelo, Canelo, Canelo. Well, shit, where he at? I'm here. I got the WBC [title]. What are we going to do?"We could unify. We could go to a catchweight, fight 10 rounds. I'm down to do whatever they want to do. I'm a boxer, I'm a man at the end of the day. So, Canelo can get that work, too."
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Charlo is the heavy favorite coming into the fight, having proven himself as an elite fighter during his lengthy reign as WBC middleweight champion. Montiel has stumbled in other attempts to step up in competition, but he is riding a four-fight unbeaten streak, going 3-0-1 since a second-round knockout loss to Jaime Munguia in February 2017.
The bigger story coming into the fight may be Charlo's attempt to avoid disaster while trying to set up the biggest fight of his career.
After Canelo Alvarez's stoppage win over Billy Joe Saunders, boxing's biggest star seemed open to a potential fight with Charlo, though a bout with Caleb Plant to unify all four world titles at super middleweight seems the top priority for Alvarez. That means taking care of business against Montiel and holding his place in line could set up a huge payday for Charlo in late 2021 or early 2022.
"I'm down. I'll fight Canelo," Charlo told DAZN in May. "Right now, that's what everybody keeps talking about -- 'Canelo, Canelo, Canelo. Well, shit, where he at? I'm here. I got the WBC [title]. What are we going to do?"We could unify. We could go to a catchweight, fight 10 rounds. I'm down to do whatever they want to do. I'm a boxer, I'm a man at the end of the day. So, Canelo can get that work, too."
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