Eddie Hearn has written to WBA & WBO to order Jermall Charlo vs. Demetrius Andrade Boxing News 24
Via William Lloyd: Eddie Hearn revealed today that he has written to the WBC and WBO to ask them to order a unified clash between 160 lb champion Jermall Charlo and Demetrius Andrade. Hearn crossed his fingers that they would call a fight.
Eddie Hearn attempted to lure WBC middleweight champion Charlo (32-0.22 KOs) against Demetrius (31-0.19 KOs) in a unification by bringing up the Texas-born competitor. 7 million dollars. However, he chose not to join the war.
Hope Charlo vs Andrade can be done
If the WBC and WBO order Charlo-Andrade to duel, the only way Charlo can manage to get rid of it is if he leaves his WBC title blank, which is highly doubtful.
Charlo needs that title to confirm him in the eyes of the boxing public, who have seen him face lackluster opposition since his career best win last year. Julian ‘J-Rock’ Williams in 2016.
In addition to Charlo, Hearn beat the big drums to win 1st place WBO Jaime Munguia and Gennadiy Golovkin faced Demetrius, but neither of them were capable of fighting.
“Could the next opponent be Andrade? Well, we wrote to WBC and WBO and petitions for [Jermall] Charlo’s fight,” said Eddie Hearn on Instagram Live about his attempt to force a fight between Charlo and Demetrius Andrade.
“Why can’t these regulators promote that fight? Make Demetrius Andrade mandatory. They’ve done it before,” Hearn said.
Charlo is on a unanimous decision in a more challenging 12th round than expected against Juan Macias Montiel this past June 19. Montiel injured Jermall several times during that match and caused him to wobble in the championship rounds.
Charlo looks like 31 years old against Montiel, and it’s clear from watching it that he wouldn’t have kept his WBC title much longer without the help of promoters who carefully matched him.
Jermall’s seven closest rivals:
- Juan Macias Montiel
- Sergiy Derevyanchenko
- Dennis Hogan
- Brandon Adams
- Matt Korbov
- Hugo Centeno Jr
- Jorge Sebastian Heiland
Charlo vs. Andrade = ideal battle at 160
“He completely took out Jason Quigley and made a statement to the department,” Hearn told Social boxing about Demetrius’ victory over Quigley.
“How many times have we talked, ‘When is he going to fight? Why don’t people fight him? ‘ I can’t give you the answer, but what I do know is that when he puts on a performance like that, people will call for those fights.
“If you don’t want to see Charlo in a unified game against Andrade, 31-0 against 32-0, two American world champions, I don’t know what the game is about? It was a natural fight,” Hearn continued.
“Jaime Munguia was at 154, then he turned 160. He was a must for Demetrius Andrade, and then he chose not to accept because he wanted a fight or two. Okay I understand. He’s got four games now, and now he’s saying, ‘I hope to get a next knockout.’ Why?
“You had a shot on the same platform [DAZN] against a world champion [Andrade]. Gennadiy Golovkin, hope when he defeats [Ryota] Murata, he would say, ‘I want all the belts at 160.’ Again, same background.
“But the good news is when you have a performance like that [Demetrius destroys Jason Quigley in two rounds], we can scream from the rooftops. It was a great performance by Demetrius Andrade,” Hearn said.
