Via Adam Baskin: Jermall Charlo has slimmed down a bit after he’s been inactive for two years, and judging by his current appearance, it’s questionable whether he’ll fight back.
In a photo Charlo posted on social media this week standing next to twin brother Jermell, Jermall, 32, looks like he’s in his neighborhood. more than 220 lbs.
Given Charlo’s current size, it would be impossible for him to lose weight to get back into the sport. It would be difficult for Jermall to lose that much weight in a reasonable amount of time.
Although a boxer can drop from the 200+ lb range to 160 lb, whether Jermall can do it or even wants to do it remains a question. When you get this big, losing weight is a pain, and I don’t even start talking about competing professionally at the world level. That’s why it’s so important for athletes not to let themselves become unbalanced.
No matter how big Charlo is, he seems to be eating well, and I don’t know if he wants to deny his nutrition to go back to 160. Now, Jermall looks a lot like Adrien Broner when he first signed with BLK Prime and has never fought for them once.
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Surprisingly, Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs) was not stripped of his WBC middleweight belt by the World Boxing Council, who have been very lenient with his 21 months of inactivity since his last title defense. same year 2021.
The WBC will make their middleweight contenders a heavyweight if they strip Charlo of the belt because they can’t wait forever for him to lose all that size to finally defend. his belt.
To be fair, the WBC would be reduce the burden on Jermall about keeping his weight down to implement his mandatory annual lumbar protections.
The WBC has to give Jermall a deadline of how long they will allow him to sit on his middleweight belt without defending it.
Usually, they give their inactive belt holders a ‘Rival Championship Card’ which will release the belt for other fighters to contest it. For some reason, WBC didn’t do it with Charlo.
