Jermall Charlo Wants To Fight Canelo, Rejects Benavidez: I'm The Biggest Fight For Any Fighter

JAKARTA - Jermall Charlo is the current interim WBC middleweight champion. After almost a year since his last fight, Charlo wants to fight Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez.

That's why he ruled out other fights, like facing David Benavidez.

"I'm the biggest fight for any fighter right now. I'm one of the biggest fighters. I will make any fight better," said Jermall Charlo in an interview. with Fighthype.

"Why not go ahead and take a real risk and fight Canelo where I can risk it all instead of fighting David Benavidez, who has nothing to offer.

"I would still fight hard and use it as a stepping stone to reach Canelo if that's what they wanted me to do, but they weren't prepared for it."

Charlo then frank in his statement that against Canelo is a big fight and the Mexican boxer can not ignore it and say it will not happen.

"He's against me, the world wants to see him and I'm willing to see him or I have to lose my chance to fight David Benavidez. He's also nothing. This will be the biggest fight for him too," continued Charlo.

Charlo has 31 wins in as many fights, 22 of them by knockout. To that end, Charlo argued that if he could challenge himself against a boxer like Canelo, no matter what, he would go down in history.

"He knew it was going to be a much tougher fight than he thought."

Canelo is currently preparing for the final duel in the trilogy against Gennady Golovkin which will be held next September. After that, a rematch against Bivol awaited.

Meanwhile, Charlo will defend his fourth WBC middleweight title against Maciej Sulecki on June 18 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.