As expected, the fight between the absolute champion of the first middleweight (up to 69.9 kg) American Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs), who owns the WBC / WBA Super / IBF / WBO titles, and the official WBO contender from Australia by Tim Tszyu (21-0, 15 KOs) will be held on January 28. The location of the fight on the Showtime platform will be the location of the Michelob ULTRA Arena of the Mandalay Bay complex in Las Vegas (USA).
Today it was officially announced.
For Charlo, this will be the first defense of the “absolute”, which he won in a rematch against the Argentine Brian Castaño in May this year, knocking out his opponent in the 10th round.
Just like Jermell, Tszyu limited himself to one performance in 2022. At the end of March, he made a successful debut in the United States, defeating Terrell Gaucher on points.
Earlier, Tim admitted that he was nervous before the fight for the absolute championship, and Charlo promised to knock out Tszyu brightly: “His ridiculous fart got sick of him.”