Jermell Charlo

About

Jermell DeAvante Charlo (; born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He held the undisputed championship at light middleweight from 2022 to 2023 and The Ring light middleweight title from 2020 to 2024.
His identical twin brother, Jermall Charlo, is also a professional boxer and a world champion.

Jermell is younger than his identical twin Jermall by one minute. Both brothers are graduates of Alief Hastings High School in Houston, Texas.

They began boxing when they started following their father, a former boxer, into the gym. Jermell graduated to the elite level on the amateur boxing scene after two years, winning a bronze medal at the 2005 Junior Olympics at age fifteen. He ended his amateur career with a record of 56 wins and 8 losses.

He began his professional career at the age of 17 on December 8, 2007, with a four-round decision win over Corey Sommerville. On April 19, 2008, he stopped Jesus Villareal in three rounds and after scoring an impressive first-round TKO over Dwayne Jones in June, Charlo added the names Rodrigo Villareal (TKO4) and Deon Nash (W6) to his victims list before the…