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The Charlos vs. Derevyanchenko and Rosario
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The Charlos vs. Derevyanchenko and Rosario, also known as the Charlo Doubleheader VIII, was the eighth series of fights which involved both the Charlo twins (Jermell and Jermall) respectively. The event took place on September 26, 2020, at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut.[1]
Background
On 22 July 2020, Showtime announced a PPV double-header featuring the Charlo twins, with undefeated WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo facing three-time world title challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko and a light middleweight unification bout between WBC champion Jermell Charlo and unified WBA and IBF champion Jeison Rosario. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the event was held without fans in attendance.[2]
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The fights
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Charlo vs. Derevyanchenko
The main event of the first card saw Jermall Charlo defend his middleweight belt against number one contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko.[3]
Derevyanchenko was making his third attempt to win a world title, having lost a split decision against Daniel Jacobs in October 2018 and a competitive unanimous decision against Gennady Golovkin in October 2019.[4]
On July 22, 2020 it was announced that the Charlo twins would co-headline a Showtime PPV. The card was scheduled to take place on September 26 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Charlo would defend his WBC title against his toughest opponent to date, WBC #1 and The Ring #4 ranked Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-2, 10 KOs). Derevyanchenko declined a lucrative offer to fight Saul Álvarez on September 12 at super middleweight, in order to challenge Charlo. For this card, it was revealed that Jermell would main event.[5] Charlo wanted to cement his status as a top middleweight. The way he wanted to do this was by getting a stoppage win over Derevyanchenko. He had previously been dropped by Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs but took them both the distance, losing close decisions. At the press conference, Charlo said, “It would definitely deliver a statement to the world of boxing, to let them know that, yeah, the power’s for real and I can get in there with just about anybody.”[6][7] Derevyanchenko believed his experience and skill level would be too much for Charlo and give him a win. He told reporters to expect a similar game plan and fight he gave to Golovkin.[8][9] Both made weight with Charlo coming in at 159¾ pounds and Derevyanchenko weighing 159½ pounds.[10]
The fight
Charlo would utilize his superior height and reach, and powerful jab to box effectively at the start of the bout, shaking the challenger late in the third with an overhand right. Derevyanchenko would grow into the bout in the middle rounds, being to close the distance and steadily land punches with both hands. Going to the body with left and landing right hands over the top. Although both boxers to would land many hard punches but Charlo's punches were usually more accurate, bruising Derevyanchenko's face and causing blood to flow from his left eye. Derevyanchenko would nevertheless keep coming forward and backing the champion along the ropes.
At the end of 12 rounds Charlo would score a unanimous decision victory, with scores of 116–112, 117–111, 118–110.[11] Compubox showed that Charlo landed 219 of 627 punches thrown (34.9%) and Derevyanchenko landed 180 punches of 681 thrown (26.4%). This was the most that any opponent had landed on Charlo in his career.[12]
Aftermath
Speaking after bout Charlo said "I made my team proud and I did what I was supposed to do, I executed the game plan. Ronnie Shields told me that I passed the test tonight. I'm happy to go back to the drawing board now and figure out what's next. He was tough, but I knew he was going to be tough. I knew he'd come to fight, I just didn't know how and when he'd try to turn it up. I felt like I never really let him turn it up and that was the game plan. I studied well and I didn't let the pandemic affect my training. I just want to keep fighting and not let any negative interrupt the positive."[13]
Charlo vs. Rosario
The final bout saw Jermell Charlo face Jeison Rosario, with 3 of 4 155 lb titles on the line, plus the vacant The Ring belt.[14] In case any boxer had to pull out of the contest or tested positive for COVID, Bakhram Murtazaliev (17-0, 13 KOs), IBF’s mandatory challenger, who was scheduled to fight on the non-televised portion of the undercard, was on standby to step in. During virtual workouts, Charlo spoke to PBC's Ray Flores. Charlo was aiming to finish the fight inside the distance and not wanting the judges to decide the outcome. As the last time Charlo went the distance, he lost a controversial decision, although he gained revenge on Harrison. For the fight, Charlo was a 4-1 favorite. At the weigh in, Charlo came in at 153¾ pounds and Rosario officially weighed 153½ pounds.
The fight
Charlo unified the WBC, WBA & IBF world title, knocking out Rosario in eight rounds. Charlo would start quickly, dropping Rosario with a left hook to the top of the head in the first round. In the next few rounds Rosario managed to outwork Charlo with a series of attacks to the body, keeping Charlo on his back foot. Near the end of the sixth however, another left hook had Rosario down again. This time, he was badly hurt and was saved by the bell. Rosario was knocked down for the third time with a left jab in the eight round and was unable to beat the count, giving Charlo the knockout victory.[15][16] At the time of stoppage, Charlo was ahead 67-64, 67-64 & 66-65 on the cards.[17][18] According to Compubox, Charlo landed 64 of 242 punches thrown (26.4%), with Rosario out landing him, connecting 85 of his 367 thrown (23.2%).[19]
Aftermath
Speaking after the bout Charlo said "I definitely proved that I'm more than just a puncher, but I also showed again that I'm a big puncher. I'd give myself an A tonight, I stuck to my game plan and listened to my coach. Everything we did in camp, I used it in this fight. I pushed myself the whole way through training camp. It's been a journey for me. I'm bringing the straps home to my family like they told me to."[20]
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PPV price and reception
The PPV was priced at $74.95. Some felt the price mark was too high considering the twin brothers star attraction and that it was there first PPV. Some felt it was too high considering the pandemic, but at the same time, the cost would cover anyone who would have purchased tickets as there was to be no fans in attendance.[21][22][23]
The event was reported to have generated around 120,000 PPV buys.[24]
Fight card
Confirmed bouts:[25]
^Note 1 For WBO Bantamweight title ^Note 2 For WBA Super bantamweight title ^Note 3 For WBC middleweight title ^Note 4 vacant WBC Super bantamweight title ^Note 5 For unified WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF light middleweight titles
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Broadcasting
The fight was televised live in the USA on Showtime PPV, Latin America (inc. Dominican Republic) on ESPN, and streamed live in Ukraine on XSPORT.
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References
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