WBC middleweight king Jermall Charlo says he is more than willing to move up in weight to face David Benavidez and would knock out the two-time super-middleweight champion within six rounds, should they ever lock horns in the ring.
Benavidez (24-0, 21 KOs) halted Ronald Ellis in the 11th round at the weekend and, once again, turned his attention to long-time target Charlo, who is regarded by many as the leading 160-pounder on the planet.
Previously, Charlo (31-0, 22 KOs) hadn’t seemed that receptive to moving up in weight, even calling for Benavidez to get vaccinated against Covid-19 first, but now the Houston dynamo appears eager to accommodate the Mexican-American, with a KO foremost on his mind.
“Yeah. Let’s make that fight happen,” Charlo told ‘The Last Stand Podcast’ with Brian Custer. “I’m a knock his little punk ass out. I promise that. I put on everything I love.
“I give him four rounds, five rounds. I know him out in about five rounds, six rounds – no more. He get hit too much. I’m powerful. I’ll explode on him. Trust me, I do my thing. I’ve been doing this all my life.
“Put me in there. Put me in there with [him]. I’m a lion, bro. Let’s get it.”