The Charlo brothers have arrived.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo have knocked on the door of pound-for-pound lists for some time, as both have defeated quality opponents consistently and collected title belts.
They took another step on a pay-per-view card Saturday night in Uncasville, Conn.
Jermall defeated highly respected Sergiy Derevyanchenko by a clear unanimous decision, which is more than middleweight rivals Daniel Jacobs and Gennadiy Golovkin did. He made a solid statement.
Jermell turned what was supposed to be a stiff test against Jeison Rosario into a rout, putting the Dominican down three times and stopping him with a jab to the body in Round 8 to unify the 154-pound titles.
As a result, the Charlos enter the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list for the first time as “Honorable Mentions.”
To make room for them, Shawn Porter and Teofimo Lopez drop out.
Porter is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Sebastian Formella last month but lost his last big fight, albeit by a split decision in a war with Errol Spence Jr. Meanwhile, Lopez has his fate in his own hands. If he beats No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko on Oct. 17, he’s back in.
Here’s something else to watch: No. 15 Leo Santa Cruz will be an underdog when he faces Gervonta Davis on Oct. 24. If Santa Cruz loses, one of the honorable mentions is likely to move onto the main list.
That HM might be Mairis Briedis, who defeated Yuniel Dorticos by a majority decision to win the World Boxing Super Series championship and a cruiserweight title on Saturday in Munich.
The Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list is below.
BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND
- Vasiliy Lomachenko
- Terence Crawford
- Canelo Alvarez
- Naoya Inoue
- Oleksandr Usyk
- Gennadiy Golovkin
- Errol Spence Jr.
- Tyson Fury
- Juan Francisco Estrada
- Mikey Garcia
- Artur Beterbiev
- Josh Taylor
- Manny Pacquiao
- Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
- Leo Santa Cruz
Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Miguel Berchelt, Mairis Briedis, Jermall Charlo, Jermell Charlo and Kosei Tanaka.