Under the tutelage of trainer Ronnie Shields, Charlo climbed to 17-0 and put himself in position for a title shot. Jermall Charlo lands a blow to the head of Lenny Bottai during their fight in Las Vegas on December 13, 2014.
He put Luis Hernandez down twice in the second round to gain a stoppage in June, took Antwone Smith out in the second round in August, finished off Rogelio De La Torre in the seventh in September and finished the year with a fifth-round KO of Joseph De Los Santos in December. Lora, nearly nine years older than Charlo, entered the fight 29-3-2 with 19 KOs, but Charlo controlled his more experienced opponent and gained a fifth-round stoppage.Ĭharlo seized the momentum with four more wins in 2013. A post shared by Jermall Charlo on at 10:09am PDT Slow slow, fast finishesĬharlo made his professional debut on September 12, 2008, with a second-round TKO of Cimarron Davis in Grand Prairie, Texas, not far from his Houston home.Ĭompeting largely in his brother’s shadow early on, Jermall fought just once in both 20, and gained little notice as he went 12-0 with eight KOs.Ĭharlo got his chance to shine in the spotlight in April 2013, though, when he faced Mexican veteran Orlando Lora at the Alamodome in San Antonio on the undercard of the Austin Trout-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez pay-per-view.
