Who won Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr?
Jermall Charlo beat Jose Benavidez by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 25th November 2023 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 99-91, 98-92 in favor of winner Jermall Charlo.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds at a catchweight of 163 lb (11.6 stone or 73.9 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of David Benavidez beating Demetrius Andrade for the WBC Interim World Super Middleweight championship. Also, on the undercard Subriel Matias defeated Shohjahon Ergashev for the IBF World Junior Welterweight belt, Pablo Vicente was defeated by Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov, Hector Luis Garcia lost to Lamont Roach for the WBA World Super Featherweight championship, Sergey Lipinets was overcome by Michel Rivera and Vito Mielnicki Jr was victorious over Alexis Salazar.
Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr stats
Back in November 2023, Jermall Charlo stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 32 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.
Jose Benavidez made his way to the ring with a record of 28 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw.
Jermall Charlo was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.
Benavidez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Charlo. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.
Both Jermall Charlo & Jose Benavidez fought out of an orthodox stance.
Charlo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Benavidez, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 181 to Benavidez's 172.
Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr form
Charlo remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Juan Macias Montiel on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko on 26th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Connecticut.
Going into that contest, he had beat Dennis Hogan on 7th December 2019 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.
Before that, he had won against Brandon Adams on 29th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
He had beat Matt Korobov on 22nd December 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Middleweight championship fight at Barclays Center, New York.
Jose Benavidez had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Danny Garcia on 30th July 2022 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Barclays Center, New York, United States.
Previous to that, he had drawn with Francisco Emanuel Torres on 13th November 2021 by majority draw in their 10 round contest at Footprint Center, Arizona.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Terence Crawford on 13th October 2018 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at CHI Health Center, Nebraska.
Before that, he had defeated Frank Rojas on 9th June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
He had won against Matthew Strode on 3rd February 2018 by technical knockout in the 8th round at Bank of America Center, Texas.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jermall Charlo had been fighting more than Jose Benavidez.
Going to this contest, Jermall Charlo had last fought 2 years, 5 months and 6 days ago, while Jose Benavidez's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 26 days ago.
Charlo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 55 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.
Benavidez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.
What time did Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.
Who broadcast Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr?
Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr was broadcast on Showtime PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Fite.tv PPV UK.
What were the odds on Charlo vs Jose Benavidez Jr?
Jermall Charlo was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Jose Benavidez made his way into the ring at 19/5 (+380) with oddsmakers.
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