Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-22, fight not so exciting between Jermall Charlo and Matt Korobov: it gets two stars.The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Jermall Charlo entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 27-0-0 (21 KOs=78%) and he is ranked as the No.4 middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez). In his last three fights he has won over Julian Williams (Charlo vs Williams), Jorge Sebastian Heiland (Jermall Charlo vs Jorge Sebastian Heiland) and Hugo Centeno Jr (Jermall Charlo vs Hugo Centeno Jr).
His opponent, the former Olympian and two times world amateur champ Matt Korobov (also known as Matvey Korobov), has an official record of 28-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.45 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Andy Lee in 2014 (Matt Korobov vs Andy Lee) but since then he has won four bouts beating Jonathan Batista in 2018. Charlo vs Korobov is valid for the interim WBC World middleweight title (Charlo’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-12-22
Where: Barclays Center, New York, USA
Division: middleweight (160 lbs, 72.6 kg)
Title: interim WBC World middleweight title
Charlo’s previous fight: Jermall Charlo vs Hugo Centeno Jr
Korobov’s next fight: Matt Korobov vs Immanuwel Aleem
Charlo’s next fight: Jermall Charlo vs Brandon Adams
Charlo vs Korobov full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ysiJ9Ir9Xw
Official video
Official highlights
Charlo looked sluggish and very vulnerable but he got the job done.
Booboo and jacobs will beat him easy, no wonder he’s not calling them names and going for small orthodox fighters like ggg and canelo
so tired of biased announcing in the sport, the judges and the politics of the sport are bad enough.. u can tell by the commentary who the network is supporting and the views of the broadcasters should always be objective.. Jermell was outboxed period, 116-111? u can’t be serious, what fight were they watching smh.. this fight was even worse as far as the analysis, highlighting every little thing about the fighter ur network supports and talking about that fighter 80% meanwhile the fighter who’s winning and the work he’s putting may or not receive a mention.. u even show playbacks for the small things one fighter does but none for the fighter landing the more meaningful shots throughout the rounds smh.. I can see an argument for Charlo winning this fight, barely.. having one dominant round while losing 7 or more of the others doesn’t win fights with a 10pt scoring system over 12rds.. this is a sport, not a political arena just because money is involved..
Reality check for Charlo brothers. Another joke of scorecards from corrupt judges. Especially that 119-108. LOL!