The WBC Board of Governors has decided to confirm Carlos Adames as the WBC reigning middleweight champion as he is being elevated from interim champion to WBC world champion.
Adames replaces Jermall Charlo, who was arrested on Monday in Pearland, Texas for DWI, fleeing a police officer, and leaving the scene of a crash after being involved in a collision with another vehicle. He was released after posting bail.
The WBC says it will continue to do as much as possible to support Charlo during his difficult times with regards to mental wellness and after a thorough evaluation of the situation and understanding of the facts, they may rank Jermall at super middleweight.
Charlo hadn’t defended his WBC title since June 2021.
Should have been stripped years ago. It’s all good to support someone through mental health issues,but don’t punish other fighters and have them waiting on line while Charlo has years of inactivity. They had no choice after this fiasco. Never seen a fighter keep a title for so long without a defense.Im sure Adamea wanted to win the title in the ring.
I’m pretty sure Charlo can’t even make 160 anymore. Wish him all the best and hope he gets the help he needs but clearly he shouldn’t be champion right now.
Maybe this leads to Lara-Adames now?
Lucie, I thought of you when I read this. Adames owes you a xmas card as you have been calling for this for awhile!
They have that ‘champion in recess’ tag they seem to be fond of using (coincidentally, I think Jermell is currently WBC champion in recess at 154) – I have NO CLUE why, even after a year or eighteen months that they didn’t give it to Jermall. Clearly you have some problems if/when you work through them, if you want your old belt back, we’ll put you at the head of the line, but no reason to hold up a division THAT long waiting on someone.
The Charlo brothers could have been a household name, but they became snowflakes. One terrified of Tszyu and the other emotional issues. Millennials smh
So now you can just be named champion, whats next if Fury wins he will be stripped if he doesn’t fight Mike Hunter.
Looks like it may be a rap for, Jermall, mental health issues, ain’t no joke, without proper support. I believe it’s at the core of much of the issues plaguing society.
This must be good for his ‘street cred’.
Sorry, but I will probably get thumbed down by many, but don’t care. I speak the truth and mental health issues seem to be more of an excuse rather an issue for many. I’m not talking about the ones that talk to themselves or the ones we see on the streets day in day out with real mental health problems. There used to be real men in this country, men that took responsibility for their actions, men that lived did what they said they were going to do, and lastly men that had a backbone and stood tall whether it was in the face of adversity or defeat. Today’s America wants to hand out excuses rather than just owning up to their mistakes. I don’t buy it.
“I’m not talking about the ones that talk to themselves or the ones we see on the streets day in day out with real mental health problems. ” –
I think that right there is how people tend to look at others who have talk about having “mental problems”. They’re homeless. They can’t hold down a job. They struggle to do things that we consider to be basic but I don’t look at it like that. For me, the brain is a body part and just like any other, it can malfunction. It can be diseased and it can be injured and have conditions that affect it in major ways and in minor ways. You can have a bad heart and manage it by taking medications and someone else can have a bad heart and they need surgery. So, I hear what you’re saying and, of course, you are entitled to your opinion, but I look at an older generation of men and women who had the same problems but they just dealt with it differently or didn’t deal with it at all; but who knows how many of those people would have led longer and more fulfilling lives if they had a different outlet for things that were bothering them besides just ‘gutting it out’ (and I think many of them turned to alcohol as well, and they still are) and I feel bad for them in the same way I feel bad for someone who may have a bad leg and has to live decades feeling pains.
You know Lucie, I hear what you are saying too. I just think all too often mental illness is used entirely too much. You make valid points in regards to other body parts like your heart not working correctly. I get it. We are all created different and yes, sometimes people are born with issues regarding their brain. I feel for them because it’s not their fault, unless they made poor decisions to receive that outcome. When it comes to a boxer, who at one time had all his mental facilities, but all of a sudden the last few years he has problems? A bit too convenient. You see, I tend to be one that thinks it’s a suspect until I’m proven wrong. I’ve dealt with true mentally ill people and many of the ones that said they were mentally ill used it to manipulate, gain attention or even sympathy, so they could go on and victimize even more. There are lots of outlets as opposed to drugs or alcohol. One lies right above and that’s God. Exercise, hobbies, etc. Yes, those options are easier said then done, but again there is always an alternative to just bad things. My opinion , I just think it’s used as a crutch all too often. I appreciate your insight and always enjoy your feedback. For real.
Surprisingly, I concur in part with your post.
You can make sense without insulting, offending, and using political names calling to offend.
Tai, you must know this. I always make sense. It’s just that you don’t like what I write which by rights, you do not have to. I’m cool with that, but you gotta know I will always call a spade a spade. I learned long ago that by speaking my mind no one could ever accuse me of not knowing where I stood with them or whoever. I learned that by being honest whether they liked it or not it would or should be respected. I’m old school where my word is my bond. If I said it, I did it. I appreciate your post at least this one! Ha. Ha. The next one? I’m not going do it. Another joke, I’m guessing you are laughing, maybe?
Killa, yes, I laughed.
Cheers killa
I agree 100%, go live in some 3rd world country were your running from bombs going off or you can’t feed your family cause the store has been blown up, its hard for a hard working person when you hear a guy sleeping on silk sheets in a 3 million dollar home getting drunk hurting people again and again, and being good at a sport your whole life and being surrounded by yes people, i take medication, i don’t feel the need to destroy other peoples lives.
We all go through trials and tribulations and I’m not saying that being depressed or feeling down is weakness, at all. My take is how you react to it, how do you overcome it, how do you better yourself from it, how do you change your situation for the better, etc. How you react and the behavior you display during a time of crisis or of high stress can define you. Some of us on here have boxed before, some not, but I would ask all those that fought, did you give up when your opponent was beating the brakes off you? Did you just lay down? I doubt it. I’m willing to bet that most of us fought back as best we could. To me life is no different than boxing. We all battle against evil everyday whether it’s at work, school, or just plain life. Stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready!
If Charlo was unavailable to defend his title, the WBC could have designated him champ in recess or emeritus champ while Charlo gets the help he needs and don’t hold back the rest.
Like champ in recess or emeritus champ are anything but ways to create more meaningless titles.
Once Charlo mental health and his accident is resolved, I hope the WBC by classifying him into the 168 lbs. is not trying to make him a mandatory to pick and choose Canelo
of course the wbc is only doing it for that reason. . the only reason the wbc didnt take his belt earlier is because they were waiting to see if the canelo – charlo fight could be made. that way they could “sell it” as middle weight champion vs undisputed super middle weight champion. they were not doing it for charlo and him being ranked now at super middle weight is to “use him ” later on . its all a “busine$$ game ” for the wbc .
Unfortunately, it seems that way…
Valid points. If you have three soldiers in a foxhole and one of them gets their head blown off by enemy fire. No one knows how the other two are going to react. One of them; it may not bother them very little or at all, the other may have nightmares for the rest of their life. Everyone is different and people respond differently. Are more people “soft” as opposed to the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s? Probably so, but mental illness is real and depression can wrap a hold of you at anytime; some people can’t get out of bed, have panic attacks, insomnia, bruxism, etc. I was a public school teacher for 22 years and studied human behavior my entire life; never judge a book by its cover, cause you never know what’s going on inside. Charlo been through a lot with his ex wife and who else knows what, maybe some trauma as a child, but I digress.
It’s about time that Charlo be stripped of that title. He never should]ve been able to keep that title being inactive for so long. Just so absurd.
Sulaiman, the crook, woke up and decided this. He makes the decisions, not any f$%cking committee