ICYMI: @TwinCharlo continued his climb on home soil, stopping Joachim Alcine via 6th round TKO on #PBConNBCSN. pic.twitter.com/srPDlqK4tZ
— PBC (@premierboxing) November 1, 2015Jermall Charlo tore up Cornelius Bundrage in September to capture the IBF junior middleweight title. Brother Jermell seems destined to follow in his sibling’s footsteps and he continued on the right track after taking out veteran Joachim Alcine on Saturday night.
Jermell was sensational in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions’ PBC on NBCSN card from the NRG Arena in Houston, ripping into Alcine with stiff left jabs and stinging rights to the head. The 39-yewar-old Haitian looked his age throughout the contest, one that saw him get knocked out for the fifth time in his career.
Charlo rocked his opponent a few times in the fourth and fifth rounds but the Houstonian took his time in picking the former WBA junior middleweight titlist apart. Alcine never stopped trying to fend off the young lion, but “Iron Man” was too slick and way too quick for him to handle.
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Finally, a sizzling double right to the head dropped Alcine (35-8-2, 21 KOs) along the ropes in the sixth. “Ti-Joa” climbed back to his feet, but Charlo was immediately all over him, gunning for what would eventually be his first stoppage win in over two years. A series of clubbing shots to the head and body forced Joachim to stumble into the ropes and just as trainer Buddy McGirt was trying to the throw in the towel, referee Jon Schorle was already stopping the fight.
The official time of the TKO came at 1:21 of the frame, allowing Charlo to improve to 27-0 with 12 KOs.
“What’s next for me is the WBC (title),” Charlo exclaimed after the bout. “My brother has the IBF and (Erislandy) Lara has the WBA. Right now Floyd (Mayweather) has the WBC title. I’m not calling him out but if he ain’t going to give it up, give it to me. Let’s do this.”
In the opening bout of the telecast, middleweight contender Tony Harrison (22-1, 18 KOs) bounced back from the first loss of his pro career by outpointing Baltimore’s Cecil McCalla over 10 rounds. Harrison, who hails from Detroit, utilized a near-flawless jab for virtually every minute of the fight to easily outpoint his foe, winning via tallies of 100-90 and 98-92 (twice).
McCalla (20-3, 7 KOs) rallied in the ninth when he rocked Harrison with a powerful counter right to the jaw, but his charges fell short and he ran out of time to pull off what would have been a terrific come-from-behind win.
Super middleweight prospect Caleb Plant improved to 11-0 (9) by outpointing Tyrone Brunson (22-6-1, 21 KOs) over eight rounds. Plant won via tallies of 78-74 and 79-73 (twice) in a fight that saw the Tennessee-based boxer using better movement and jab to offset the Philadelphia fighter’s power.