Brian Castano vs. Jermall Charlo II: the battle in which the Argentine seeks to make history

Brian Castaño wants to get into the gold books of Argentina’s boxing. For that, he must defeat the American Jermall Charlo that he will be with this Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. What is controversial is the unification of all the titles of the super welterweight category, no less.

Ang boxy -who will come to this fight thirsty for revenge- owns the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt and will seek to bring to the country those in the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Organization Boxing Championship (WBO) held by the Texan. Fight all or nothing.

If the Buenos Aires native achieves victory, which escaped him on July 17 with much controversy over the cards, he will be the first Argentine to snatch the belt of four world boxing organizations in the same category. And also at the second level of Latin American to achieve this, because the first is the Mexican Saúl cinnamon Álvarez after knocking out Caleb Plant in 2021.

At 32 years old, the junior welterweight champion knows he has a chance to make history with his hands. And he would not let the opportunity pass. For that, he prepares physically and mentally. Castaño has a definite plan: end the fight by knockout And don’t let the cards rule your destiny again.

“I’m focused on my future, on the fight. Now this one is ahead of me and I’m going to take him down. Whoever is ahead of me, I’ll split him in the middle, like that, I’m going to destroy him. Nothing. I don’t care, no matter what else I talk to or whoever. This one is talking too much and I’ll pay him on May 14. “The San Justo native said last month that the fight heated up.

And of course, the memory of the controversial result of the first fight of the two boxers is still valid. That night in San Antonio, Texas, the jury ruled a tie and the Argentine was severely affected by the cards. But Brian warns that after a year he is ready to do everything: “The first fight is near, but in the second I will knock him out”said.

Who is in charge of preparing Brian Castaño? As always, his father, the example of his life, leads his team. Charles Albert Castano accompanies the boxyIn every fight he has to face, whether above the ring or below, on the brutal streets of La Matanza. Your physical trainer is Matthias Erbin. And his agent is Sebastián Contursi.

After the draw against Charlo, on July 17, the Buenos Aires native returned to the country for a vacation. He spent time in his neighborhood and then traveled to Los Angeles to prepare for the second round. In principle, the rematch will take place in March, but in February the Argentine boxer suffered a his right bicep was torn who was forced to postpone the match for two months.

Now, the only thing left to do is wait for the opening bell to start the long -awaited match this Saturday night. The same will outline the area that Brian Castaño will occupy in national boxing history. The judge of the match, which has been agreed for 12 rounds, is Fernando Barbosa and the long -awaited contest will be televised on ESPN.

The other absolute champion

If crowned, Brian Castaño will join Mexican Saúl Canelo Álvarez –who just lost to Dmitry Bivol for the WBA light heavyweight title- and Scottish Josh Taylor as the only undisputed king of their active categories.

But there are also others who know how to win all four titles in the same division. The first achievement it has Bernard Hopkins in 2004 in the middleweight category. The following year he was defeated Jermaine Taylorthe second to achieve this, and retains the crowns.

The American Terence Crawford He did the same in the super lightweight category in 2017, while the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk He is also the 2018 cruiserweight champion. Teofimo Lopez he achieved this in 2020 in the lightweight category.

the extra light Josh Taylor he also got it in 2021 after defeating Carlos Ramírez. Canelo Alvarez He is the first Latin American to become a full -fledged champion -super middleweight- after defeating Caleb Plant in 2021. Argentine Brian Castaño is looking to get into this elite group.

There are also four women to achieve this: Cecilia Braekhus he made it to welterweight in 2014 and then lost his belt on Jessica McCaskill. While Claressa Shields He was absolute champion at super middleweight in 2019 and at middleweight in 2021. Meanwhile, the Irish Katie Taylor he was crowned absolute lightweight champion the same year.