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Jermall Charlo-Brandon Adams on 6/15 or 6/8, on Showtime

By Keith Idec

“The Contender” has secured his title shot.

BoxingScene.com has confirmed through multiple sources that Brandon Adams has agreed to contractual terms to challenge WBC interim middleweight champion Jermall Charlo in his next fight. Showtime will televise the Charlo-Adams match either June 15 or June 8, perhaps from Charlo’s hometown of Houston.

The date and site were not solidified as of Wednesday morning.

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Nevertheless, the deal means Adams will get the title shot and accompanying career-high payday he was certain he had earned by winning the fifth season of “The Contender,” which aired on EPIX late last year. Los Angeles’ Adams (21-2, 13 KOs) won season five when he soundly defeated Shane Mosley Jr. (13-3, 8 KOs) by unanimous decision in the 10-round season finale November 9 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

News of the Charlo-Adams deal was first reported by ESPN.com.

The 29-year-old Adams also was offered a fight against former middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-1-1, 34 KOs). That non-title bout would’ve been streamed by DAZN, with which Kazakhstan’s Golovkin recently signed.

Adams opted for Al Haymon’s offer to challenge Charlo on Showtime because it was worth more financially to Adams than the package presented by Golovkin’s handlers.

The 28-year-old Charlo will be heavily favored to defeat Adams, who was stopped by John Thompson (19-4, 7 KOs) in the second round of a junior middleweight match ESPN broadcast in May 2015. Adams since has won four straight fights, each of which was part of the most recent season of “The Contender.”

Charlo (28-0, 21 KOs) will fight for the first time since Russian southpaw Matt Korobov tested him in their December 22 bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The 35-year-old Korobov (28-2, 14 KOs) took their FOX fight on just six days’ notice, yet he gave Charlo a much tougher bout than at least one of the scorecards suggested (119-108, 116-112, 116-112).

Korobov inquired about an immediate rematch, but he had to settle for a fight against Immanuwel Aleem (18-1-1, 11 KOs). FOX will televise the Korobov-Aleem match as part of the Jarrett Hurd-Julian Williams undercard May 11 from EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Deangelo B. said:
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GGG trying to hold onto that Canelo rematch by any means.


GGG getting to the hall of fame and having Danny Jacobs as his top win is a travesty.
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And the Danny "win" wasn't even clear cut. But to be fair, I thought he beat Canelo both times. But that shouldn't be enough to get him into the hall
 
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aceboon said:
You can tell who Top Rank has in their pockets with the silence on twitter regarding that Shakur video. If he was signed with TMT and/or Al folks would be going apeshyt.
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Hakeem from Empire on the route to self destruction if he keep this up.. Teofimo Lopez and Haney the only young ones who seem to composed and not on fukk shyt.
 
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King P said:
From a technical/theoretical standpoint, you may be correct. But from a practical standpoint, not so much.

Porter can't afford to sit and wait for the winner of the Pac/Thurman fight. Pac is a part time fighter and with Thurman has a track record of fighting like one. It's not worth sitting and waiting for a fight you're not guaranteed to get.

Right now, Spence has the all the juice. His stock is higher than it's ever been. PBC has to capitalize on this momentum and get him the best fight possible/feasible next. That's Porter.

Porter isn't going to want to fight Spence unless the money is right. But with the success of the Spence/Garcia PPV, now that makes a Spence/Porter fight more feasible because you can risk more to get the fight made while pleasing all parties from a monetary standpoint. Should Spence vs Porter be a PPV fight? Absolutely not! But that fight wasn't going to get made without out it. And a Spence/Porter fight won't happen without PPV because they won't be able to give Porter the guarantees he's seeking on regular TV that would convince him to take that fight. And with the success of Spence/Garcia, it will make PBC more likely to take that chance.

Also keep in mind that right now Porter's stock at 147 is at an all time low. He barely escaped with his belt vs Ugas in a fight most people felt he lost. And not only that, he once again struggled to make weight. This has been a reoccurring theme as well. To the point where it's now a legit risk every fight going forward. Who's to say that The Porters aren't cognizant of this? Maybe they know his time at 147 is up, and that he likely takes a beating vs Spence, but for the guarantees he'll get that he's willing to cash out and go out with a big?

Porter has to take the Spence fight if the money is right, because there's no guarantee he 1) Gets the Thurman/Pac winner anytime soon of at all 2) Is even able to make weight again 3) Doesn't get upset in his next fight against a lesser opponent and loses his belt + a final opportunity for 1 final payday (because let's be real, Porter's value is the belt attached to him. Once that's off his waist/shoulder, he's not worth much)
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I don’t disagree with anything you said. However, I’m not totally convinced that the fight would happen.

I wouldn’t be surprised either way.
 
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