Charlo wants $10 million more to face Crawford or ‘Boots’ Ennis

Jermell Charlo came out of the woodwork on Friday and called out Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis and Terence Crawford and his price tag of “$10 million more” to step back into the ring.

No tune-ups: Charlo just wants big fights

Charlo isn’t talking about doing a tune-up to get himself ready to pick up the spoils against Bud or Ennis. He wants to jump right in the colossal payday fight.

That figure sounds a little high for the inactive Jermell, but it could be realistic with the inflated paydays less skilled fighters get. Another older inactive fighter, Keith Thurman, is about to cash in as well, with a comeback.

Turki Alalshikh will not bite

I can’t see Turki Alalshikh wanting to engage in a fight with Jermell. He will have noted the lack of effort from Charlo in his last fight two years ago, and is unlikely to engage in another Tom and Jerry fight. We’ve already seen Terence Crawford in full Jerry mode against Canelo Alvarez, ruining the “Fight of the Century.” What a mess Bud made of that fight.

It is doubtful that Bud Crawford will concede to Jermell. His tastes are now on the expensive side after getting a whopping $50 million payday against Canelo Alvarez last September.

The 35-year-old former undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell (35-2-1, 19 KOs) has been inactive for more than two years since losing to Canelo Alvarez on September 30, 2023 via a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision.

Canelo Paycheck still echoes

The twins Jermell only stopped fighting altogether after hauling in a treasure $20 million for the fight against then IBF, WBC and WBO super middleweight champion Canelo. With that kind of payday, it’s understandable why Charlo hasn’t fought since. He has a beautiful sprawling mansion in Houston, Texas that rivals the White House.

The return question of $10 million

“But another 10 million. Yeah, add a little more,” Jermell Charlo continued social media about his price tag to get back in the ring.

It is quite possible that Jaron Ennis and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, will take the fight to Jermell. As we saw with ‘Boots’ recent fight against Uisma Lima on October 11th, their standards are nowhere near as high as Crawford’s. It would make ‘Boots’ look bad if he did fight Jermell rather than Vergil Ortiz Jr. or one of the other champions at 154, but no worse than he already did against Lima.

“I think I think ‘Boots’ is a great fight though. I’ll give ‘Boots’ all the trouble in the world. He’s a great fighter, but I give him all the trouble in the world; I think Styles makes fights. ‘Boots’ come get it, Boots That,” Jermell said.

Now Charlo is getting carried away with his talk. He’s not beating ‘Boots’ at this point, or any point in his career. Jermell was not that kind of talent. We saw him lose to Tony Harrison, struggle against Brian Castano and Austin Trout when he was still active. The loss to Canelo was just embarrassing because Jermell looked like he wasn’t even trying to win.

“Spence too. Yeah, Terence (Crawford) can get it too,” Jermell said.

Chris Williams has covered boxing since 2010, bringing fans reliable analysis and insight from the front row to the main events.