By Daily Sports on February 24, 2018

Former IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (26-0, 20 KOs) and Hugo Centeno Jr. (26-1, 14 KOs) won’t be fighting on March 3 as originally scheduled.

Centeno Jr. has suffered a rib injury and he’ll be unable to face Charlo on March 3 as originally scheduled. Instead, the Charlo vs. Centeno Jr. fight will take place on April 21.

The injury gives Centeno Jr. a little more time to try and figure out how he’s going to beat Charlo, who is the favorite to win the fight.

Charlo and Centeno Jr. were scheduled as the co-feature bout on the Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz card on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Charlo was hoping to put himself in a better position to get a fight against WBC middleweight champion Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin. But with Centeno Jr.now being off the card due to an injury, it erases the chance for Charlo to pick up the interim WBC 160 lb. title for the time being. As long as Centeno Jr. is able to fight on April 21, Charlo can put himself in position to get a title shot against the Canelo-Golovkin 2 winner or have the WBC give him the title outside of the ring at some point.

With the 27-year-old Centeno Jr. being injured and unable to fight Charlo in March, it weakens the card considerably. Instead of the Charlo-Centeno Jr. fight being the co-feature bout, interim IBF World super middleweight champion Andre Dirrell 26-2, 16 KOs) and Jose Uzcategui (26-2, 22 KOs) would likely be moved up into the co-feature spot on the card.

•Photo shows Hugo Centeno Jr.

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 24, 2018

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