A forced back injury Jermall Charlo postponed his next world title defense against Maciej Sulecki on June 18.
The WBC middleweight champion was scheduled to return to fighting in front of his hometown fans at Toyota Center in Houston. Charlo had been out of the ring for a year when his last match was in the same venue but against Juan Montiel. It will be his third successful defense of the title for the undefeated 32-year-old, who won in 12 decisive rounds.
The card will be moved to a new date to be announced pending a review on when Charlo can return to training.
Also scheduled for the card are undefeated bantamweight super contender Ra’eese Aleem taking on Mike Plania in a 10-round co-match, and undefeated Derrick James-trained lightweight lightweight contender Frank Martin will face off against Mike Plania. with Ricardo Núñez in round 10 of Transmission
opener.
