Jermell Charlo gets promoted by winning KO

Jermell Charlo continued his ascent.

The smaller of the Charlo twins stopped Brian Castano in the 10th round of their rematch to become the undisputed young middleweight champion Saturday in Carson, California, in what was believed to be the performance. his best.

As a result, Charlo (No. 11 last week) swapped places with Gennadiy Golovkin (No. 10) on the list, meaning he passed the Top 10.

And of course, Charlo will have the opportunity to climb even higher because the 31-year-old Houstonian has many more important matches in the future.

Meanwhile, Golovkin could face No. 7 Canelo Alvarez for the third time in September. If he gets to that pay-per-view fight and wins, the 40-year-old will move up the list.

Here’s what the current list looks like:

JUNKIE BOX
POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford – No scheduled combat.
2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to face Nonito Donaire in a rematch for the bantamweight title on June 7 in Japan.
3. Oleksandr Usyk – It is reported to face Anthony Joshua for the second time on July 23 but no official announcement has been made.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – No scheduled combat.
5. Tyson Fury – No scheduled combat.
6. Dmitry Bivol – No scheduled combat.
7. Canelo Alvarez– No scheduled combat.
8. Vasiliy Lomachenko – Career stalled because of war in Ukraine.
9. Juan Francisco Estrada – In talks to defend his WBC bantamweight title against Joshua Franco in June.
10. Jermell Charlo – No scheduled combat.
11. Gennadiy Golovkin – In talks to face Canelo Alvarez for the third time in September but no official announcement has been made.
12. Artur Betterbiev – Expected to face Joe Smith Jr in the light heavyweight title unification match on June 18 in New York.
13. Gervonta Davis – Scheduled to face Rolando Romero on May 28 in Brooklyn, New York.
14. Jermall Charlo – WILLceded the throne to defend his middleweight title against Maciej Sulecki on June 18 in Houston.
15. Shakur Stevenson – No wars scheduled,

Honorable Mention (alphabetical order): Nonito Donaire (scheduled to face Naoya Inoue on June 7); Roman Gonzalez (no scheduled combat); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to defend the junior bantamweight title against Donnie Nietes on July 13); George Kambosos (scheduled to defend his lightweight title against Devin Haney on June 5); Josh Taylor (no scheduled combat).