MEASURING: Charlo lines up Cota for his right hand
Photo: SEAN MICHAEL HAM MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS
BATTLING suspicions that he had lost his edge, super-welterweight contender Jermell Charlo, from Houston, Texas, shot back at sceptics with a vicious thirdround knockout of Mexican fall guy Jorge Cota at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Indeed, there is nothing quite like a viral-worthy KO over a no-hoper to get the feelgood vibes flowing again. Of course, it wasn’t supposed to be this way.