Jermell Charlo vs. John Jackson
Liam Brady, Staff Writer/Graphic Designer
I feel Jermell Charlo will walk away with the vacant WBC belt in this fight. John Jackson can be a tad wild, and when on the offensive, his stance gets mixed up. His right foot sometimes leads, despite being an orthodox fighter.
This, as well as lapses in concentration, leaves him open to shots, which was evident against Andy Lee.
As a consequence, I believe Charlo (the much quicker, and better boxer, in my opinion) will outland, and outclass Jackson throughout the fight. I am picking Charlo by decision.
Prediction: Charlo
Ardy Ajoste, Graphic Designer
Prediction: Charlo
Jack O’Connell, Staff Writer
In this case of boxer (Jermell Charlo) vs. brawler (John Jackson), Charlo should be too technically sound for the crude Jackson to handle.
Charlo is a tightly woven pure boxer that looks for countering opportunities. Luckily for him, Jackson will provide plenty of instances to counter. Jackson reminds me of a slightly neater Ricardo Mayorga–he will virtually walk straight at you and bomb away with power shots. Charlo should have no problems picking off the wide open Jackson.
However, Charlo also has a bad habit of inactivity. Against Vanes Martirosyan, he gave away a lot of rounds simply by not throwing. This shouldn’t change the outcome of the fight, but I expect Jackson to win a few rounds by scoring while Charlo holds back.
Jackson will keep the fight interesting, but Charlo will walk away with a shiny new belt. Charlo by decision.
Prediction: Charlo
Shelbi Keyes, Staff Writer
John Jackson’s best chance at victory lies in his power. Jermell Charlo is the better boxer with more ring experience, but if he comes out aggressive early on in the fight, landing clean shots–he could make things interesting.
If Jackson isn’t able to affect Charlo with his power punches within the first couple of rounds, Charlo will use his jab and straight right to easily outbox Jackson.
I believe Charlo is hungry enough that he will win via TKO late in the fight. I see Charlo wearing Jackson down by out boxing him throughout the beginning rounds and finishing the fight with the power he is so eager to show off.
Prediction: Charlo
Brandon Glass, Staff Writer
I remember John Jackson getting dropped by Andy Lee with a one-punch knockout on the Sergio Martinez vs. Miguel Cotto undercard. Jackson, for all intents and purposes, was beating Lee soundly before getting caught with a sneaky hook that ended it.
Since then, Jackson has won two fights since but hasn’t fought in almost a year. This time he’s facing Jermell Charlo.
Jermell is more experienced with five more fights. In his last fight, he was able to stop former champion Joachim Alcine and won a decisive victory over Vanes Martirosyan, the fight before.
Jermell, unlike his twin Jermall, is the more patient of the two. Sometimes a little too patient. However, he has one of the best one-twos in boxing.
I think Charlo becomes a world champion, which makes both brothers champions simultaneously in the same weight class, something we haven’t seen since the Klitschko‘s.
However, Jackson is a live dog. He has a hell of a punch, but if he doesn’t fight like Randall Bailey and tries to stick to his gameplan of working the body first, he has a decent chance.
However, I think Charlo is the better technical boxer and should control the fight and land that beautiful one-two with ease leading to a mid-to-late round stoppage, or unanimous decision.
Prediction: Charlo
Alex Burgos, Editor-in-Chief
This fight should be interesting for a couple of reasons. Jermell Charlo is the better boxer, but against Vanes Martirosyan he showed that he is cautious of a guy with power. John Jackson has power.
If Charlo goes through spurts of inactivity, you would expect Jackson to turn it up and press the action and it’s at that point that things will get interesting because Jackson has the tendency to leave himself wide open when he’s winging power shots.
If Charlo boxes and is at least somewhat active behind his jab I don’t see why he can’t cruise to a decision victory. Jackson has the proverbial punchers chance, but I think Charlo is sharper and more technical and should win a comfortable decision.
Prediction: Charlo
