Carlos Adames

Carlos Adames became the full WBC middleweight champion after Jermall Charlo was stripped of the title. This event occurred following Charlo's recent legal issues. The World Boxing Council made the announcement on Tuesday, after Charlo’s arrest the previous Monday.

Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, the WBO and IBF middleweight champion of the world, has once again called on Dominican Carlos Adames, who is the interim WBC middleweight champion of the world. Alimkhanuly urged Adames to accept the challenge and send a contract for the fight.

"Carlos Adames, where are you? Send me a contract, keep your word. You started this war, now I will finish it. Send me a contract. Everybody knows I'm the best middleweight boxer in the world. Everyone knows that you will not fight me," - wrote to the Dominican Alimkhanuly.

Recall, earlier in the network appeared rumors that the fight between Alimkhanula and Adames may take place on July 13 in Las Vegas.

Interim WBC Middleweight Champion Carlos Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) stopped former unified champion Julian "J-Rock" Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) in the ninth round in the main event at the Armory Arena in Minneapolis. Adames actively led the fight and achieved a rather premature referee stoppage at 2:45 in the ninth round, much to the displeasure of the Williams team. At the time of the stoppage, Adames was leading on all three judges' cards: 80-72, 78-74 and 77-74. According to CompuBox statistics, the opponents landed roughly the same number of punches.

WBO World Middleweight Champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8 KOs) is looking for big names in his weight limit. The new face of this division has recently become Jarrett Hurd (24-2, 16 KOs), former unified lighterweight champion.

In a spectacular and action-packed WBC middleweight eliminator Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-4, 10 KOs) lost by majority decision to Carlos Adames (21-1, 16 KOs) on Davis vs Cruz undercard at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The judges scored the bout 95-95 and 97-93, 96-94 in favor of Adames.