Boxer who held the IBF light middleweight title from September 2015 to February 2017. He has earned knockout victories over boxers like Julian Williams, Cornelius Bundrage and Lenny Bottai.
He graduated from Alief Hastings High School in Houston, Texas and made his professional debut in 2008.
He went undefeated for the first decade of his professional career.
He is the identical twin brother of boxer Jermell Charlo.
He defeated Austin Trout via unanimous decision to retain his IBF junior middleweight title in May 2016.