(June 19, 2021) Jermall Charlo retained his WBC World Middleweight title and improves to 32-0 (22 KOs) following a dominant unanimous decision victory over rugged Juan Macias Montiel. Undefeated WBC Middleweight World Champion Jermall Charlo successfully defended his title with a unanimous decision shutout victory over courageous challenger Juan Montiel in an action-packed night of boxing Saturday night live on SHOWTIME from Toyota Center in Houston, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event. Charlo and Montiel both played an equal part in the electrifying main event that capped off a special Juneteenth Day boxing celebration. Charlo threw a career-high 769 punches, yet the gritty, relentless Montiel refused to go down. Instead, Montiel continued to walk forward despite taking incredible punishment, earning Charlo’s respect in the process for his guts and character. Charlo landed more than twice the amount of punches as Montiel (258-127), including a career-high 201 power punches. M