Jermall Charlo (34-0, 23 KO) will fight Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KO) for the WBA super middleweight title on May 2 as the co-main event of Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez’s cruiserweight title fight against David Benavidez in Las Vegas, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

The fight will be part of the PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video, which will take place at the T-Mobile Arena. Boxeo de Primera was the first to report that the Charlo-Resendiz fight was being planned.

Discussions over whether Resendiz would face Charlo in his first title defense began a month ago after a proposed fight against Jaime Munguia reportedly fell apart. Resendiz, who won the interim title last May after a stunning loss to Caleb Plant, was elevated to full champion following Terence Crawford’s retirement in December. Charlo appeared on the same card and stopped Thomas LaManna, ending an 18-month break from boxing. Resendiz’s victory thwarted plans for a fight between Plant and Charlo.

Instead, Resendiz will have a tough task ahead of him in his first title defense against a former two-division world champion.

Charlo, 35, has won middleweight and junior middleweight world titles, but has fought sporadically over the past five years, with only four fights since 2020. Still, he maintains an undefeated record and will aim to become a three-division world champion by challenging an upset Resendiz.

After eliminating Plant, Resendiz now looks to confirm his victory by defeating another high-profile fighter in his initial WBA title defense.

Resendiz, 27, became a name to watch when he knocked out Jarrett Hurd in 2023. However, his momentum dropped when Elijah Garcia stopped him in the next fight. After getting back into the win column against Fernando Paliza, he was assigned to fight Plant, but was viewed as nothing more than an opponent before shocking the former super middleweight champion.

“This bogus coward!!… He called out and proposed a super featherweight fight. That’s what this clown wanted to fight,” Dubois wrote. “Miss Scary Ass says she will move up to fight Claressa Shields at 147 pounds and Katie Taylor at 140 pounds.”

Dubois says Baumgardner is not taking fights at 130 pounds.

Fighters start to skip their own divisions when bigger fights take place in higher weight classes. The belts stay with them, but the rivals below must wait.

Baumgardner (17-1, 7 KO) is now in this position. Serrano stands out as the biggest fight still available. The other names she mentioned are above her weight class and attract more attention.

They point in different directions. Baumgardner talks about Serrano and bigger names above her weight.

Dubois sees it differently. Baumgardner still holds the belts at 130, but is talking about fighting two divisions up, leaving his opponents down the line waiting. Dubois holds the lightweight title and insists on fighting in a closer weight class.

Baumgardner did not respond to the accusations. Her attention remains focused on Serrano. IBF, WBA and WBO super featherweight champion Baumgardner defeated Leila Beaudoin by unanimous decision of 12 rounds last December.

Baumgardner, 31, had already beaten most of the fighters at 130, which left fewer obvious options in the division. Dubois wants the fight that is there, while Baumgardner chases whoever pays for it. From Alycia’s perspective, she is simply looking for profitable fights to capitalize on her popularity. That’s understandable.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will have a rematch later this year, and current reigning WBC lithe heavyweight world champion David Benavidez has given his prediction for what is sure to be one of the biggest events on the 2026 boxing calendar.

Mayweather and Pacquiao collided in 2015, where “TBE” secured one of his most famous victories – even if the action itself didn’t live up to the hype.

In the aftermath, fans claimed that the outcome could have been different if the pair had faced each other earlier in their careers. While the past can’t be changed, Pacquiao was given a chance to even the score 11 years later.

If some believed that Pacquiao was already an underdog the first time around, he will have the advantage of being energetic in the rematch, considering that Mayweather has fought five times since Mayweather last came through the pro ranks, and most recently, last year, fought then welterweight champion Mario Barrios.

Although in the clip captured by Xicana Boxing before announcing the rematch, Benavidez offered his prediction on the potential for confusion at the time, in which he shared his belief that history would repeat itself.

“If Floyd Mayweather continues to be who he is, I think Floyd Mayweather will win, but I don’t know, we’ll have to see.

“They’re both older guys, Floyd is [nearly] 50 [years old]. I don’t want to be disrespectful in any way, but he’s a 50-year-old man, you know what I mean. Pacquiao is also 47 years elderly.

Mayweather-Pacquiao II takes place on Saturday, September 19 at The Sphere in Las Vegas, with Mayweather putting his legendary 50-0 record on the line against his aging but established rival.