If it’s true that styles make fights, this weekend’s championship showdown between Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano – to be broadcast live on SuperSport – is a match made in heaven.

With multiple junior middleweight honours on the line in this headliner in Texas, fans are salivating at the prospect of slick, hard-hitting Charlo getting stuck in against Castano, a high-pressure, high-volume fighter who shapes up as his toughest opponent to date.

Charlo is universally recognised as the number one boxer at the weight with an impressive ledger – 34 wins in 35 fights – but he will be in deep against his Argentine opponent, who is unbeaten in 18 professional starts.

Castano may be little-known beyond boxing’s hard core fans, but he’s as dangerous as they come. He holds an amateur win over superstar Errol Spence and has a relentless style that is all wrong for Charlo, who will have to mesh his longer, stronger, taller elements to get the job done in what shapes as one of the most appealing match-ups of 2021.

The American is expecting nothing less than a hard fight: “Castano is going to leave everything in the ring. So we’re not playing any games. I’ve been training really hard. I’ve added things that have made me better because I know for a fact that this is going to be a great fight.

“I’ve suffered my whole life, so there’s nothing in this world that can make me suffer more than what I went through growing up. Castano is a great fighter who puts on a lot of pressure. But I know my abilities and I know my power. Every punch I throw is dominant and every shot I throw is painful for my opponent.”

📺 The event will be broadcast live on Sunday morning on SS Variety 1 from 3am.