No Limit has sensationally put offers out to superstar boxing brothers Jermall and Jermell Charlo, and are in talks with Nikita Tszyu about joining the blockbuster July 26 card headlined by Tim Tszyu and Errol Spence.
Code Sports can confirm a host of Aussie fighters are in the mix to take on either former undisputed super-welterweight world champion Jermell, or undefeated former middleweight kingpin Jermall in one of the biggest boxing cards ever held in Australia.
No Limit has also opened talks with Nikita Tszyu about joining the event, which could end up seeing two sets of brothers competing.
Spence will end a three year boxing hiatus when he takes on Tim Tszyu in the biggest bout to be held in Australia this year.
The event will be pitched into overdrive if organisers can pull off the coup of landing another of boxing’s biggest names.
News initially broke via the Punch Podcast that Jermall Charlo was likely to be added to the card.
“Today I found out ‘Mal may be fighting on the card too,” Spence and Jermall’s trainer, Ronnie Shields told host Jaben Ryan. “It’s not 100 per cent just yet, but there is a possibility he will be fighting on the card.
“Definitely against an Australian. I don’t know yet (who), I just found out it’s a possibility and they’re looking for opponents now.
“They’re going to let me know if it can work out.”
No Limit then confirmed to this masthead that there are actually offers out for both Charlo brothers to appear on the card, while discussions are ongoing about whether Tim’s younger brother, Nikita could be added too.
Nikita has been on holiday since his dominant stoppage win over Oscar Diaz, and No Limit is understood to be keen to have him return as soon as possible.
Rising sensation Callum Peters is a potential opponent for one of the Charlo brothers, with the South Australian telling Code Sports he’s “not scared to fight anybody.”
Sydney’s Koen Mazoudier is also in the mix for what would be the biggest fight of his career.
Mazoudier won over thousands of fans when he pushed Nikita to the limit in their 2024 fight of the year contender in Sydney.
The 30-year-old training partner of Sam Goodman is currently on a three-fight win streak since that defeat and has one of the most compelling backstories in Australian boxing.
Michael Zerafa – who hasn’t fought since his controversial no contest with Nikita Tszyu in January – is another name mentioned in negotiations, as is another former opponent of ‘The Butcher,’ Dylan Biggs.
Sydney’s Brock Jarvis and Brisbane-based Ben Hussain – who just had a fight of the year barnburner against Andrew Hunt – are also potential Charlo opponents.
Confirmation of the exact make-up of the undercard is expected over the coming week.
Spence and Jermall are close mates and training partners, while the rivalry between Tszyu and Jermell Charlo goes back years.
Tim and Charlo were originally scheduled to meet in a world title blockbuster in January 2023, before the American pulled out with an injury.
Charlo then side-stepped Tszyu to move up two weight classes for an eight-figure payday against Canelo Alvarez.
If he beats Spence in two months’ time, Tszyu says he wants the Charlo fight back.
“I still believe he never really lost his titles at 154-pounds,” Tszyu told Code Sports. “So that’s one I’d love to take.
“I still think Canelo is the ultimate for me, but Charlo is another one I really want.
“If I win this fight with Spence, the opportunities ahead are crazy.”
While Tim and Nikita have had a public falling out, it’s nothing compared to the highly combustible relationship between ‘Mell’ and ‘Mall’. The twins have been beefing privately, publicly and via social media for years, meaning there will be guaranteed fireworks if either of them end up on the Tszyu-Spence card.
Originally published as Superstar boxing brothers both offered blockbuster bouts on Tim Tszyu vs Errol Spence mega-card
