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<\/a>Austin Trout (31-4, 17 KOs), the former super welterweight world champion, is headed to Los Angeles today to meet current WBC Super Welterweight world champion Jermell Charlo inside the ring this Saturday, June 9 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.<\/p>\nThe SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 10 p.m. ET\/PT and is headlined by the featherweight world championship rematch between Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares.<\/p>\n
In Trout\u2019s words, this fight is finishing the mission. Spiritually centered and in his prime physical condition, it is, in his own words, his time.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are underestimating me and overlooking me,\u201d said Trout. \u201cI earned and continue to earn respect in this sport and my competition can choose to ignore it or acknowledge it. I\u2019ve beaten champions and taken titles. I\u2019ve lost in controversial decisions to champions like Canelo. This is my time. Don\u2019t underestimate the power I bring to boxing as well as the international competitors I\u2019ve already stepped into the ring against and beaten.\u201d<\/p>\n
After his October fight against Jarrett Hurd and February\u2019s unanimous decision victory over Juan De Angel, this WBC title bout, in Trout\u2019s words, is the fight that no one saw coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Hurd fight was the danger fight,\u201d he said of his October 2017 match. \u201cIt was part of the process of knocking out the ring rust, and De Angel was part of that as well. Everything I do or don\u2019t do is circumstantial. Because of the layoffs, it\u2019s been challenging; now I\u2019m back on track timing wise and I plan on changing boxing\u2019s plans for me. I\u2019m not sitting back and waiting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started boxing as a kid to stand up for people that were being disrespected, and as an adult I continue to do that in the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n
A long time top ten and former #2 in the 154-pound division by Ring magazine, Trout will be once against be working with D.C. based world champion trainer Barry Hunter, to whom his longtime cornerman, Louie Burke, worked as an assistant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are calling this fight \u2018finishing the mission.\u2019 I\u2019m squarely in a dangerous division that\u2019s full of talent. It\u2019s one of the top divisions in my opinion. Everyone\u2019s a killer including myself. It has the perfect balance of speed and power. This is where I excel, plus I have the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n