Brian Castano: When I Win Fight With Patrick Teixeira, I Want Jermell Charlo Next
Brian Castano made it perfectly clear that he isn’t looking past Patrick Teixeira.
Castano is a 6-1 favorite entering their fight Saturday night, but Teixeira is the defending WBO junior middleweight champion. The Brazilian southpaw also is undefeated (5-0) since his second-round, technical-knockout loss to Curtis Stevens in May 2016 encouraged Teixeira to move back down to the 154-pound division from the middleweight ranks.
Argentina’s Castano cannot help, however, thinking about the higher-profile fight he can secure by beating Teixeira in their 12-round, 154-pound championship match at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.
Brian Castano didn’t accuse Patrick Teixeira of trying to avoid him. The unbeaten Argentinean contender just thinks Teixeira wanted an easier fight in his first defense of the WBO junior middleweight title. Though there were rumors during the pandemic reg