Twin brothers Jermall and Jermell Charlo win, make history

— -- Junior middleweight brothers Jermall and Jermell Charlo came into their fights on Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hoping that they would finish the night as the first twins to hold world titles at the same time in the same division.

Mission accomplished.

First, Jermell Charlo, down on 69-64 on all three scorecards against John Jackson, rallied for an out-of-nowhere eighth-round knockout.

Then Jermall Charlo, making the second defense of the title he won in September and knowing his brother already had won, claimed a competitive decision -- 116-112, 116-112 and 115-113 -- against former titleholder Austin Trout, the first southpaw he had faced in his career and his most significant opponent so far. ESPN.com also scored the fight 116-112 for Charlo.

"It's history. We did it," said Jermell Charlo, who is one minute younger than his identical twin.

It was quite a culmination of a big week for Houston's Charlos, who turned 26 on Thursday.

"I want to thank God for allowing ?me and my twin brother to see this day, baby. Woooo! History, baby," Jermall said as he embraced his brother in the ring after his own victory. "It feels good. I knew my brother would get the job done. We belong at this level. And for us to get the attention we need from Canelo [Alvarez] and the greats out there, we need these titles, and we going to keep these titles."

Fighting on the undercard of junior middleweight titleholder Erislandy Lara's defense against Vanes Martirosyan, the Charlo brothers became the second set of twins to hold world titles at the same time. Khaosai Galaxy (junior bantamweight) and Khaokor Galaxy (bantamweight), of Thailand, briefly held world titles at the same time in the late 1980s, but they were separated by one weight division.