CHAMPION boxer Jermall Charlo was booked on felony robbery charges after arguing with a waitress over a Texas bar tab.

The undefeated fighter allegedly told the waitress he was going to "f*** you all's s*** up."

The middleweight Texan was charged on Wednesday with three counts of second-degree robbery for a July incident. 

He was quickly released on bond.

Charlo was enjoying a night at Privat Martini Bar & Social Club in San Antonio on July 16 – the day before his brother Jermell fought in a junior middleweight bout against Brian Castano. 

Charlo is accused of stiffing the establishment by failing to pay a "large bar bill" after his credit card was declined three times, according to TMZ Sports,  reporting from the affidavit.

The waitress apparently offered Charlo a chance to pay another way. 

But that’s when the 31-year-old allegedly lost his cool. 

He is accused of “being very animated” and allegedly blamed the waitress for losing his precious plastic. 

The court papers suggest Charlo was captured on surveillance video rifling through the waitress’ bill collection binders containing his identification and another customer’s cash payment. 

Once the binders were returned, they apparently were empty, according to ESPN.

Charlo allegedly told the waitress: "f*** you all's s*** up." 

The responding police officers claimed the fighter and his guests aggressively left the bar by "pushing their way past the employees" and drove off in a limousine bus, TMZ reported.

Charlo's attorney claimed there is a massive misunderstanding and that no crime was committed. 

"At no point did he rob anyone or take any property other than his own,"Kent Schaffer told the outlet. 

"When they ran [Charlo's] card it was declined and he then received a fraud alert from Chase Bank asking if he had made the charge."

The fighter asked the waitress to run the card again but Schaffer claims she misplaced the card. 

Charlo became angry because that particular debit card was linked to an account with a substantial amount of funds in it.

The attorney claims that Charlo recovered his license from the waitress’ portfolio, hoping she wouldn’t lose it as well as the card. 

As more club staff approached Charlo, his guests and handlers urged him to leave. 

Hours later Charlo’s assistant allegedly “made contact with the club to give them another credit card number but the club refused to accept it."

And while Schaffer told TMZ Privat's owner felt compelled to bury the outstanding bill and “drop the charges" law enforcement "insisted on filing charges to try to embarrass Jermall."

The undefeated Charlo has won 32 fights, 22 of them by knockout.

His last contest occurred on June 19,where he went 12 rounds and declared the winner in a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Juan Macias Montiel at Toyota Center in his hometown of Houston, Boxing Scene reported. 

According to the state’s penal code 29.02, a robbery can be upped to a second-degree felony if the person “intentionally or knowingly threatens or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death.”

If convicted, the robbery charge could fall between two and 20 years and come with a fine of up to $10,000.

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