We already knew there were talks between the camps of Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Gennady Golovkin. Today the IBF made it official, ordering a Derevyanchenko-Golovkin clash for the vacant IBF middleweight title. Word is an October 5 fight is likely.
Ironically, Golovkin was previously stripped of the IBF belt in June 2018 for not defending against Derevyanchenko then.
A weird and smart move has happened. Apparently DLH didn’t want a Derevyankchenko vs. Canelo (maybe not so attractive and maybe a bit risky) also seems they really don’t want the third fight right now (Golovkin is getting ripe by hours, like a banana). Golovkin and his team avoided Derevyankchenko, most likely for the same reasons (not ducking him), but today GGG is not the same than back then and Derevyankchenko could derail his run with DAZN in a mild upset, and this could elevate his stock value transforming him into a worthy opponent for Canelo. Let see how this fight will end. I personally favor Derevyankchenko by UD
I like GGG but it is an interesting fight. I think Oscar will do the best to keep Canelo away from the winner of that fight…. Similar to Eddie Hearn/Joshua. Its not great for boxing; You got to protect your asset.
the fact some people think AJ was overly protected compared with other top heavyweights shows people can literally believe anything.
Great.. Lets ser it
This is GGG’s belt in the first place! It was stolen from him from corrupt paid off judges. GGG should be 2-0 vs the red headed slut! Pure Bullshit Vegas and it’s paid off judges never fail with bullshit controversy. Only in boxing!
Actually GGG was stripped for not fighting Sergiy Derevyanchenko last year.
Yeah we saw different fights. the 1st Fight I had GGG winning, but the second fight… as much as it pains me to say, GGG lost. Canelo was answering back and GGG’s age showed a little in that fight. there were times he should have just kept coming forward but he let Canelo answer back which caught the judges eyes.
I can go along with this fight, because Derevyanchenko is a good fighter. GGG should still be some form of a champion, because Canelo never really defeated him. I know for sure Golovkin won the 1st fight. I have to watch the 2nd fight again to see if you can give Canelo 7 rounds in the 2nd fight. A lot of scores out there on the 2nd fight were 114-114. As for Canelo getting stripped, if he wasn’t going to fight Derevyanchenko or Golovkin next, the IBF could have told him you have to fight one of their other contenders next, or vacate. (Canelo can still defend his WBC/WBA belts against either Szeremeta or Falcao, both rated in the top 7 by the WBC/WBA/IBF)
4 Kamil Szeremeta, Poland
7 Esquiva Falcao, Brazil
Sergiy Derevyanchenko would have embarrassed Canelo easily.
IBF, as crooked as they come. All this is orchestrated by them to get the GGG Canelo fight 3 happening.
First GGG was Stripped for not fighting Derevyankchenko , and then Canelo for the same reason,,WOW this guy Derevyankchenko must be a threat
Call me mentally ill, but this is a toss up. GGG is the favorite. However, I could see him losing this fight.
GGG is not going to fight Derevyanchenko!!! He so hell bent on his Boss – Canelo. GGG is just like Khan with chasing a fight with Paq or May – that his own career goes down the drain. Before you guys were saying he wasn’t ready for the big dangerous fights at MW and he had his nose up Canelo’s ass. Now ya’ll say GGG is too old. So he wasted his prime on Geale, Monroe jr, Rubio, Murray, a small Kell Brook. All the while being promoted as the baddast MW. A well protected sham!!!