Following his 40-second demolition of Mark Heffron last week, WBC #1, WBA #2, IBF #3, WBO #3 super middleweight Christian Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) will next face three-time world title challenger Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) in the 10-round main event on August 17 at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
Christian Mbilli: “It’s an honor to fight Sergiy Derevyanchenko. I’ve been hearing about him since I was 16, in the amateur ranks, where he defeated several Frenchmen. In the pros, he has only fought big names, so this will definitely be my biggest fight to date. I can’t wait for it. It’s going to be a war.”
Sergiy Derevyanchenko: “If I win this fight, I expect to fight for a world title next, which has always been my ultimate goal. I expect August 17 to be a war and a Fight of the Year-type candidate, and I will be the winner.”
Sergiy always in tough. How much more can he endure? Hope he has a good pension set up, because he may be walking on his heels 10 years from now.
I was thinking the same thing. As much as boxing fans enjoy these throwback style fighters we don’t want to see them seriously hurt.
I started to see a little delayed reaponse in his last fight against Vaughn Alexander.
I think the Munguia fight took a lot of what was left out of him.
I have a feeling this fight is going to damage him, because he will not go quick, will take way too much and be just a step behind Mbilli
A fight fan has to support Sergiy Derevyanchenko in any fight he fights in. Pure heart and guts. All the best to him, but there is a limit to how many fights a boxer can have like he does in every fight.
Still recon Derevyanchenko gave GGG one of his toughest fights ever.
That’s a pretty good next step for Mbilli. Let’s see if he can be the first to stop Derevyanchenko and you have to love how active they’re keeping him. Not a week on and the next fight’s already scheduled.
If I never had my vacation days set for the year I might consider the drive to Quebec City for this one!
Have to see what they do as far as an undercard, but this could end up being a pretty nice card, Pete.
Derevyanchenko has not been stopped so a KO would be a statement by Mbilli. Derevyanchenko has not had a big fight victory but if he fights like he did against Munguia he may have a chance here.
Aside from the fact he’s a little long in the tooth and has been through wars, Derevyanchenko is still Mbilli’s toughest assignment to date. For the past 2 years Mbilli has been ripping through a seemingly endless supply of SuperMiddleweight fringe contenders so a win against Derevyyankchenko should lead to a title shot. I mean, especially by todays standards, people have been given title opportunities for doing much less than Mbilli. Take for example, the article right below this one: who the hell is William Skull and who has he ever fought to be ranked #1 by the IBF and Canelo’s mandatory?
It’s Scull….but that makes your point even clearer.
Nobody even knows this guys name.
A definite fight to watch. Apparently, he had signed to fight the technician even before fighting heffron. I don’t think you can even call that a fight by the way.
He fought Heffron?
Oh, you mean that event on Saturday. I didn’t consider it a fight.
Christian Mbilli is must watch TV.
The Gongora fight sold me after I saw what Gongora did to Ahkmedov