Christian M’billi, a contender, will face a veteran within the 10-round fundamental occasion this Saturday, August seventeenth, on the Videotron Centre in Quebec Metropolis, Canada. The M’billi-Derevyanchenko occasion will likely be proven dwell on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
Abdullah Mason: The True Star of the Present
Light-weight expertise Abdullah Mason is the keeper on the cardboard and the one which U.S. followers are most excited by seeing. You could possibly take a brush and sweep away the primary occasion together with your complete undercard, leaving Abdullah Mason, and U.S. followers could be completely satisfied.
The 29-year-old M’billi (27-0, 23 KOs) is being given one more step-up struggle, regardless that he’s pushing 30 and has wasted a whole lot of time in his profession padding his file.
M’billi could have been terrified of stepping him up rapidly after Rohan Murdock repeatedly tagged him final January. Though M’billi ultimately stopped Murdock within the sixth, not earlier than getting harm within the contest.
You’ll be able to’t depend out the grizzled 38-year-old veteran Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) on this struggle as a result of M’Billi isn’t nearly as good as some boxing followers appear to assume he’s. If he have been, he would have moved a lot sooner in his profession after competing within the 2016 Olympics, and Murdock wouldn’t have harm him.
If M’Billi wins, it gained’t inform us a lot as a result of Derevyanchenko has already been not too long ago crushed by Jaime Munguia, Carlos Adames, and Jermall Charlo. Dropping to Munguia, a fighter with an inflated file, reveals that Derevyanchenko is nearing the tip of his profession.
Derevyanchenko was beating the brakes off Munguia earlier than getting dropped with a physique shot within the twelfth. I nonetheless had Derevyanchenko profitable, however they, not surprisingly, gave it to Munguia for apparent causes. He had a Canelo Alvarez payday looming, so he obtained the win.
The model of Derevyanchenko that gave Gennadiy Golovkin big issues in 2019 would have crushed Munguia with ease and defeated M’Billi as a result of he’s clearly not that good.
For Individuals, one of the best struggle card is between light-weight expertise Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) and Mike ‘Dangerous Man’ Ohan Jr (19-2, 9 KOs). That is simply one of the best and arguably needs to be the primary occasion, with M’Billi-Derevyanchenko stowed away within the co-feature bout the place it belongs.
Undercard
Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Guido Vianello
Osleys Iglesias vs. Sena Agbeko
Abdullah Mason vs. Mike ‘Dangerous Man’ Ohan Jr (19-2, 9 KOs)
Dzmitry Asanau vs. Matias Rueda
Jahi Tucker vs. Santiago Fernandez
