Christian Mbilli and Sergiy Derevyanchenko weighed in efficiently at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her ten-round headliner battle on Saturday, August seventeenth, on ESPN on the Videotron Centre in Quebec Metropolis, Canada.
Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) weighed a stocky-looking 167.4 lbs. The skilled veteran Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) weighed 167.1 lbs.
The 5’8 1/2″ Mbilli appeared taller than the 5’9″ Derevyanchenko, which means that considered one of these fighters’ listed heights isn’t correct. It’s unclear if Mbilli, 29, wore sneakers that made him look taller as a result of he seems quick.
#1 WBC Mbilli desires to make use of this battle as a springboard to get a title shot in opposition to unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, however that will not occur. Even when Mbilli wins, he may await some time earlier than he’s given an opportunity to battle for a world title.
Weight-in Outcomes for Saturday
Christian Mbilli 167.4 lbs. vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko 167.1
Arslanbek Makhmudov 260 vs. Guido Vianello 245.8
Osleys Iglesias 169.3 vs. Sena Agbeko 168.7
Abdullah Mason 136 vs. Mike Ohan Jr. 136.7
Leila Beaudoin 129.7 vs. Lizbeth Crespo 129.2
Wilkens Mathieu 178 vs. Facundo Nicolas Galovar 180.9
Jahi Tucker 160 vs. Santiago Fernandez 159.1
Thomas Chabot 128.6 vs. Matias Ezequiel Guenemil 128.6
Dzmitry Asanau 136.3 vs. Alexis Camejo 136.4
“My aim is to be a world champion, and to be an enormous celebrity of this division,” mentioned Mbilli to High Rank Boxing. “I’ve to impress the followers and have my likelihood to battle for a title. To be so near a title is superb, and I’m very pleased for this.”
The 38-year-old Derevyanchenko is the primary notable top-tier fighter the 2016 Olympian Mbilli could have confronted throughout his seven-year professional profession. If Mbilli is victorious, he ought to battle somebody larger ranked to earn a battle in opposition to Canelo. Somebody like Jaime Munguia can be very best for Mbilli or Diego Pacheco.
“I say to myself that I want to coach extra and enhance myself extra. I’m very pleased now that I’m going to have my likelihood to battle for a title earlier than the subsequent 12 months, I hope. I’m preventing Sergiy Derevyanchenko,” mentioned Mbilli.
“It’s my largest problem proper now as a result of Derevyanchenko has fought all the largest names and for me, it’s the largest problem of my profession proper now. I hope after this battle, I’m going to indicate the entire world that I’m the subsequent celebrity of the division.
“Derevyanchenko is an excellent fighter. He’s very technical. He’s had good conditioning. That’s it. I believe I’m higher than him, and he thinks he’s higher than me. I’m going to indicate I’m higher than him. This battle goes to be a bitter defeat for him,” mentioned Mbilli.
“He’s very alert, aggressive and has a fuel tank out of this world and has punching energy,’ mentioned commentator Tim Bradley about Mbilli.
