Christian Mbilli hopes {that a} win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko tonight would be the closing hurdle for him to problem for a world title towards unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.
Mbilli Assured of Victory
#1 WBC MBilli (27-0, 23 KOs) and Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) meet tonight in a ten-round conflict on ESPN and ESPN+ on the Videotron Centre in Quebec Metropolis, Canada. The occasion begins at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT.
MBilli is assured that he’ll be victorious towards Derevanchenko, and he can’t look ahead to the bell to ring so he can begin testing the skilled fighter’s conditioning. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how Mbilli does as a result of his opposition has been lackluster.
He’s been matched equally to Edgar Berlanga to make him appear to be gold, and with these varieties, you don’t know the way they may do as soon as they’re thrown in with somebody good.
Mbilli’s latest opposition:
– Mark Heffron
– Carlos Gongora
– Rohan Murdock
– Demond Nicholson
– Vaughn Alexander
– Nadjib Mohammedi
– Ronald Ellis
A Shot at Canelo?
“I hope is the final step earlier than the world title,” mentioned Christian Mbilli on his hoping a win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko will result in a world title shot subsequent.
If Mbilli wins, he’s not prone to get a title shot towards Canelo. His finest guess can be to go after one of many interim jobs or goal the IBF Belt lately stripped from Canelo.
Derevyanchenko can have one thing to say about Mbilli getting a title shot as a result of he shall be an actual downside for him, particularly along with his wide-open, aggressive preventing type. If Mbilli hasn’t modified his type of preventing, he might get clipped by Derevyanchenko.
“I like to point out that I’m the actual monster. We’re going to see who has the very best conditioning, and for me, no shock, I’m the very best. If he offers me a possibility to knock him out, I’m going to knock him out,” mentioned Mbilli.
He’s nonetheless preventing like he did within the amateurs, and it didn’t work for him there. MBilli has gotten away with preventing aggressively along with his reckless type as a result of his opposition has been too poor to reap the benefits of it.
“Yeah, I’m prepared. I’m prepared for aggressive [fighting style], and I noticed him combat; he sturdy, he aggressive, however I’m prepared,” mentioned Sergiy Derevyanchenko about Mbilli.
Derevyanchenko has been round for a very long time, and we’ll see tonight if he nonetheless has sufficient left within the tank to defeat Mbilli. The model of Derevyanchenko that fought Gennadiy Golovkin in 2019 would slice by way of Mbilli with none issues, however that man most likely doesn’t exist anymore. What’s left is a nonetheless extremely technical fighter with a excessive ring IQ.
