For quite a while now, unbeaten French super-middleweight contender Christian Mbilli has been making noise, and he has been leaving fight fans happy in his wake. This looks set to continue this summer. Mbilli will face fellow fan-friendly operator Sergiy Derevyanchenko in August live on ESPN+
Mbilli Vs. Derevyanchenko is for sure one to look forward to, to get excited about. In short, the fighting style and approach of the Frenchman, combined with the same from the man from Ukraine, cannot fail but to to gel and give us, well, something akin to what happens when gelignite gets happy!
Mbilli, 26-0(22) throws a ton of leather whenever he fights. Derevyanchenko, 15-5(10) is pretty much the same. Derevyanchenko is the older man at age 38, compared to Mbilli’s 29 years, and the Ukrainian has been in with the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Danny Jacobs, and Jaime Munguia, with Derevyanchenko pushing all three harder than hard in superb action bouts. Never stopped, Derevyanchenko, bounced back from his Fight of the Year war with Munguia to defeat Vaughn Alexander in April.
Mbilli will be facing his toughest test, on paper at least, when he rumbles with Derevyanchenko in Canada on August 17th. Mbilli, who also owns a win over Alexander, is coming off a commanding stoppage win over a gamer than game Rohan Murdock, the win coming in January.
Who wins when Mbilli and Derevyanchenko get it on, and can this fight possibly be anything other than a pure slugfest?
Details:
- Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024
- USA Time: 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT
- UK Time: Sunday, August 18, 3 a.m. BST
- Venue: Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Canada
- Streaming: ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+; Sky Sports in the UK & Ireland
Fight Card:
- Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko – Super Middleweight, 168 lb, Records: Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) vs. Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs), Titles: WBC Continental Americas and WBA International Super Middleweight Championship.
- Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Guido Vianello – Heavyweight, 200+ lb, Records: Makhmudov (19-1, 18 KOs) vs. Vianello (15-5, 10 KOs).
- Osleys Iglesias vs. Sena Agbeko – Super Middleweight, 170 lb, Records: Iglesias (11-0, 10 KOs) vs. Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs).
- Abdullah Mason vs. Mike Ohan Jr. – Lightweight, 137 lb, 8 rounds, Records: Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) vs. Ohan Jr. (19-2, 9 KOs).
- Leila Beaudoin vs. Lizbeth Crespo – Jr. Lightweight (Female), 130 lb, 10 rounds, Title: WBO Female International Jr. Lightweight Championship, Records: Beaudoin (11-1, 1 KO) vs. Crespo (15-7, 4 KOs).
- Wilken Matheiu vs. Facundo Galovar – Super Middleweight, 172 lb, 8 rounds, Records: Matheiu (9-0, 6 KOs) vs. Galovar (15-1, 4 KOs).
- Jahi Tucker vs. Santiago Fernandez – Middleweight, 160 lb, 8 rounds, Records: Tucker (11-1, 5 KOs) vs. Fernandez (8-1-1, 4 KOs).
- Thomas Chabot vs. Matias Guenemil – Super Featherweight, 130 lb, 8 rounds, Records: Chabot (10-0, 8 KOs) vs. Guenemil (10-1-1, 5 KOs).
- Dzmitry Asanau vs. Matias Rueda – Lightweight, 136 lb, 10 rounds, Records: Asanau (7-0, 3 KOs) vs. Rueda (38-2, 32 KOs).
