Unbeaten, highly-rated tremendous middleweight contender Christian Mbilli will try to indicate he’s the subsequent viable choice for a world title shot tonight in his combat towards Sergiy Derevyanchenko in a High Rank-promoted card on ESPN in Quebec Metropolis, Canada.
Struggle Card Particulars
Broadaster: ESPN and ESPN+
Begin Time: 10:00 p.m. ET for the principle card. Prelims start at 5:00 pm on ESPN+.
It’s a must-win combat for Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) in his 19-round combat towards Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs). MBilli needs to be the subsequent Challenger for unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, which is very unlikely, however that’s his aim.
To maintain his hopes alive for a shot at Canelo, the 29-year-old Mbilli wants a win and look spectacular sufficient to create a requirement. It’s a protracted shot as a result of he’s not proven the form of expertise to defeat a fighter like Derevyanchenko throughout his quick profession, and he would possibly even lose tonight.
Query Encompass Mbilli
As a result of approach Mbilli has been matched by his promoters, placing him towards solely weak opposition, informal followers don’t know who he’s, and hardcore followers are skeptical.
Derevyanchenko, 38, has confronted higher opposition than Mbilli earlier than and has been arguably robbed of victories on a number of events. His document needs to be nearer to 19-1 than its present 15-5, however he’s in the identical boat as lately crushed fighters Serhii Bohachuk and Israil Madrimov in that he’s not been given wins when dealing with extra standard A-side fighters.
MBilli, 29, is the youthful A-side man tonight, however he can’t afford a controversial win if he needs an opportunity to combat for a world title. Followers on social media view Mbilli as a hype job and somebody created with the assistance of weak match-making for cash-out functions.
Undercard Fights
On the undercard tonight, Fringe heavyweight contender Arslanbek Makhmudov (19-1, 18 KO) shall be trying to maintain his profession going by preventing Guido Vianello (12-2-1, 10 KO) in a 10-round combat.
In December, Makmudov, 35, was obliterated by Agit Kabyel in 4 rounds. He couldn’t take Kabayel’s physique assault and caved in.
2016 Olympian Vianello is coming off a ten-round cut up resolution loss to Efe Ajagba final April. Vianello, 30, isn’t a lot of a puncher, but when he targets Makhmudov’s physique, he’s acquired an opportunity tonight. That’s the weak spot for the large 6’5″ Russian-born heavyweight.
Light-weight prospect Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) fights Mike Ohan Jr. (19-2, 9 KOs) in an eight-round combat on the prelim portion of the cardboard. It’s unclear why Mason wasn’t placed on the principle portion of the cardboard as a result of he has extra of a future than the heavyweight combat.
