Tim Bradley says Canelo Alvarez will keep away from Christian Mbilli after watching him defeat Sergiy Derevyanchenko by a one-sided ten-round unanimous determination on Saturday night time on the Videotron Centre in Quebec Metropolis, Quebec, Canada.
Mbilli’s Eye on Canelo
Mbilli (28-0, 23 KOs) dominated an injured 38-year-old Derevyanchenko (15-6, 10 KOs), who was combating for simply the third time in his ten-year professional profession at 168 after transferring up in weight final yr in opposition to Jaime Munguia.
After the combat final night time, Mbilli stated he desires to problem for a world title subsequent and can attend Canelo’s title protection in opposition to Edgar Berlanga on September 14th on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. It should enable Mbilli to be interviewed and apply stress on Canelo from followers.
Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) hasn’t given any hints about who he desires to combat after his match in opposition to Beranga, nevertheless it’s arduous to think about that Mbilli is excessive on his record.
It will be sensible for Mbilli and his promoters at Eye of the Tiger and Prime Rank to not put their eggs in a single basket, assuming Canelo will give him a title shot as a result of he in all probability gained’t.
Derevyanchenko’s Heroic Loss
“I feel in a really peculiar means, Derevyanchenko stole the present by standing upright by surviving by insisting he end the combat,” stated commentator Mark Kriegel to ESPN’s State of Boxing, viewing the efficiency by the injured Sergiy Derevyanchenko as being heroic in his loss to Christian Mbilli final Saturday night time.
“When [trainer] Andre [Rozier] requested him [Derevyanchenko], ‘Do you need to go?’ He stated, ‘Sure,’ however he didn’t say it with full conviction, however his deeds had been his deeds and that may final.”
“Later, when he was requested, there was really no communication, which was very conspicuous within the nook there,” stated commentator Joe Tessitore.
“Me witnessing the quantity of injury that I witnessed Derevyanchenko take, no person understands what that does to you,” stated Tim Bradley. “It will depend on what’s at stake and what’s on the road, however this can be a man that’s 38 years previous.
“We seen him in warfare after warfare after warfare, proper? Taking these sorts of pictures, they’ll have an effect on you, and so they’ll have an effect on you later in your life. If he was within the combat, I may perceive that, however he wasn’t within the combat. It was nearly a blowout, if not a blowout.
“That’s an issue I’ve. His future goes to be completely different now. He left a bit of himself within the ring, and we discuss that on a regular basis. An enormous piece, and he didn’t must. You didn’t get stopped. That’s nice, however guess what? My nook stopped the combat. A valiant effort, I get that, however he’s not going to be the identical after this. He may not even come again to combat,” stated Bradley about Derevyanchenko.
