Comments Thread For: Christian Mbilli outpoints brave Sergiy Derevyanchenko in step up

[takenotes]

Mbilli does not hit hard enough to keep guys like Canelo or Beneviedez off him. Easy work for both guys.

[crimsonfalcon07]

I expected Mbilli not to stop Derevyanchenko. Remember that Golovkin, Adames, Charlo, and Munguía couldn't stop him either. Doesn't necessarily mean that Mbilli doesn't have power, since Derevyanchenko is a very hard man to stop.

[1power]

The Technician only had one arm from round 4 on and MB couldn’t stop him. He needs another tough test before a title shot.

[willieb24]

Probably not in Canada with some of their shenanigans but I was thinking the same last night. Tessitore and Bradley didn't point it out but there were a few times when Mbilli was caught and buzzed (and I'm not talking about the right hook to his knee cap). Mbilli commits so much to his offense that there are some glaring defensive holes.

I like Mbilli but there are definitely things he needs to work on, I'm just not sure we will ever see improvement. I feel for Derevyanchenko, the guy is a warrior but he has no luck in the ring, and even worse, he has always been the B-side. A few of those Ls against top guys probably become W's if he has the promotion backing him....

Definitely agree with this.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Mbilli checks all of the boxes: ranked #1 contender, check. Holes in his game, check. Couldn't beat a one-armed, 38 year-old, so not THAT good, check and double check!

Mbilli did beat derev convincingly doe just couldn't knock him out... but hey, no one has been able to stop the guy tbf.

[Mic_Rob]

Derevy took A LOT of damage this time out. His arm has to be absolutely cooked after pushing through that fight.
I'll be surprised if we see him again at this level, dude is one of the grittiest you'll ever see do it, but that looked like absolute hell.

[Oldskoolg]

I hope Devry calls it a day. There is nowhere professionally to go now. He is a gatekeeper for champions. He has had a couple of bad calls but his body is breaking down and I’d hate to see him neurologically damaged.

[garfios]

Mbilli throws and misses lot wild punches but still an entertaining and explosive pressure fighter ,him going like that against Canelo ,Mungia or even Plant would be crazy action fight all of them.

Munguia and plant yes, canelo is a very good fighter with decent+ power, if you don't have a good jab and a good chin the night is going to be long.

[Fair & Square]

Dev is worth $35M per fight. Very exciting and entertaining fighter. Even though not a super star, you will be missed and remembered for a long time in the real world of boxing!

[BustedKnuckles]

This entire card was nothing but a showcase for the A side fighters.

Seemed like they filled up a bus in Argentina for the b-side guys. Weird.