
Boxing's ‘Nearly Man’ aims to buck the trend against Christian Mbilli
Sergei Derevyanchenko has been here before. The unbeaten opponent, the enticing prospect of a world title challenge, taking on a quality foe in a 50-50 fight.
Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →

Sergei Derevyanchenko has been here before. The unbeaten opponent, the enticing prospect of a world title challenge, taking on a quality foe in a 50-50 fight.

Thrust into the foreign land of rounds 10, 11 and 12 on Saturday in Las Vegas, Vergil Ortiz Jr. swept the championship rounds to pull out his majority decision triumph over Serhii Bohachuk.

Arizona’s McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs), a rising undefeated super middleweight, says Alvarez isn’t ducking any 168-pounder. The viewpoint contrasts what many fight fans and fighters, including Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Daniel Jacobs and Paulie Malignaggi have said about a potential Canelo-Benavidez fight—all of whom have declared Canelo is avoiding the unbeaten two-time super middleweight champion who has been calling out the Mexican great for years.

Gennady Golovkin may or may not be retired from the ring, but he certainly hasn’t finished fighting. His latest challenge isn't defeating an overmatched middleweight contender but battling to keep boxing in the Olympics.

By the time Daniel Jacobs steps into the ring July 6, it will have been almost two and a half years since he last stepped on the canvas for a professional fight – long enough to determine exactly what he’s fighting for.

Johnathon Banks, a former heavyweight contender, is now a renowned trainer following in the footsteps of the great Emanuel Steward. Currently working with Badou Jack, Banks also discusses his own professional career, his time spent sparring the Klitschko brothers and the science of hitting hard.

This is a Q&A composed of three different interviews with promoter Tom Loeffler over the past four months. In a BoxingScene conversation with “The People’s Promoter,” Loeffler shares several stories about Gennady Golovkin and the Klitschko Brothers, and discusses whether he believes the UFC model could work for boxing.


For many involved, there will be few happier moments during this weekend's International Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremonies than when Fred Sternburg takes his turn at the podium to make his speech.
