Sergiy Derevyanchenko: record, next fight and profile →
Gennadiy Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko will clash for the vacant IBF World Middleweight title on Saturday October 5 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN, in a fight brought to you by GGG Promotions and Matchroom Boxing USA in association with DiBella Entertainment.
Gennadiy Golovkin and Sergiy Derevyanchenko finally will come face to face Thursday in New York. That’s when their fight for the vacant IBF middleweight title will be officially announced during a press conference at Madison Square Garden. Their IBF-mandated match will take place October 5 at The Garden, nearly a year and a half after the IBF first tried to force it to happen.
Talks continue to linger for a vacant middleweight title fight between Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, though with the finish line well in sight. While the timeline continues to shift, sources from both camps have informed BoxingScene.com to expect all terms finalized in time to formally announce the event later this week in New York City.
It’s safe to say that talks are going much better this time around for Sergiy Derevyanchenko than in his previous attempts to land a crack at the two most notable middleweights today. There still remains work to be done before finalizing terms for a vacant middleweight title fight versus Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, but sources with knowledge of such negotiations have informed BoxingScene.com that all signs point to a deal being reached as soon as by the end of business week.
Last week it emerged that Sergiy Derevyanchenko would not face the now-former IBF world middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, with the sanctioning body ordering Derevyancehnko to face Gennady Golovkin, with a date looking to be set for late September/October.
Sergiy Derevyanchenko is back on the negotiating clock. The top-rated middleweight contender has already entered negotiations with former unified titlist Gennadiy Golovkin, in a bid for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title which was recently stripped from World middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
Reality has finally set in for Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez—and he’s none too pleased about it. The World middleweight champion went public for the first time on Friday with his thoughts on being stripped of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title on Thursday. Mexico’s Alvarez was due to make a mandatory defense versus Sergiy Derevyanchenko, only for the latest deadline to expire without a confirmed deal in place.
Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, has issued the following statement in response to the International Boxing Federation's decision to strip middleweight world champion, Canelo Alvarez.
Sergiy Derevyanchenko will get his second crack at a middleweight strap. Once again, it will come in the form of a vacant title fight. The top-rated contender is officially on the hunt for an opponent to contend for the now vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title. The bittersweet news was confirmed to BoxingScene.com through multiple sources after talks for a crack at unified middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez ultimately hit a wall.
New York trainer Andre Rozier has given his take on the much talked about clash between Derevyanchenko and pound for pound superstar 'Canelo' Alvarez. Derevyanchenko was inserted as mandatory challenger to Alvarez' IBF world middleweight title, and both camps are in the process of negotiating a clash between the former Ukrainian amateur standout and the Mexican superstar. Rozier, who is no stranger to the threat of Alvarez weighed in on a potential clash between the pair.