GGG v DEREVYANCHENKO - October 5 @MSG
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Did good for those first 5 rounds..was getting his ass kicked by the 10th.
he wasnt about his business and the IBF gave him numerous chances and he and oscar blew them off so the belt went bye bye
Sergiy Derevyanchenko: Golovkin's Time Is Coming To An End!
By Keith Idec
NEW YORK – Sergiy Derevyanchenko genuinely respects everything Gennadiy Golovkin has accomplished in boxing.
And by no means does Derevyanchenko think there will be anything easy about their fight October 5 at Madison Square Garden. The Ukrainian contender just feels he is the fresher fighter, the middleweight who’ll prove Golovkin is closer to retirement than most might think.
“I know exactly who I’m getting in the ring with,” Derevyanchenko said Thursday during a press conference at Madison Square Garden. “He is a former middleweight champion of the world, one of the best fighters in the world. But his time is coming to an end. And I wanna be the one that makes that time come to an end.”
Golovkin, who has opened as a 4-1 favorite over Derevyanchenko, still has lost only a debatable majority decision to Canelo Alvarez in their 12-round middleweight championship rematch 11 months ago at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. But the Kazakh knockout artist is 37 and acknowledged Thursday that his fight versus Derevyanchenko will be considerably more difficult than his last bout – a fourth-round knockout of Toronto’s Steve Rolls (19-1, 10 KOs) on June 8 at Madison Square Garden.
“Sergiy Derevyanchenko, I know him [from] a long time ago,” Golovkin said. “He’s a real, very good fighter. I understand my situation. This is not a game. This is a real fight. I’m a little bit scared because he’s absolutely right. I listen to his coach [Andre Rozier] – he is absolutely right, too. I know his team is very strong. Very strong team. And why [am I] scared? Because he looks good, he looks strong. He feels his time is right now. Maybe. Maybe. This is boxing. Nobody knows, guys. Nobody knows. If you want to watch real show, real fight, welcome to Madison Square Garden October 5th. Or live [on] DAZN.”
The No. 1-ranked Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs) and the third-ranked Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOs) will fight for the unclaimed IBF middleweight title the IBF stripped from Alvarez earlier this month.
Mexico’s Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) first refused to fight Golovkin a third time September 14. He was stripped once his handlers couldn’t complete a deal for an IBF-mandated match versus Derevyanchenko, who was Alvarez’s mandatory challenger.
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Ridiculous that Dervenchenko and Triple g , two dudes the last time they fought a highly rated opponent, are fighting for a title. Boxing bullshyt.
The Fukin Prophecy
RIP Champ
reservoirdogs
Superstar
Huh? the IBF is easily better than the rest of them corrupted BS organizations. At least they follow their rules. They are not the ones to blame for the situation. Sometimes they are too strict about their rules but it was GBP who fukked this up. They could have asked for an extension but they didn't. GBP also fukked up the whole Canelo-GGG-DAZN situation ny promising DAZN the third GGG fight when Canelo hasn't green light it beforehand and based on that promise DAZN signed GGG with the promise of a rubber match. DLH fukked it up, no wonder Canelo is openly dissing him now.
Also GGG is rather Asian, none of them are bums either.
malbaker86
Gators
IVS
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WHat?! How did I miss this?
It's this weekend. Who going?
It's this weekend. Who going?
((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL
RIP MR. SMOKE
.....Casuals ain't checkin for little g anymore. And DAZN is terrible at promotion.