But let’s see since we still have plenty of Time to think on which to bet
Gennady Golovkin won the fight by unanimous decision and captured the middle weight vacant IBF belt again.
The fight was really good and both were trading shots and now the fight i want to see is the trilogy fight against Canelo Alvarez and that too outside US.
It was indeed a close fight, I thought GGG will lost this one as Dereyvanchenko went toe to toe with GGG and wasn't afraid. It was a war but in the end GGG edge him in a UD. But to be fair I had it Dereyvanchenko 115-112. The judges scorecards are: 114-113, 115-112 and 115-112, all for GGG.
I don't think Canelo will fight GGG here with this performance, it looks like GGG is old based on this fight.
Another case of overconfidence or something happen to GGG week before the fight? Eddie Hearn claimed the GGG was sick the week leading to the fight.
"I thought Derevyanchenko was unbelievable. He won't say it, but Gennady has been ill basically all week, and it was a real struggle for him, and he kept it completely quiet.
But in the post fight interview, GGG is qouted:
"Right now it's a bad day for me, it's a huge day for Sergiy, his team. This is huge experience for me. Right now I know what I need exactly. I lost a little bit of focus."
But one is for sure, Derevyanchenko showed a lot of heart on that fight, his fight record showed otherwise. He seems to me an experienced boxer.