Derevyanchenko lost again. Possibly his last title shot

Derevyanchenko lost three title fights almost in a row. There was a victory between these battles, but as soon as the belt appeared on the horizon, Sergei invariably left with defeat. The Ukrainian did not manage at all with Jermall Charlo.

Charlo had a perfect fight

Ukrainian fights are never boring. It is still squeezed to the fullest, moving towards victory. Defeating Charlo seemed real, if difficult, to do. No one doubted Jermall’s ability, but the moment with a third chance, an unproven champion who doesn’t have a powerful name like Golovkin, inspired hope. As it turned out, to no avail.

The first few rounds went to Jermall’s piggy bank without a problem. He controlled everything in the ring: from the opponent’s movements to the pace of the fight. He walked forward, released Derevyanchenko, and pushed again. It is extremely difficult to adapt to such an opponent. Charlo has long arms, is tall, fast, and hits each time so painfully that Sergey’s eyebrows again began to bruise.

They did it with no quick drops, and that’s good, but it didn’t add any positives. Only closer to the middle of the fight, Derevyanchenko found his way to the opponent. The Ukrainian began to get closer, hit more often and try to impose his game. Still, with much shorter hands, it was Sergey who found it more convenient to work closely.

Of course, the American also came. The uppercuts and side punches annoyed Sergei, and several times they flew so thickly that the Ukrainian was clearly stormy and thrown to the side. As for the rest, Derevyanchenko seemed more successful at close range.

It just didn’t help. A strong blow, a strong right hand over the hand, a left hook – all this fell on Derevyanchenko’s head, as if it should have been there. Breaking up the bombardment from a distance on Charlo is no easy task. When Sergei succeeded, Jermall failed on the near side. But it turned out not very often and not so that it was directly convincing. If Golovkin clearly felt the opponent’s blows in the fight with the Ukrainian, Charlo did not. He just shook his head and said, “No, I didn’t feel anything.” And again he proceeded to shoot the opponent from a distance.

Perhaps this American style seems boring to some. Sergei is handsome. I went ahead, the mahach fixed it, man. But Charlo always fights like this. It would be strange to expect regular logging from him. He worked in such a way that he held the title, won with confidence and finally put a plus in the column with really serious boxers on the record. In fact, Sergei could not oppose him at all.

The main disappointment of the fight is that the effectiveness in terms of the number of hits on Sergei’s closest did not turn into a quality advantage. That is, it cannot be said that the Ukrainian was defamed. We won, yes. Surely in class and anthropometry, yes. But Sergei realized his point-blank advantage over and over again, but it didn’t pay off. It’s extremely difficult to beat a guy like that on points, but Derevyanchenko didn’t work out with a knockout. Even with a hint of that.

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Several times the Ukrainian made a good shot towards him, so Charlo felt exactly. I took it out several times at the end of the battle against the gong. That’s it. When Jermall once again resisted Derevyanchenko’s streak, it became clear that the belt was definitely not going to Ukraine.

Now what?

Charlo, who was once a tough boxer, can now say with certainty that he passed the test as a powerful fighter who was at the peak of his career. And this is an advantage for Jermall’s general sentiment and for possible future negotiations. It would be interesting to see the American with one of the champions.

Both Golovkin and Canelo are interesting options. The first is stylistic. Gennady won’t play games, he will just keep going, trying to improve where Derevyanchenko didn’t. It’s unclear if it will work, given that the Kazakh dropped the version a few years ago compared to himself.

With Álvarez, of course, the extravagance won’t work. Two counterpunchers who like to pull the opponent towards themselves and just make him nervous Here someone will have to advance, but the aggressor’s initiative will change from hand to hand, which, in the end, will lead to a game of chess, and not a cut from round to round. But in a boxing style, the fight is still interesting. At least for the size and ability of Charlo, Canelo responded to the same.

But I can’t believe the organization of such a show at all.

Sergei has nothing clear. It is clear that he does not intend to end his career. At least at the end of the fight with Charlo. Derevyanchenko’s face turned into a nightmarish appearance of himself after this fight, but this is normal for a Ukrainian-style fighter. Only the question is not only about health, but also about prospects.

I don’t mean to say that this is it. And because it is not true. And because Sergei has repeatedly shown that discarding it is a thankless task. But it should not be considered as a true contender for the title. The champions have other things to do now. Álvarez deals with DAZN and Oscar, and was interested in Sergei to the extent that. Golovkin will enter the ring with the Ukrainian only as a last resort. And all the other champions are unlikely (like Rete Murata) or have already beaten the Ukrainian with confidence.

It turns out there are two options: fight the closest contenders in the top 5 or bring Andrade into the fight. The first version contains the same Chris Eubank, Carlos Monroe or Camille Sheremeta. In the second, it all depends on the interest of the champion (and he showed it) and the desire of DAZN to see Derevyanchenko again in his place. Cons: Andrade is also a big rider and even bigger than Charlo. Jermall fought at least once in a while, while Demetrius always backed away.

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Derevyanchenko’s career is clearly on its way to an end. There are not so many options ahead that are worth entering the ring for, and whether Sergey only wants to box to box with the middle peasants or to act as a goalkeeper is a great question, to which, most likely, only one answer can be heard. negative.

And how unpleasant it will be if such a fighter does not take the world title.