UNCASVILLE, Connecticut – As dangerous as Sergiy Derevyanchenko can be at times on Saturday night, Ronnie Shields is confident his fighter won’t have a hard time breaking through Derevyanchenko with his own punishing punches
Jermall coach Charlo believes that Derevyanchenko’s defensive shortcomings will allow the WBC middleweight champion to do things to the Ukrainian suitor that even Gennadiy Golovkin or Daniel Jacobs couldn’t do when they beat Derevyanchenko on points
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“I’ve been watching Derevyanchenko for a while now,” Shields told BoxingScenecom “He likes to push He has that pressure in and out He likes to turn left-handed on the inside There are little things that he fact you need to be careful of But you know he’s not a defensive fighter at all He’s all offensive and no defense I see a lot of things we can do, that we can exploit, and that’s what we let’s do «
Derevyanchenko (13-2, 10 KOs) is considered Charlo’s toughest opponent since the 30-year-old Houston native moved from the junior middleweight division to middleweight a few years ago. 3 and a half years Charlo (30-0, 22 KOs) is listed as slightly less than a 2-1 favorite against Derevyanchenko, who is Charlo’s number one championship contender
Derevyanchenko, 34, lost only a split decision to Jacobs of Brooklyn (36-3, 30 KOs) in October 2018 at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden and a unanimous decision in Golovkin in his last bout Golovkin of Kazakhstan (40-1-1, 35 KOs) defeated Derevyanchenko on all three scorecards, but the outcome of their brutal and action-packed battle on October 5 at Madison Square Garden was considered controversial
These two losses cost Derevyanchenko the IBF middleweight title, which was vacant in each case Derevyanchenko defeated Jack Culcay of Germany (29-4, 13 KOs) by 12-round unanimous decision between losses to Jacobs and Golovkin
“When he fought that kid Jack Culcay it was a tough fight for him too,” Shields said “He took a lot of hits in that fight, too But all these guys, none of them fights like Jermall Danny Jacobs, Golovkin or Culcay – no none of them fight like Jermall Charlo, and I think that will be the difference in the fight He wasn’t hit like he was going to get hit by Jermall «
Shields believes victory over Derevyanchenko in their Showtime pay-per-view fight at Mohegan Sun Arena will validate Charlo’s reign as middleweight champion Former IBF junior middleweight champion has been criticized for his level of opposition as 160 pounds, but Derevyanchenko is generally considered one of the top five middleweights
« It’s not Jermall’s fault that he can’t get a Triple-G, he can’t get a Canelo Alvarez, that he can’t get those fights, » Shields said. « He asked for these fights, but he can’t get them It’s not his fault because of that And I think it will just put a stamp of approval on his career, to let him know, « OK I have beat up a guy who caused this guy so much trouble, gave him so much trouble, and look what I did to him « I just think this win will give Golovkin a really good look at Jermall, to say: « You know what? I need to fight this guy because he’s one of the best fighters »
« He deserves to be recognized as the WBC Middleweight World Champion Like any fighter, when you train as hard as he trains and people still don’t give you credit for it. ‘being a world champion, for a fighter, man, a lot of fighters take that to heart People say, « Well you didn’t fight that guy » or « You didn’t fight that guy » « And people don’t know what the activity is, or how things need to be set up for you to be able to do this type of fights At the same time, you are undefeated and you are still in your prime, and people still don’t give you credit So I think everyone is watching this fight and see Sergiy Derevyanchenko as a real threat Jermall wins this fight some people will give him credit and some not Some people just won’t give not the credit to some fighters «
Charlo-Derevyanchenko will be the main event for the first of Showtime’s two blocks of three fights on Saturday night (7 pm ET / 4 pm PT; $ 74.95)
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News from the world – United States – Ronnie Shields: Derevyanchenko was not hit like Jermall is going to hit him
