BOXING

GGG scores UD win against Derevyanchenko

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5 years ago

October 24, 2019

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Manila Standard Digital

https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/308250/-ggg-scores-ud-win-against-derevyanchenko.html

CALIFORNIA, USA — GGG is a middleweight champion of the world once more.

And however louder his critics may claiming his unanimous decision win over Sergey Derevyanchenko is anything but convincing, the truth of the matter is, Gennady Golovkin is the undisputed IBF titleholder.

The future Hall-of-Famer scored an early knockdown en route to a too-close-for-comfort UD victory against his Ukrainian foe at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

The judges’ scorecards read after 12 rounds: 115-112, 114-113, 114-113 all in favor of the Kazakhstan native. But even after scoring a KD in the first, Golovkin still had to survive a gutsy Derevyanchenko that gave GGG a good run for his money.

In the first round, Golovkin needed to dig deep to repulse a steady attack from his foe, he did. With an uppercut and an overhand right, the Kazakh downed Sergey in the opener before GGG bloodied his opponent with a left hook that cut open Derevyanchenko’s right eyebrow.

This seemed to slow down the Ukranian a bit, but he was never going down without a fight.

From the third round onwards, Derevyanchenko found his stride and was visibly more comfortable inside the squared circle, going toe-to-toe with GGG and eventually hitting a beautiful body shot that slowed down the would-be victor heading into the latter half of the fight.

\”When I started moving, I felt like I was giving him room and I was being hit with those looping shots that Golovkin threw. That\’s when I started taking the fight to him and not giving him room to maneuver,\” Derevyanchenko said.

As per the total punch stats, GGG was a tad bit more accurate, hitting 34 percent of his punches (243-720).

Meanwhile, Sergiy was good for 31 percent or 230 out of 738.

It was an interesting exchange in the final six rounds of the match with the eight-round coming as GGG’s finest showing, though Derevyanchenkostood his ground.

When it came to the final round, it was evident that both fighters had used up all their juice and were fighting on fumes. For Golovkin, he needed every ounce of what he’s got in this “very tough fight.”

\”I told you, he\’s a very tough guy,\” Golovkin said in the ring after his win. \”This is huge experience for me. Right now, I understand I need more. … I feel this was not an easy fight for me. This was a tough fight,” he said.

Asked if a Canelo Alvarez-GGG III is in the pipeline, the 37-year-old didn’t hesitate to answer.

\”Absolutely,\” Golovkin said when asked about fighting Alvarez again. \”I\’m open for anybody. There\’s so many great champions right now here. Everything is ready. Just call Canelo. if he says yes, let\’s do it.\”

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Crawford to retire soon – Eddie Hearns

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3 months ago

August 30, 2024

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Canelo Alvarez ex-promoter Eddie Hearns predicts that Terrence Crawford will retire after his victory vs Israil Madrimov last August 3, 2024 in Los Angeles.

Crawford is now the 4-division champ after winning by unanimous decision.

However, Hearns said that three fighters are a must fight against Crawford before hanging his gloves – Vergil Ortiz, Jaron Ennis, and Canelo.

“I don’t think Crawford wants a Boots fight. I don’t think Crawford will fight again unless he fights Canelo Alvarez because he’s got money, he’s getting on [in age],” Hearns revealed.

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He added that Crawford ducks Ortiz. He also mocked him for getting lucky with the scoring for his fight against Madrimov.

Hearns underscored that 36 year old Crawford is craving for mega-money, mega-fights, and real legacy fights that is why he does not like to fight the undefeated Ennis. He furthered that 27 year old Ennis is like the young Crawford version that is why he is skipping him.

Meanwhile, Crawford still hates Ennis because he is overrated.

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Jaron “Boots” Ennis the future of boxing

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3 months ago

August 30, 2024

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Jaron “Boots” Ennis the future of boxing

Three welterweight champs are on queue against IBF belt holder Jaron “Boots” Ennis (32 – 0) : Brian Norman Jr WBO; Mario Barrios WBC; and Eimantas Stanionis WBA for his undisputed title dream,

Ennis’ promoter Eddie Hearns said that 27-year old Ennis is the future of boxing as he beats everyone. He added that Boots is a special fighter that needs to be tested against the best in the world.

However, boxing experts suggested Ennis to move up to 154 and target Terence Crawford, Sebastian Fundora, Errol Spence, Tim Tszyu, Vergil Ortiz Jr, Israil Madrimov, Serhii Bohachuk, and Erickson Lubin.

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Usyk wishes Crawford to beat Canelo

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4 months ago

August 2, 2024

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Super-welterweight Terrence Crawford is set to fight Israil Madrimov – WBA and WBO interim World Super-Welterweight champ on August 3, 2024 in BMO Stadium – a Soccer-specific stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Crawford will move up to 154 pounds to clash Madrimov for his WBA junior middleweight title. This is halfway to Canelo Alvarez – the super middleweight undisputed champ of the world.

However, undisputed heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk wants to see Crawford beating Canelo. It can be recalled that Usyk smashed Tyson Fury just recently.

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