Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko prediction: Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko prediction: Picking the winner

Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko prediction: Picking the winner

Modified Aug 13, 2024 10:54 GMT

The Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko predictions are here to offer insight into the latest Top Rank card promising to set the weekend alight. The event pits Mbilli, an undefeated power-puncher, against three-time world middleweight title challenger Derevyanchenko.

The two men clash at super middleweight, with the division also playing host to another matchup involving an unbeaten knockout artist in prospect Osleys Iglesias taking on the similarly heavy-handed Sena Agbeko.

This theme of young, undefeated prospects facing more seasoned opponents is prevalent, with Abdullah Mason and Wilkens Mathieu facing Mike Ohan Jr. and Facundo Galovar. But, who is expected to win?

Get the latest updates on One Championship Rankings at Sportskeeda and more

#1. Super middleweight: Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko

The Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko bout is guaranteed action. Both boxers fight with a berserker's intent, with Mbilli possessed by a dogged determination to enter the pocket, where he does his best work.

He typically hides behind a high guard, operating from a low stance reminiscent of the great Mike Tyson, bobbing and weaving his head as he works his way inside. It often leads to him absorbing a tremendous amount of punches, but the Frenchman is a physical tank and hasn't been stopped yet.

Instead, throughout his undefeated run, he has knocked out 23 of the 27 opponents he has beaten. He walks his foe down, looking to sandwich them between him and the ropes or corner, before unloading with vicious combinations, alternating his targets between the head and body.

Check out the Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko promo:

He has a crushing left hand, which has flattened Nadjib Mohammedi and Demond Nicholson. He blasts the body to either draw his opponent's guard low or coax a punch for him to counter. Either way, once his foe's chin is exposed, his left hand fires away like a heating-seeking missile.

Derevyanchenko, to his credit, is cut from the same cloth and has waged wars with some of boxing's most powerful fighters like Gennady Golovkin and Jaime Munguía, coming within an inch of victory. Unfortunately, he hasn't been the same since those fights.

Worse still, he's 9 years older and much smaller than Mbilli, with far more mileage. A younger Derevyanchenko would have been a more interesting matchup but in 2024? He's likely to lose.