By Sam Volz: Former WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia and his opponent Sergiy Derevyanchenko each weighed in at 167.4 lbs at Friday’s weigh-in for his or her 12 spherical conflict within the tremendous middleweight division on this Golden Boy promoted present.
(Picture credit score: Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy Promotions)
It is a must-win for 37-year-old Derevyanchenko as a result of he’s come up empty repeatedly within the final three years. With just one victory in his final 4 fights, Derevyanchenko (14-4, 10 KOs) should discover a path to victory on Saturday night time in opposition to the a lot larger & youthful 26-year-old Munguia.
The occasion begins at 8:00 p.m. ET on DAZN from the Toyota Area in Ontario, California.
Regardless of having a 41-0 report, Munguia has been an enormous disappointment to followers, as he’s a textbook instance of somebody with a failure to launch syndrome.
Munguia has been so protected through the ten-year skilled profession that he’s didn’t develop into a star, and his fights slip below the radar, ignored by boxing followers as if he have been simply one other one of many many obscure fighters.
Munguia’s latest wins:
- Gonzalo Gaston Coria
- Jimmy Kelly
- D’Mitrius Ballard
- Gabriel Rosado
- Kamil Szeremeta
“I’m saying he’s entering into that journeyman standing. Yeah, however
take into consideration a man stepping in, however he has one foot in,” mentioned Akin Reyes to DAZN Boxing Present about Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
“He has the chance to step again out of that journeyman standing in direction of contender championship standing with this win, however he has one foot in and one foot out if he will get stopped by Jaime Munguia; I might title him a journeyman.”
“Okay, perhaps if he will get stopped, however perceive one thing. Derevyanchenko was within the middleweight division,” mentioned Barak Bess. “At the moment, that was a really, very onerous division to get a belt in. You bought GGG, [Jermall] Charlo, however Charlo bought his belt later, however you bought Canelo.
“So for those who can’t beat these guys, you’ll be able to’t be a champion. There are such a lot of guys within the historical past of boxing that they’re going to die a champion as a result of there have been so many belts, and so they have been capable of beat lesser
opponents to develop into a champion.
“So I simply wouldn’t label him [Derevyanchenko] like that when he
had a tricky shut struggle with GGG.”
“How way back was that?” mentioned Akin.
“What I’m saying is meaning he’s previous that stage of journeyman. Which means he’s fighter. He’s a previous contender, and he’s a extremely, actually good fighter, a title challenger that nearly gained [against Golovkin]. The one man that basically, actually harm GGG visibly.
“There’s a cause why Jaime Munguia is a -475 for this struggle, and Derevyanchenko is a +330,” mentioned Reyes.
“That’s as a result of he’s 37 years outdated now, and he simply misplaced to Carlos Adames, he misplaced to [Jermall] Charlo, and he misplaced to GGG,” mentioned Bess.
“Journeymen normally begin being journeymen of their late 30s,” mentioned Reyes.
“Okay, so meaning Roy Jones Jr was a journeyman in his outdated age,” mentioned Bess.
“You’re speaking about an anomaly. You’re speaking about one in 1,000,000,” mentioned Reyes.
“As a result of within the later a part of his profession, he was dropping to some individuals who would by no means even be in the identical ring as him years in the past. That by no means
makes a person a journeyman,” mentioned Bess.
“Roy misplaced abruptly. I imply, his superpowers simply form of vanished
in a single day,” mentioned Reyes. “Derevyanchenko has been in powerful fights and dropping them. Are you aware what I imply? So that’s journeyman standing.”
“Possibly a few of these losses are due to his identify. His identify isn’t as huge as different folks’s names,” mentioned Bess about Derevyanchenko. “Do you perceive what I’m saying? So that you don’t all the time get the nod once you don’t have an enormous identify, and that. I’m simply not going to throw that title on him like that.”
“I haven’t thrown it. I mentioned he’s entering into that standing, and this physique
goes to find out whether or not he’s lifeless or whether or not he’s not,” mentioned Reyes about Derevyanchenko.