Christian Mbilli and Sergiy Derevyanchenko squared off in the main event live on ESPN from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada on Saturday, August 17. The contest featured the Cameroonian-French unbeaten super middleweight contender up against the Brooklyn-based former world title challenger of Ukraine.
The scheduled for 10 rounds bout went the full distance. Mbilli walked away with the win defeating Derevyanchenko by unanimous decision. The scores 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92.
With the victory, Montreal, Canada-based Christian Mbilli improved to 28-0, 23 KOs. The 29-year-old native of Yaounde, Cameroon retained his WBC Continental Americas and WBA International belts.
“I had some problems with my left hand, and I was not able to bring it up. I had to throw punches,” Mbilli said. “It was difficult, but I had to do my best.”
“He’s a warrior. He was in a difficult position, but he fought back. I’m going to go back home and look at the fight again.”
“Right now, I’m ready for big fights. I want to be a world champion. I know that to be the best, I have to beat the best. I don’t want to say any names, but everybody knows who’s number one. I want the fight with number one.”
38-year-old three-time title challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko of Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine dropped to 15-6, 10 KOs.
“My legs were good. I only had one arm. I needed to move. When I stayed, he punched in combinations,” Derevyanchenko said. “He’s a good boxer, a strong boxer. But if I had two hands, I think it would be another situation.”