"Sergiy Derevyanchenko has been elevated to No. 1 in the updated WBC middleweight rankings" A fight with Charlo ?

[apollo creed]

“Sergiy Derevyanchenko has been elevated to No. 1 in the updated WBC middleweight rankings. Jermall Charlo has yet to make a mandatory defense of his WBC middleweight title, paving the way for a likely fight between Charlo and Derevyanchenko in 2020. Both are PBC fighters,” said @MikeCoppinger.



Jermall vs Sergiy would be a good fight.

[Enlightened-One]

Sergy Derevyanchenko and Jermall Charlo are affiliated with Al Haymon.

So we have to assume there must be a reason for this manoeuvre, based on the PBC’s close ties with the WBC, which means that it’s highly-likely that Derevyanchenko won’t become Canelo’s next opponent (since the “Franchise” isn’t obliged to face any ranked contenders).

Therefore, I’d expect the PBC to announce a Charlo- Derevyanchenko fight fairly soon.

It would be a great barometer to gauge Charlo’s fighting prowess in comparison to the 2018 version of Danny Jacobs (which I believe is better than the current iteration) and GGG.

[Onetimeonly]

I'd be surprised if he doesn't owe dazn a fight, so this is unlikely to happen next.

[Enlightened-One]

I'd be surprised if he doesn't owe dazn a fight, so this is unlikely to happen next.

In order for Danny Jacobs and Gennadiy Golovkin (both contractually-tied to DAZN) to gain ownership of the vacant IBF title, they were forced to face Sergiy Derevyanchenko, since the Ukraine was the mandated challenger.

And all PBC fighters are promotional and network free agents. The Ukraine was never tied to DAZN, Matchroom or GBP.

Derevyanchenko also appeared on a PBC fight card immediately between the Jacobs and Golovkin bouts.

I suspect that Sergiy would have only been obliged to appear on DAZN again had he beaten GGG (via an immediate rematch clause), but he didn’t, so he remains a network free agent.

There are no external parties preventing the staging of a potential bout between Sergy Derevyanchenko and Jermall Charlo.

[apollo creed]

Sergy Derevyanchenko and Jermall Charlo are affiliated with Al Haymon.

So we have to assume there must be a reason for this manoeuvre, based on the PBC’s close ties with the WBC, which means that it’s highly-likely that Derevyanchenko won’t become Canelo’s next opponent (since the “Franchise” isn’t obliged to face any ranked contenders).

Therefore, I’d expect the PBC to announce a Charlo- Derevyanchenko fight fairly soon.

It would be a great barometer to gauge Charlo’s fighting prowess in comparison to the 2018 version of Danny Jacobs (which I believe is better than the current iteration) and GGG.

Yup. But I think more that Charlo and his handlers are more interested to get Eubank Jr who is a good opponent but not that proven and tested like Derevyanchenko who is a high risk and low reward type of fighter.

[Onetimeonly]

I'd be surprised if he doesn't owe dazn a fight, so this is unlikely to happen next.

In order for Danny Jacobs and Gennadiy Golovkin (both contractually-tied to DAZN) to gain ownership of the vacant IBF title, they were forced to face Sergiy Derevyanchenko, since the Ukraine was the mandated challenger.

And all PBC fighters are promotional and network free agents. The Ukraine was never tied to DAZN, Matchroom or GBP.

Derevyanchenko also appeared on a PBC fight card immediately between the Jacobs and Golovkin bouts.

I suspect that Sergiy would have only been obliged to appear on DAZN again had he beaten GGG (via an immediate rematch clause), but he didn’t, so he remains a network free agent.

There are no external parties preventing the staging of a potential bout between Sergy Derevyanchenko and Jermall Charlo.