AUGUST 17 WILL BE EXCITING AS DEREVYANCHENKO AND MBILLI FISTS IT OUT IN QUBEC IN A 10 ROUND BOXING MATCH

Centre Videotron, Quebec City, Quebec

Unbeaten, Montreal-based contender Christian “Solide” Mbilli will face three-time world title challenger Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko in the 10-round main event on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs), a 2008 Olympian for Ukraine, won nearly 400 fights as an amateur. Now a 10-year professional, he fell short in three middleweight title opportunities, including a split decision defeat to Danny Jacobs in 2018 and a razor-thin unanimous decision loss to Gennadiy Golovkin the following year. Derevyanchenko moved up to super middleweight last year and lost to Jaime Munguia in a spirited Fight of the Year candidate. In April, he returned to the win column with a one-sided decision over Vaughn Alexander. Montreal, Canada-based Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) brings to the ring his WBC Continental Americas and WBA International belts. The 29-year-old native of Yaounde, Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs), a 2016 French Olympian, has been on a knockout rampage since turning pro in 2017. He won his first 13 fights via the short route and has maintained his power while stepping up the opposition. Mbilli knocked out former world title challenger Nadjib Mohammedi in 2022 and stopped Demond Nicholson the following year. This fight will be shown live on ESPN+

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LUIS ALBERTO LOPEZ READY TO ANY PEAK AGAINST ANGELO LEO TO DEFEND HIS IBF FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE IN MEXICO

Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Luis Alberto Lopez is ready to make another defence of his IBF featherweight title this weekend in his hometown of Albuquerque in New Mexico. He will be coming up against Angelo Leo, who has beaten four out of his last five opponents. Lopez (30-2, 17 KOs) captured his belt by vanquishing Josh Warrington in his hometown of Leeds, England, in December 2022. He defended the belt by traveling to Belfast, Ireland, less than six months later to defeat hometown hero Michael Conlan via fifth-round stoppage. He then earned a unanimous decision over Joet Gonzalez last September before dispatching mandatory challenger Reiya Abe in eight in March. Leo (24-1, 11 KOs) won a junior featherweight title with a unanimous points win over then-unbeaten Tramaine Williams in August 2020. He lost the title against eventual unified champ Stephen Fulton the following January and has gone 4-0 with two knockouts since. this fight will be live on ESPN +

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VERGIL ORTIZ JR. VOWS TO DOMINATE ONCE AGAIN AS HE FISTS IT OUT WITH SERHII BOHACHUK IN LAS VEGAS

Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas, NV, US

Vergil Ortiz Jr. is set to be back in action this weekend as he faces Ukraine's Serhii Bohachuk this saturday 10th August at Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas, NV, US. Ortiz (21-0) has a 100-percent knockout-to-win ratio. A former amateur standout, the 2016 Golden Gloves winner has fought sparingly over the years after suffering from rhabdomyolysis. The former welterweight prospect now looks to make up for lost time by going 3-0 in 2024. Bohachuk (24-1) won the interim super welterweight title against Brian Mendoza in March. The Ukrainian is on a six-fight win streak, winning all but one bout via knockout. This fight will be shown on DAZN

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Juan Francisco Estrada AND Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez ARE SET TO CLASH IN A SHOWDOWN 29 JUNE IN ARIZONA

Footprint Center in Phoneix, Arizona

Juan Francisco Estrada will defend his WBC and Ring Magazine super flyweight titles against Jesse Rodriguez on Saturday, June 29 at the Footprint Center in Phoneix, Arizona. This will be the his first fight since he won the WBC belt in a trilogy bout against Roman Gonzalez. Estrada (44-3 28 KOs) steps back through the ropes to defend the title for the first time after beating old foe Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez in the third instalment of their epic trilogy in December 2022, a thrilling encounter he edged via majority decision in front of a packed crowd in Glendale, Arizona. Rodriguez (19-0 12 KOs) had his own epic night in December when he unified at flyweight by stopping Sunny Edwards in the ninth round of a stunning performance in an arena 30 minutes from the downtown Phoenix venue that he’ll face ‘Gallo’. The fight will be live on DAZN

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