Abdullah Mason Outshines M’billi – Derevyanchenko’s ESPN Card

Contender Christian M’billi will face the veteran in a ten-round main event this Saturday, August 17, at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, Canada. The M’billi-Derevyanchenko event will air live on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10:00 pm ET/7:00 pm PT.

Abdullah Mason: The Real Star of the Show

Lightweight talent Abdullah Mason is the goalkeeper on the card and one that American fans love to see. You can take the broom and sweep the main event and the entire undercard, leaving Abdullah Mason, and the US fans will be happy.

M’billi, 29, (27-0, 23 KOs) is given another fight to climb, even though he is pushing 30 and has spent much of his career compiling his record.

M’billi may have been afraid to promote him too soon after Rohan Murdock repeatedly marked him last January. Although M’billi ended up stopping Murdock in sixth place, before he was injured in the competition.

You can’t count out 38-year-old veteran Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) in this fight because M’Billi is not as good as some boxing fans think he is. If he was, he would have gone very quickly in his career after competing in the Olympics in 2016, and Murdock would not have hurt him.

If M’Billi wins, it won’t tell us much because Derevyanchenko has already lost to Jaime Munguia, Carlos Adames, and Jermall Charlo. A loss to Munguia, a fighter with a cheap record, indicates that Derevyanchenko is nearing the end of his career.

Derevyanchenko was hitting the brakes on Munguia before falling with a shot in the twelfth minute. I still had the victorious Derevyanchenko, but they, not surprisingly, gave him to God for obvious reasons. He had a pay day for Canelo Alvarez, so he got the win.

The version of Derevyanchenko that gave Gennadiy Golovkin so much trouble in 2019 would easily beat Munguia and beat M’Billi because he’s obviously not that good.

For Americans, the best fight card is between lightweight talent Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) and Mike ‘Bad Man’ Ohan Jr (19-2, 9 KOs). This is a very good match and arguably should be the main event, with M’Billi-Derevyanchenko taking the edge off in a fight that fits the bill when it’s due.

Undercard

Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Guido Vianello
Osleys Iglesias vs. Sena Agbeko
Abdullah Mason vs. Mike ‘Bad Man’ Ohan Jr (19-2, 9 KOs)
Dzmitry Asanau vs. Matias Rueda
Jahi Tucker vs. Santiago Fernandez