IBF orders Derevyanchenko-Golovkin title combat
The IBF on Monday formally ordered Sergiy Derevyanchenko and Gennady Golovkin to fulfill for its vacant middleweight world title. As anticipated, the sanctioning physique despatched a letter to each camps telling them to start negotiations instantly for a combat that can fill the 160-pound world title stripped from Canelo Alvarez on Thursday, when his group didn’t finalize a cope with obligatory challenger Derevyanchenko.
“The IBF middleweight title was declared vacant on August 1, 2019. The IBF is due to this fact ordering bout happen between the 2 highest ranked contenders to fill this emptiness,” IBF championships chairman Carlos Ortiz Jr. wrote in a letter to Alex Dombroff, the legal professional for Derevyanchenko promoter Lou DiBella, and John Hornewer, the legal professional representing Golovkin’s GGG Promotions.
The Derevyanchenko and Golovkin camps have 30 days, or till Sept. four, to make a deal. They then have one other 15 days to submit signed contracts to the IBF for the combat that’s slated to happen Oct. 5 — the date Golovkin unique broadcaster DAZN has him penciled in for the second bout of his six-fight, nine-figure deal. If the camps can not make a deal, the IBF will order a handbag bid, however DiBella advised ESPN he didn’t assume that may be vital.
“We knew the letter was coming and we have already been speaking, and I am very assured briefly order that we will shut a deal,” DiBella mentioned.
The IBF additionally dictated that the winner of the vacant title should make his obligatory protection towards the main out there contender inside six months.
Alvarez promoter Golden Boy had been engaged on a cope with DiBella for Alvarez to defend his unified title towards Derevyanchenko in late October. However after the purse bid was delayed and the negotiating interval was prolonged a number of instances, Alvarez was stripped of the belt per the phrases of a deal Golden Boy made with the IBF that the combat would both be finalized by final Thursday afternoon or the title would turn out to be vacant.
Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs), 28, of Mexico, claimed he was not conscious of the deal Golden Boy made with the IBF, however he was stripped anyway, paving the way in which for former unified champion Golovkin to face Derevyanchenko for the vacant title.
Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs), 33, of Ukraine, who suffered his lone defeat by cut up resolution to Daniel Jacobs for the vacant IBF belt in October, outpointed Jack Culcay in a title eliminator on April 13 to achieve the obligatory place. Golovkin (39-1-1, 35 KOs), 37, a Kazakhstan native combating out of Santa Monica, California, who had beforehand been stripped of the identical title by the IBF, was the subsequent contender in its rankings.
Golovkin had hoped for a 3rd combat with Alvarez this fall, however Alvarez declined to make the bout regardless of strain from DAZN, which additionally has Alvarez underneath contract.