Canelo Alvarez Mandated To Defend New Title Against Sergiy Derevyanchenko By Aug. 4
On Wednesday, the IBF sent an e-mail to Robert Diaz of Golden Boy Promotions saying that Canelo must take on his mandatory challenger, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, on or before Aug. 4. If the camps of the unified middleweight champion and the Ukranian fighter don’t come to terms, then it will go to a purse bid with the highest offer to receive promotional rights to stage the fight. “Negotiations should commence immediately and be concluded by June 15, 2019,” the IBF said in the e-mail to Diaz....