I had totally forgotten until searching for this one to bump it that I had made a thread on Berinchyk over 2½ years earlier (and predating even the one @CST80 did on him in 2015, by seven months! ...and his pro debut by 5...) https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/denis-yurievich-the-ukrainian-tank-berinchyk.531863/ https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...the-ukrainian-mastodon-from-krasnodon.544755/
His next fight is still Josh Taylor, right? I'm a huge fan of both, probably slightly bigger fan of Taylor while simultaneously admiring Berynchik and the two stones he has on him by a small margin. Unfortunately, I think Taylor UD's the **** outta him. But who knows, with a will and set of balls like Denys has, could be WW III.
Oh if Denys scores that upset, I'm going to be an insufferable mother****er, shouting his name from the mountaintops and proclaiming that I've been at the reins of his bandwagon longer than anyone. (with the receipts to prove it)
I guess you're thinking about another fighter. http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/700603 http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/727039
Denys Yurijovych (or Yuriiovych) Berinchyk won't fight Josh Taylor, unfortunately. At this point I even doubt he will ever fight a top boxer, in fact... About half a year ago Denis said that their plan was to move down to the featherweight. Then just a couple of months later Krassyuk (K2) said that they had decided to continue fighting at 130. It seems like they don't know what to do... It will be very hard for Berinchyk to make 126 because he's short but quite stocky. And at 130 it's Loma and Mikey. Even when Mikey vacates (I think he will) there will be guys like Campbell, Lopez, Haney or Ryan Garcia to claim that title. Why would they fight Berinchyk? They won't. Unless Berinchyk is forced on them as a mandatory. And Denys is not even in the WBC top 15...
Ha! I'd completely forgotten about Ivan (let alone that he was being fed to Josh Taylor) - when @pistal47 mentioned a TTT vs. Berinchyk fight I'd just assumed the news of Denys moving up (and finally stepping up) had slipped me by. I'd be really sad if he wound up being another withered-on-the-vine case like Óscar Rivas or Bogdan Dinu.
Ya no doubt. I cant believe I got the two messed up and was anticipating the Taylor fight SO badly. Well, **** me. Taylor is gonna work Baranchyk like a free labor roofer at 80 hours a week.