ShoBox: Sergey Derevyanchenko vs. Elvin Ayala & Ievgen Khytrov vs. Nick Brinson RBR

Your "satire" doesn't even make sense. Nobody said Khytrov sucked. Hergecovac and I both merely suggested that he is closer to average than ATG. Not an insult - most televised boxers are. Hell, most titlists are.

You're the one that's way off where he is concerned. You like his style, understandably, exciting as indeed his style is. You can't just categorize him as potentially special because you want him to be, though. He isn't Golovkin level special (nor will he ever be). He isn't Kovalev level special (nor will he ever be). He isn't even half the prospect the infinitely more well-rounded Derevyanchenko is.

All that said, he's very good, powerful with a strong amateur pedigree and can probably knock out all but a dozen middleweights. Nobody is saying he's a bum. YOU (along with a few others) are overrating the hell outta Khytrov, however, and warrant a little bringing down to earth.

 

Kovalev has loads more skill.

 

Well, you said you found Prograis vs. Cowart boring, right?

If you didn't like that, probably not worth rewinding, no.

This was as one sided (but a higher skill level)

 

I mean, FFS dude, you bent over backwards to give Khytrov the relatively closer (but still clear to Brinson) 3rd and 4th. That's a stretch. :yep

 

I guess it'll depend on matchmaking at the end of the day. If they feed Derevyanchenko to Golovkin (while he's even close to prime) while maneuvering Khytrov through guys he can bash up - namely, anyone that isn't both slick and iron-chinned, and middleweight is fairly bereft of guys fitting that bill...Michel Soro the only guy that immediately springs to mind, and maybe Eubank Jr. to a lesser extent on both counts - he may end up being more successful.

 

What channel?

 

Never mind, found it, Spike.