Jermall Charlo W12 Sergiy Derevyanchenko... Jermall Charlo defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko by unanimous decision to defend his WBC middleweight championship [With WBC "franchise" middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez seemingly finished with the middleweight division, Boxingtalk will cease referring to Charlo as the WBC regular champion from here on out.] Charlo won by official scores of 116-112, 117-111 and 118-110. Punchstat credited him with outlanding Dervyanchenko 219 punches to 180. Charlo said afterwards, "We stood toe-to-toe and we didn't back down from anything. It was supposed to be one of the hardest fights of my career and we passed the test. He had a puncher's chance, and of course the fight could have changed at any moment. I listened to my corner and executed the game plan and got the win. I wouldn't say it was an easy fight, but we stuck to what we wanted to do and made it happen. I let my jab dictate and we got the victory. I wanted to knock him out, but you can't knock everyone out. I'm a finisher, but you don't want to run into anything even though you have him hurt. I landed the shots that I needed to in order to win. The whole world understands that I can fight in there with the best of them. He gave [IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin] a harder test than he gave me so I think the levels showed. I'm the best middleweight in the world. I'm not an easy fight for anyone. As long as I keep doing what I'm doing, I'll get the fights I need and get the legacy that I always dreamed of."

Charlo added, “I made my team proud and I did what I was supposed to do. I executed the game plan. Ronnie Shields told me that I passed the test tonight. I’m happy to go back to the drawing board now and figure out what’s next. He was tough, but I knew he was going to be tough. I knew he’d come to fight, I just didn’t know how and when he’d try to turn it up. I felt like I never really let him turn it up and that was the game plan. I studied well and I didn’t let the pandemic affect my training. I just want to keep fighting and not let any negative interrupt the positive. I stayed poised, I stayed composed and I executed the game plan. I was staying behind the jab, I got away from it a little, but Ronnie got me back. I wanted to knock him out, but dominating like I did was a big statement. The big fights are out there. I’m steady learning and growing and stepping up in competition. My brother’s next, so that’s what’s really on my mind right now.” source: pbc