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NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh professional boxer Gennady Golovkin will now have the chance to win back his old title with a fight against Ukrainian professional boxer Serhiy Derevyanchenko as a result of an Aug. 5 decision by the International Boxing Federation (IBF), reports ESPN.
Photo credit: Ed Mulholland/HBO.
Mexican professional boxer Canelo Álvarez was stripped of his IBF middleweight title Aug. 1 for not reaching a deal with mandatory challenger Derevyanchenko. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) ordered Aug. 5 Golovkin and Derevyanchenko to face off for the vacant title.
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Source: The Astana Times
