On October 27, 2018, Daniel Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) and Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0, 10 KOs) battle it out for the vacant IBF middleweight world titles. The vacant IBF middleweight title is also on the line.
Daniel Jacobs is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Maciej Sulęcki, 5 months and 29 days ago. Sergiy Derevyanchenko is on a 12-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round RTD win over Dashon Johnson, 7 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Daniel Jacobs at 99-1 winning odds. Sergiy Derevyanchenko really doesn't have much to present against Jacobs.
Daniel Jacobs defeated Sergiy Derevyanchenko via split decision . Jacobs improves his record to 35-2, while Derevyanchenko adds a loss to his record at 12-1.