{"id":632529,"date":"2026-06-11T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632529\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:56:09","slug":"sergiy-derevyanchenko-returns-to-middleweight-against-jalil-hackett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632529\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergiy Derevyanchenko Returns To Middleweight Against Jalil Hackett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hackett (12-1, 9 KOs) has won three straight fights since suffering the lone defeat of his professional career, a split decision loss to Jose Roman in December 2024. The 23-year-old Washington, D.C., native most recently earned a majority decision over Roberto Cruz Jr. in his Zuffa Boxing debut on February 1 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Derevyanchenko (16-6, 11 KOs) returns to the middleweight division after competing four consecutive times at super middleweight. The 40-year-old Ukrainian has challenged Daniel Jacobs for the vacant IBF middleweight title and pushed Gennadiy Golovkin in their memorable 2019 title fight at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Derevyanchenko has fought only once since August 2024, when he lost a unanimous decision to Christian Mbilli. Despite his six defeats, the veteran\u2019s resume includes bouts against Golovkin, Jacobs, Jermall Charlo, Jaime Munguia, Carlos Adames, and Mbilli.<\/p>\n<p>The July 26 event will be headlined by Edgar Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs), who is scheduled to meet Steven Butler (38-5-1, 32 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight contest. Former IBF junior welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) is also set to make his welterweight debut against Ricardo Salas (24-2-2, 18 KOs) in the 12-round co-feature.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with more than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and analysis. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hackett (12-1, 9 KOs) has won three straight fights since suffering the lone defeat of his professional career,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-632529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}