While it looked like Gennady Golovkin was going to roll past Sergiy Derevyanchenko on Saturday when he dropped the Ukrainian in the first round, Derevyanchenko rose off the campus to bring the fight to GGG. Using a combination of aggressive pressure and consistent movement, Derevyanchenko won five rounds on two of the official scorecards and six rounds on the third, resulting in his losing a unanimous decision: 115-112, 115-112, 114-113.
Many journalists and boxing pundits believed Derevyanchenko deserved the decision, but the fight was extremely close and could certainly not be declared “a robbery,” outside of the hyperbolic chamber that is sports social media.