By Eric Thomas: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (45-2, 41 KO’s) says he plans on defending his World Boxing Council title against his mandatory challenger #2 WBC, Bermane Stiverne (23-1-1, 20 KO’s) this year. Stiverne, 34, defeated #1 WBC, Chris Arreola by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night by the scores of 117-110, 117-110 and 118-109.
Stiverne gave Arreola a beating, bloodying his nose and knocking him down in the 3rd round.
Vitali said this about the Stiverne fight as quoted by Fightnews.com: “There is an official challenger, Bermane Stiverne. The fight will take place. Now it’s necessary to determine the date.”