By Allan Fox: #1 WBC Bermane Stiverne (23-1-1, 20 KO’s) showed his mean side today at the final press conference with #2 WBC Chris Arreola (36-3, 31 KO’s) for their fight on Saturday night at the Galen Center, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Stiverne and Arreola will be fighting for the vacant WBC heavyweight title that was recently vacated by Vitali Klitschko. Stiverne is usually a quiet, unassuming type of heavyweight, but today, Stiverne really after Arreola in trash talking him in describing what he’ll be doing to him on Saturday night.

“I’m gonna take your head off,” Stiverne said. “Nobody will be able to help you on Saturday night. Nobody can beat me. I’m going to whip you much worse this time.” “I’m going to knock you down and punish you all night long. No matter what shape, how much weight you lose or what other excuses you dream up, I’m always going to be better than you. Come Saturday night, I’m going to f*** you up again in front of everyone.”

The last time Stiverne fought Arreola last year in April, Stiverne shattered Arreola’s nose with a heat-seeking missile. Arreola was knocked down in the 3rd round, and he was never the same after suffering the broken nose due to the breathing problems that it caused. Arreola later said that each time he was hit in the nose from the 3rd round on, he felt tremendous pain. To Arreola’s credit, he gutted it out and was able to go the distance, but he was ineffective and unable to match up to the superior power and boxing ability of Stiverne.

“I ain’t scared of you,” Arreola said. “Nobody’s scared of you. Trust me bro. You’ll see this Saturday. I’m gonna keep coming. I’m gonna [expletive] this guy up. [Expletive] this guy! Now he’s yapping. Before I had respect for him. He was a quiet dude, but now I’m gonna [Expletive] you up. You’re gonna remember me dog. I promise you.”

Arreola seemed to lose his cool during his time at the podium, and his words didn’t appear to match his body language. Arreola looked afraid and very concerned about what he’ll be facing on Saturday in Stiverne. Arreola should be concerned because he stands to lose a lot if he fails to win this fight. Picking up the WBC belt would mean a nice payday for Arreola against mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder, and an even bigger payday against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in a unification match.