By Scott Gilfoid: The purse bids that were previously scheduled for this Friday, September 12th for the Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne and Danny Garcia vs. Viktor Postol fights have been postponed until October 1st, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. It’s unknown at this time why the purse bids were postponed.
It’s a positive for both fights because it gives them more time to try and negotiate the fights before it gets to a purse bid. I still see them both going to purse bids though.
Garcia may choose to vacate his WBC title rather than face Postol unless the World Boxing Council gives Garcia permission to fight a unification match against IBF 140 pound champion Lamont Peterson next. That’s the fight that some boxing want to see take place, and it’s a fight that made the most sense out of the mismatches that took place last month between Garcia and Rod Salka and Peterson and Edgar Santana.
Deontay wants his title shot, but with the purse bids not taking place until October 1st, it leaves you wondering whether he’s going to get his title shot against Stiverne in 2014. Deontay thinks Stiverne is purposefully dragging out the process for as long as he can so he can have as much time as possible to milk the time he’s the WBC title holder.
Deontay wants to get in the ring and knock Stiverne out so he can take over as the WBC belt holder. Even if the fight takes place in 2015, Deontay will likely get his chance at some point. It’s not as if Stiverne can sit on the WBC title without defending it the way that former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko did for an entire year. That’s not going to happen. The WBC will make a move to push the Deontay-Stiverne fight so that it’ll happen.
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