(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME®) By Scott Gilfoid: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman believes that heart rather than size will play a big factor in the clash this Saturday night between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (35-0, 34 KOs) and Artur Szpilka (20-1, 15 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The 6’7” Wilder will have a four-inch height advantage and a six-inch reach advantage over the 6’3” Szpilka when the two of them start trading blows in front of the fans. The weight of the fighters will be pretty much even with both guys coming in around 230lbs; although Szpilka will be a heck of a lot stockier than the trim Deontay.
By Allan Fox: The World Boxing Council has finally made a move and demoted Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KOs) to WBC “Emeritus” 147 and 154lb champion. The WBC met for their Emanuel convention, and made the move in vacating the 38-year-old Mayweather’s two titles with the organization. 
By Scott Gilfoid: WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman is looking forward in great anticipation to a heavyweight unification fight in the near future between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-3, 53 KOs). 