By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight world title challengers Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale (18-1, 16 KOs) and Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina (26-3, 19 KOs) will be fighting on November 4 on the Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne card, according to news from social media.
By Jim Dower: Deontay Wilder sent out a warning on Thursday saying he plans on taking out his frustrations on Bermane Stiverne in their fight on November 4. Wilder is upset at Luis Ortiz testing positive for a banned drug during the recent pre-fight screening.
By Scott Gilfoid: The fight negotiations between WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne and unbeaten #1 WBC Deontay Wilder got some good news on Wednesday with Stiverne’s manager Camille Estephan reporting to ESPN.com that they’ve agreed with promoter Don King for the financial side of the negotiations.
Now the only thing they need is a date and a venue, and of course the 6’7” Deontay to sign on for the fight. Getting Deontay and Golden Boy Promotions to agree to the terms shouldn’t be all that hard considering that Deontay has been pushing for the fight for months now ever since he wiped out Malik Scott in one round last March in the World Boxing Council heavyweight title eliminator bout.
By Scott Gilfoid: A deal has reportedly been reached between WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) and #1 WBC mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs), according to theboxingtribune.com.
The agreement calls for the Wilder-Stiverne fight to take place on December 13th or December 20th. If Wilder and Stiverne weren’t able to put an agreement together then there would have been a purse bid on October 1st.
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s looking like the negotiations between WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) and his #1 WBC mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) have reached a sticking point over the location for the fight. According to RDS, Stiverne’s promoter Camile Estephan wants the Wilder-Stiverne fight to take place in Montreal, Canada, but Deontay doesn’t want the fight to take place there.
If the two sides are unable to negotiate the fight, then it’ll go to purse bids on September 12th. From there it’ll be whoever has the deepest pockets to win the bid. Deontay is backed by the powerhouse promotional company Golden Boy.
By Scott Gilfoid: There’s a purse bid scheduled for September 12th for WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne and Deontay Wilder in case two fighter’s promoters are unable to negotiate a fight between them for later this year.
If goes to purse bids, then you can expect a fight to take place by November or December this year unless Stivern’s hand injury still isn’t healed by then.
If Stiverne is still injured, I wouldn’t be surprised if the World Boxing Council gives him the tag of ‘Champion in recess” so that Deontay can fight for the WBC title against the next available contender.
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs) is poised to face WBC title holder Bermane Stiverne later this year once his wounded hand heals up enough for them to face each other.
While many boxing fans believe that Stiverne will win based on his superior experience, trainer Joe Goosen believes that Deontay’s power and size might be too much for Stiverne in this fight.
Goosen was able to see Deontay’s punching power close up when he knocked out his fighter Malik Scott in the 1st round earlier this year. Deontay got perfect leverage on a 1-2 combination to the head of Scott that knocked him out. There was no getting up from those punches.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Francis: Having watched the available tapes of both Deontay Wilder and Bermane Stiverne, I have come to a conclusion that if they face each other, I favor Stiverne to win most likely by knockout. The reasons for my prediction are:
1. Stiverne seems to have more technical skill and boxing IQ than Wilder.
2. Stiverne has better defence.
3. Stiverne has faced far better opposition than Wilder, thus has more elite experience.
By Scott Gilfoid: With his win last night over a pudgy looking Mike Perez (20-0-1, 12 KOs), #2 WBC Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) earned a shot to fight for the WBC heavyweight title against the winner of the November fight between Deontay Wilder and WBC belt holder Bermane Stiverne.
Jennings will likely take a tune-up fight before he faces the winner of the Wilder-Stiverne fight though, because he’s clearly not going to be getting that title shot until early 2015 given that those two will be fighting in November.
Jennings, 6’3”, 222lbs, is going to need to raise his game considerably from what we saw last night against Perez if he wants to have a chance of beating Wilder or Stiverne. I expect that Jennings will be facing Deontay and not Stiverne, but either way he’s going to be in big trouble against either of those guys.
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Don King is reportedly looking to put together a fight between WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs) and unbeaten Deontay Wilder (31-0, 31 KOs) in Egypt later this year if he can get the logistics worked out. King previously put together huge Muhammad Ali fights called the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire and the Thrilla in Manila in the Philippines.
It’s unknown what the attraction would be for him to stage the fight in Egypt, because Deontay and Stiverne aren’t hugely popular like Ali was when King made those fights.