This episode will help create excitement for fans to get them ready for the huge heavyweight clash between Deontay and Stiverne later this month on January 17th on Showtime Championship Boxing from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Deontay, 6’7”, is on a mission to have his hand raised and become a heavyweight champion of the world. Deontay wants to bring back the WBC heavyweight title to America where it’s been missing for the last nine years. However, Deontay has a formable task ahead of him in trying to take Stiverne’s belt, because this is a fighter with a lot of power, a great chin and decent amateur experience.
Stiverne hasn’t done much in the pros though, but he’s been kind of a late bloomer at 36. Stiverne can still have a good career if he can beat Deontay and someone like Wladimir Klitschko.
That’s a lot to ask for though because Stiverne doesn’t have the size or the hand speed to match-up against either of those huge heavyweights. As such, Stiverne will need to be able to count on his chin in order to take the vicious right hand shots from Deontay on January 17th.
“A lot of heavyweights say a lot of things about me, because they can’t and they’re not doing what I’m doing. I’m a true athlete. I’m the kind of person where if you show me how to do it I’ll do it. I remember the first time I was sparring as a pro. I dropped him. I remember him going down and my eyes got so big. Have you ever been in a place where you knew you were in the right place at the right time? I felt like this was my last opportunity to become somebody. We got the antidote for Bermane. He ain’t nothing but a two-trick pony. I’m on one mission to have my hands held into the sky, and then they say those three words ‘and the new.’”
“He was a late arrival to the sport. Most guys start at 8 to 12 years old,” said Deontay’s trainer Jay Deas. “Deontay started at almost 20. Within two months we already had him sparring professional boxers. The guy looks over at me and says ‘whatever you do keep him.’”
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