Wilder-Stiverne negotiations making progress

By Boxing News - 10/15/2014 - Comments

deontay111By 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.

“I made a deal with King that we’re very satisfied with financially,” Estephan said to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. “But we are still very anxious to get a date for the fight and a site. I can’t speculate about Wilder but I think it’s time for him and his team to stop talking and make the fight.”

Hopefully, Deontay signs his on for the fight so it can take place. They’re looking at either December or in early 2015 for the fight to take place. I’d be very surprised if the fight can the fight to take place by December because that would give Deontay and Stiverne almost zero time to prepare for the fight.

For it take place in December, they’d have to sign the contracts right away and that obviously isn’t going to happen. We’re probably talking about the fight taking place in February or March of 2015 if then.

Stiverne’s team wants the fight to take place in Canada. I’m not sure what Deontay will say to that because I think he’d prefer it to take place in the United States, but he probably won’t make a big issue about it. As long as Deontay gets a chance at the WBC title, he’ll likely be happy. He’s fought in the UK in the past and done well. I doubt that he’ll be too broken up about the fight being staged in Canada rather than the United States.



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