Deontay Wilder: He'll Go Down, I Will Hurt Him Bad!

Heavyweight Deontay Wilder will 'unleash the beast' when he challenges Deontay Wilder for the WBC world title on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Knockout specialist Wilder, who has so far stopped all 32 of his opponents - including Briton Audley Harrison - has yet to go beyond four rounds.

There has been a war of words in the build up, with champion Stiverne labelling Wilder a 'clown', but the challenger is confident he will become the new champion this weekend.

"I need to let this beast inside of me out. I am so ready for this fight. We are bringing back the heavyweight division," he said Wilder at the fight venue, the MGM Grand.

"Once I knock this guy out it will be on to the next guy for me. He will definitely go down, I'm going to hurt him bad.

"He has never faced someone with my athletic skills. My athleticism alone is going to hurt him.

"There is no better place to have a fight of this magnitude than in Las Vegas. The fight will be explosive, exciting and I will be bringing this heavyweight belt back to America.

"When you have so much animosity towards someone it makes for a great fight. Everything that I've said about him and all he has said about me will be settled on Saturday."

The winner wil be on course for a potential unification fight with the formidable Wladimir Klitschko who holds the other four versions of the heavyweight title and 36-year-old Haiti-born Stiverne (24-1-1- 21KOs) has no doubt it will be him who goes on to have that mega-money showdown.

"I really don't feel any emotions towards Deontay Wilder. The most important thing is for me to defend my world title

"All the trash talking that he does doesn't worry me. He doesn't have anything that I want. I am the champ. This is fighting, this is boxing, this is for real. I keep my concentration on the fight.

"We trained like he was the champion. We didn't talk about his past experience. We trained like he has gone 12 rounds before.

"I'm here to fight for the people. I fight to inspire people anywhere in the world, that's my responsibility since I am the world champion."