By Bill "Two Scoops" Emes
Recently, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer discussed his goal of matching Deontay Wilder (30-0, 30KOs) against Bermane Stiverne (23-1-1, 20KOs) for the vacant WBC heavyweight title - if current champion Vitali Klitschko vacates the belt in 2014 to focus on a planned 2015 presidential run in Ukraine.
If Vitali vacates, a fight between Wilder and Stiverne might be challenged by Chris Arreola (36-3, 31KOs), who is ranked at number two. Wilder is ranked at number three while Stiverne is the mandatory challenger.
Wilder says he is not avoiding a fight with Arreola and expects it to happen down the line.
"Everybody is always asking about Arreola, what happened to [fighting him] after the Seth Mitchell thing. That's out of my hands. My management handles it. I think they are doing a great job at what they are doing and people will soon see what they want. The thing is, boxing is a business and people have to agree on a lot of things and sometimes there are disagreements. Other camps have other options and other routes that they want to go, and I don't think fighting me is in their route to fight. I'm sure if the fight was called on they would fight. I just want it to happen. I think it will [happen], but we'll see," Wilder told BoxingScene.com.
