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By Thomas Gerbasi - Don House has always been confident in Bermane Stiverne. But how confident is he that the WBC heavyweight champion will successfully defend his title against Deontay Wilder on Saturday night? So confident that he will be on an early morning flight to Boston on Sunday to work as a cutman for that night’s UFC Fight Night event.
“I’ll be there,” he laughs. “6:15. AM.”
So as far as he’s concerned, there will be no need to console his charge after a devastating loss of his title to the unbeaten former Olympic Bronze medalist. Instead, there will be a victory, a victory party, and then enough time to sleep on the cross-country flight.
You may call that the kind of bravado attached to any trainer’s media repertoire leading up to a big fight, but anyone who has known House for any length of time knows that the Las Vegan doesn’t pull punches and doesn’t say anything that he doesn’t believe in the pit of his stomach. That’s cost him some high-profile gigs over the years simply because he’s never been a ‘yes’ man. But on the flipside, if you have House in your corner and he believes in you, he will go through fire with you.
He’s believed in Stiverne ever since he first saw him in the gym in 2005 and was never shy about telling anyone who would listen about him. Nine years later, the Haiti native won a heavyweight championship by beating Chris Arreola via sixth round TKO last May, and even before the opening bell rang that night in Los Angeles, House had started to scout Mr. Wilder, the owner of a frightening 32-0, 32 KOs record. [Click Here To Read More]
“I’ll be there,” he laughs. “6:15. AM.”
So as far as he’s concerned, there will be no need to console his charge after a devastating loss of his title to the unbeaten former Olympic Bronze medalist. Instead, there will be a victory, a victory party, and then enough time to sleep on the cross-country flight.
You may call that the kind of bravado attached to any trainer’s media repertoire leading up to a big fight, but anyone who has known House for any length of time knows that the Las Vegan doesn’t pull punches and doesn’t say anything that he doesn’t believe in the pit of his stomach. That’s cost him some high-profile gigs over the years simply because he’s never been a ‘yes’ man. But on the flipside, if you have House in your corner and he believes in you, he will go through fire with you.
He’s believed in Stiverne ever since he first saw him in the gym in 2005 and was never shy about telling anyone who would listen about him. Nine years later, the Haiti native won a heavyweight championship by beating Chris Arreola via sixth round TKO last May, and even before the opening bell rang that night in Los Angeles, House had started to scout Mr. Wilder, the owner of a frightening 32-0, 32 KOs record. [Click Here To Read More]
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