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by Cliff Rold - When two guys can clearly punch, and so little else is really known about them, there is an element of danger to a fight.
Bermane Stiverne has the loose belt in the division World Champion Wladimir Klitschko does not. There isn’t much else to go by. Two wins over fringe contender Chris Arreola only tell us so much. There isn’t much else to go by.
He still has plenty to prove.
Deontay Wilder has risen through the ratings of the WBC by sheer numbers. A check of the most current WBC ratings at Heavyweight show that Wilder is undefeated against their top forty Heavyweights.
That’s not a big deal.
It’s easy to be undefeated against the top forty guys in the WBC ratings when you haven’t fought any of them. That’s not a misprint. Wilder is rated number one by the WBC and hasn’t faced one guy rated in the 39 slots below him.
Then again, Stiverne has only faced one current WBC top 40 himself (Arreola is currently their 13th rated Heavyweight and was higher when he fought Stiverne for the vacant belt last year).
Let’s not **** on the WBC too hard. Most of the press ratings, as seen below, have Wilder in the top ten for the same credentials. When a division lacks depth, a string of bodies goes a long way. Wilder has gone 32 fights without even getting past the fourth round. [Click Here To Read More]
Bermane Stiverne has the loose belt in the division World Champion Wladimir Klitschko does not. There isn’t much else to go by. Two wins over fringe contender Chris Arreola only tell us so much. There isn’t much else to go by.
He still has plenty to prove.
Deontay Wilder has risen through the ratings of the WBC by sheer numbers. A check of the most current WBC ratings at Heavyweight show that Wilder is undefeated against their top forty Heavyweights.
That’s not a big deal.
It’s easy to be undefeated against the top forty guys in the WBC ratings when you haven’t fought any of them. That’s not a misprint. Wilder is rated number one by the WBC and hasn’t faced one guy rated in the 39 slots below him.
Then again, Stiverne has only faced one current WBC top 40 himself (Arreola is currently their 13th rated Heavyweight and was higher when he fought Stiverne for the vacant belt last year).
Let’s not **** on the WBC too hard. Most of the press ratings, as seen below, have Wilder in the top ten for the same credentials. When a division lacks depth, a string of bodies goes a long way. Wilder has gone 32 fights without even getting past the fourth round. [Click Here To Read More]
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