Comments Thread For: Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne Rematch Ordered By WBC

[NaijaD]

Honestly you can't blame Wilder for this, WBC are pure garbage though and they are not helping Wilder's cause with stuff like this.

[daggum]

these behind the scenes tricks are why boxing is a joke. stirverne is happy since he gets another shot althoguh completely undeserved and wilder is happy since he doesnt have to fight anyone good. win-win? oh the fans? fu-ck them. they are garbage

[daggum]

Former WBC heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) has rejected the idea of facing Luis Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs). Both boxers are positioned for a final WBC world title eliminator.

so he ducks a fight and gets rewarded. this is boxing so makese sense.

[original zero]

Honestly you can't blame Wilder for this, WBC are pure garbage though and they are not helping Wilder's cause with stuff like this.

I'm not sure you can blame the WBC either. They tried to get Stiverne to fight Ortiz in an eliminator. Don King said hell no and likely threatened to sue.

Considering Wilder just win $5 million because Povetkin doped, it'd be risky for the WBC to go to court and risk a judge ruling Stiverne was entitled to a title shot after Povetkin doped in their interim title fight.

[LoadedWraps]

He's been built up slowly but he's not the first fighter to be built up that way. And I don't see any other fighters hurrying to try and get in the ring with him. Ortiz was running his mouth on twitter but it's just twitter. He knew he was never a serious option. He don't even know who his promoter is. Myself personally I don't see much difference between Washington and any of these other heavyweights. I really don't.

Fury was calling out Wilder before he even landed the Wlad fight, and jumped in the ring to check him as champion.

[NaijaD]

I'm not sure you can blame the WBC either. They tried to get Stiverne to fight Ortiz in an eliminator. Don King said hell no and likely threatened to sue.

Considering Wilder just win $5 million because Povetkin doped, it'd be risky for the WBC to go to court and risk a judge ruling Stiverne was entitled to a title shot after Povetkin doped in their interim title fight.

I don't buy that line of reasoning..... Stiverne had to win the fight to get the title shot.... it was not guaranteed, Wilder did not have to win the Povetkin fight to get his purse, that was guaranteed which is why he could sue. So I don't see how he could sue the WBC, they're just crooked and in bed with Don King.

[Travycat]

Rather seem him fight Parker than Stiverne--he's shot. Notice the "baddest scam on the planet" is not using his "unification" (always remember, quotes better accentuate sarcasm) fight to secure even more belts after the Klitschko/Joshua fight. Even with that power, he's (Wilder) still green. And you can't fault him and his team for being a little scared and not wanting to take fights like Joshua is, albeit with less than half the experience. Probably my own prejudice, but I'm just a fan of the older fighters that didn't see a loss as something career ending. They saw it as a chance for getting better. And they did. That's why people will still talk about them in years to come. No offense; Deontay Wilder and Muhammad Ali will never be uttered in the same sentence despite holding the same belt.

[donjigga111]

Nobody wants to see this fight. Stiverne knew ortiz would knock him out. Stiverne wudda had to beat Povetkin in eliminator so only right he fights Ortiz. Am guessing him or wilder weren't keen on fighting ortiz though.

[original zero]

I don't buy that line of reasoning..... Stiverne had to win the fight to get the title shot.... it was not guaranteed, Wilder did not have to win the Povetkin fight to get his purse, that was guaranteed which is why he could sue. So I don't see how he could sue the WBC, they're just crooked and in bed with Don King.

wasn't deontay's fault povetkin doped and even though he was supposed to be paid for FIGHTING, he won his lawsuit and was paid even though he didn't fight.

not stiverne's fault povetkin doped and even though he was supposed to fight him in a final eliminator, he would have a legal argument that he should receive a title shot since he kept up his end of the bargain.

not to mention deontay's mandatory is way way way over due and stiverne is the highest ranked contender.

stiverne was not going to participate in another final eliminator. i have no doubt king would have sued an pursued an injunction.

[Rip Chudd]

SMH Don King and the WBC.