Browsing Tag Bermane Stiverne
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Can Wilder Win?
While the whole world, and of course that includes the sports world, is “on pause” due to the deadly pandemic we are all struggling with, the fact remains ...
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Fury vs Wilder II: The Breakdown
It seems strange to know so much about two fighters – their strengths and weaknesses and how their styles mesh –and yet the outcome of a match between ...
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Overfed Turkey Or Sleek Bird Of Prey?
What a difference two years can make. Back in 2017, the WBC belt-holder Deontay Wilder had just fought Gerald Washington, the latest in his long line of scrubs, ...
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The Rise of Camille Estephan
Camille Estephan always makes eye contact. Standing on the press conference podium, his bulky musculature sheathed in a fitted suit jacket, the Eye of the Tiger promoter will ...
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King Of The North: Big Country vs Monster Mel
The absurdly one-sided demolition inflicted by Deontay Wilder on Bermane Stiverne in their rematch a month ago was painful to watch in any case, but it was especially ...
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Ulysse vs Claggett: Rare As Rubies
Tomorrow night Montreal hosts another major pro boxing card, this one organized by Eye Of The Tiger Management and featuring no fewer than 12 matches. The venue is ...
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The Wilder vs Ortiz Debacle
Last month boxing fans were treated to the welcome news that WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, aka “The Bronze Bomber,” would defend his title against one of the ...
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Wilder vs Miller: The Time Is Now!
Try as I might, I just can’t keep a straight face when I read “world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.” Believe me, it’s been tough to give him the ...
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The Weekend That Was
Some significant outcomes in the sport of pugilism over the last 48 hours. Here are the highlights, with a lowlight or two as well. First up, Hopkins vs ...
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Exclusive Interview With Bermane Stiverne
Much of the excitement surrounding the heavyweight division’s minor resurgence has to do with an influx of young talent. Deontay Wilder, a 2008 U.S. Olympian and charismatic knockout artist, ...
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The Heavyweight King
Showtime’s Brian Custer recently referred to Deontay Wilder as the “world heavyweight champion” and so contributed to the mass confusion in boxing. Would-be fans —precisely the demographic the ...
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Whatever Happened to Ambition?
Why isn’t Deontay Wilder screaming for a fight with Wladimir Klitschko? Why isn’t Leo Santa Cruz calling out Guillermo Rigondeaux? Or Vasyl Lomanchenko? Or Nicholas Walters? Why isn’t Adonis Stevenson ...
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Five Questions For Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell is a former boxing manager who once steered Mitch “Blood” Green, Leon Spinks, and Freddie Norwood. He is also the author of “Why I Fixed Fights”, ...
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The Heavyweight Landscape Changes
One week ago, Deontay Wilder became the first American heavyweight champion since Shannon Briggs. For some reason, Briggs is still in boxing, and has spent the last while ...
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Wilder Dominates Listless Stiverne
As some expected, the much anticipated Stiverne vs Wilder heavyweight title match did not live up to the hopes of fight fans. Instead of action, high drama and ...
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Stiverne vs Wilder: The Picks
Maybe it’s a clash of heavyweight pretenders in the age of the Klitschko King. Then again, maybe it’s the heavyweight fight of the year. Either way, tonight’s showdown ...
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Critics Can STFU Cause Someone’s Getting KTFO: Stiverne vs Wilder
Though it’s billed as “Return to Glory”, Saturday does not signify an American heavyweight renaissance. Those of us who tasted the Tyson or Ali eras, and thus have ...
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Mark Your Calendar
January: traditionally a month when you discover your weight went up, your bank balance has gone down and the weather, most places, can only be described as grim. ...
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Hamburg Hit Job: Klitschko Blasts Pulev
Wladimir Klitschko gave us what we wanted. Last night at the O2 Arena in Hamburg, the Ukrainian heavyweight champion employed all of his considerable gifts in a fifth ...
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Praying For Stormy Seas: Klitschko vs Pulev
Wladimir Klitschko, who owns the heavyweight division like an oversized infant does a playpen full of toddlers, defends his four titles against Bulgaria’s Kubrat Pulev this Saturday in Hamburg. ...
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Bermane Stiverne Wins WBC Heavyweight Crown
The heavyweight division has a new lord. On Saturday Bermane “B. Ware” Stiverne stopped Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola in the sixth round to capture the WBC heavyweight championship, ...
