By Daily Sports on November 7, 2017

World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman was on hand last Saturday night to watch the destruction of the WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) leveled on former world champion Bermane “B-Ware” Stiverne (25-3-1, 21 KOs) in halting him in the 1st round at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Sulaiman believes that Wilder’s brutal 1st round knockout win of Stiverne sets the table for a much bigger fight against IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) next year.

Sulaiman isn’t in the position to try and force Joshua to take the fight. Joshua holds the IBF/WBA heavyweight titles, so it’s not a simple matter of making Wilder the mandatory for one of those belts.

Last year, Sulaiman made a future effort to try and force Saul “Canelo” Alvarez to fight middleweight IBF/WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in a unification by making him Canelo’s mandatory challenger.

At the time, Canelo was the WBC 160 lb. title. Everything would have been perfect with that fight taking place if Canelo hadn’t opted to vacate his WB title rather than fight GGG. Canelo wasn’t going to be forced to defend against Golovkin. If it were possible and Sulaiman tried the same move on Joshua, it’s likely he would vacate the WBC title to steer around the Wilder fight, but it doesn’t look like the British fighter wants the fight with the Bronze Bomber right now.

“Everything is set for Wilder versus Joshua,” Sulaiman said. “Wilder told me specifically that he wants Joshua next, and he asked the WBC to do whatever it takes to support the making of this fight. Now it is up to the promoters, managers, and TV corporations to make it happen. Both fighters want it, the world wants it, and boxing needs it”, Suleiman said. (Boxingnews24)

•Photo shows Wilder, Joshua.

Source Daily Sports

Posted November 7, 2017

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