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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Stiverne vs. Arreola: Rematch,
But This Time For The WBC World Title
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The Montrealer Bermane Stiverne and the
Californian Chris Arreola will fight the second time next
spring, but this time, it will be the vacant WBC heavyweight
championship of the world. Stiverne was waiting the signal
to fight Vitali Klitschko, but the Ukrainian boxer has
decided to resign as WBC champion to start a political
career. Klitschko, 42 years old, wants to become the next
president of Ukraine. Stiverne and Arreola are the first two
WBC contenders, then, they will receive officially an
invitation by the WBC championship committee to fight for
the vacant title.
April 27th at the Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario,
California, Stiverne (23-1-1) won a WBC decisive elimination
bout in beating Arreola (36-3-0) by unanimous decision in 12
rounds. Last month, Klitschko (41-2-0), who won his last 12
world championship bouts, said he was ready to face Stiverne
before start his political career, but he changed his mind
with all the protesting manifestations in Kiev, claiming the
resigning of the actual president, Viktor Ianoukovytch.
Klitschko did not fight since September 8th 2012, since his
win by TKO (4th round) against the German Manuel Charr
(25-1-0) in Moscow.
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