“I told my promoter Don King to get me any man on earth and I will fight for the right to prove myself to the world. Then the phone rings, it’s Don, he tells me Joe Joyce - a boxer with only seven bouts - agrees to meet me! ‘Seven bouts?’. Seven fights and he has the audacity to box me? I have stopped Chris Arreola, Ray Austin, the then undefeated Kerston Manswell - and a boxer with seven fights wants to box me?!.’ I said to Don ‘Sign it, take it, grab it,’ I’m ready. Seven fights - and he wants to box me?," Stiverne said. "For me it is a dream come true - but for Joyce it will be a nightmare. I will knock out Joe Joyce and step over him to KO Anthony Joshua. I’m primed and ready. The real Bermane Stiverne will be there on February 23 and will knock out Joe Joyce en route to regaining my heavyweight crown.” Big Bermane is BACK!
"I have stopped Chris Arreola, Ray Austin, the then undefeated Kerston Manswell - and a boxer with seven fights wants to box me?!" That's gold! How can you boast about that resume?!
This is going to be a one sided beat down by Joyce. The guy is making out wins against bums like Arreola, Manswell and Austin are impressive? Who is he trying to kid?
Stiverne in his prime would of at least had a punchers chance to catch Joyce with a counter but even then probably would of been beaten into the ground. Now he's a walking punching bag, it's going to be brutal and one sided. Stiverne does well to go 3 rounds.
Stiverne didn't last 45 seconds with Deontay in the last fight. He's completely past it and is basically insane talking about KOing anyone.