I have all of Vitali and Vlad's fights on tape, including Vlad winning the gold medal back in 1996, Atlanta, GA. Vlad beat all the heavyweight champions easily and now he will get a fight for the WBC, besides, if Don King puts up road blocks against Vlad fighting Stiverne, then Vitali can always fight for the WBC title again, he will knock Stieverne out. Don King will be trouble if Stiverne were to beat Arreola, but I think Arreola will knock Stiverne out in the rematch.............there is a reason for such..............I do think Stiverne is still in court with Don King, don't think a decision has been made yet, whatever, from what I have been reading, Stiverne does not like Don King. Ask Tyson about Don King, watch him on HBO.............After all, if Don King can keep control over Stiverne, which is possible, he is not likely to stop Stiverne from fighting for the title because King would be back into the picture once again.
I don't get it. Here in Quebec no media refers to Stiverne has being promoted by Don King but by Eye of the tiger management. Are you guys sure King is still up there with Stiverne?
There was an article on the scene quoting Stiverne just a few days ago that he settled with King and they're now officially "back together". Ironically this was published close to when the WBC ordered the Stiverne vs. Arreola rematch so we can assume Stiverne had some pressure to resolve his promotional issues.
Titles should be won in the ring. Should have had Stiverne versus someone else (Pulev, Fury) for the title. Despite that I hope Arreola wins, think hellt want the Wlad fight if he wins. Would like to see the 4 number 1 contenders battle off to give Wlad some deserving contenders.