WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman was ringside at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night to watch his organization’s heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder dispose of former titlist Bermane Stiverne with three brutal knockdowns in the first round. Sulaiman said afterward that is squarely behind the efforts for Wilder to get the fight that he and boxing fans want: a unification bout with England’s Anthony Joshua.
“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.”
