Bermane Stiverne Haitian-Born WBC World Heavyweight Champion

Bermane Stiverne defeated Chris Arreola by sixth round TKO to claim the WBC heavyweight championship.

After Klitschko vacated the title in December 2013, Stiverne was signed to fight Chris Arreola for the vacant title. On May 10, 2014, Stiverne won the title after a sixth-round knockout of Arreola, becoming the first Haitian-born boxer to win a world heavyweight championship.

Wladimir Klitschko, the brother of former WBC Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko want to fight the new Haitian WBC Heavyweight champion Bermane Stiverne for the title but... He's gonna have to wait... WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says Bermane Stiverne has to face Deontay Wilder before Wladimir Klitschko...

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Haiti - Sports : Haitian President Michel Martelly salutes the victory of the new Haitian-Canadian WBC Heavyweight Champion of the world Bermane Stiverne over Chris Arreola on Saturday 10 May 2014 i, Los Angeles CA...

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Mezanmi... The Heavyweight champion of the world is Haitian!!!! Did you hear me? The Boxing Heavyweight champion of the world is Haitian!!!! There is a new WBC boxing heavyweight champion of the world... His name is Bermane Stiverne and he is Haitian... All the way from Plaine-du-Nord, Haiti, to the top of the world... YEA Baby!!!

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