NEW YORK (AP) Deontay Wilder is steamed. And drained. And very, very eager. All of those descriptions are delivered by the WBC heavyweight champion himself as he prepares to fight Bermane Stiverne ...

Deontay Wilder (33-0) defeated WBC Heavyweight Champion Bermane Stiverne (24-2-1) via unanimous decision after a dominant performance by the challenger. By R.J. White Jan 18, 2015 at 1:14 am ET ...

The 6-feet-7, 225-pound Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) thoroughly out-boxed Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) to win the WBC championship in January 2015. Wilder won that 12-round bout by large margins on all ...

Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs), who has been idle for two years and was paid by Wilder's team to step aside, was called up from the undercard on short notice.

Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1, 21 KOs) is the mandatory challenger taking on Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs), looking to win back the WBC world heavyweight title he lost to the Bronze Bomber in a 12-round ...

The soon to be 39-year-old Stiverne has been asking for a rematch since losing his WBC heavyweight title to Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on January 17th, 2015.

Deontay Wilder out-boxed and handily out-pointed Bermane Stiverne to lift the WBC heavyweight world title Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the fight did not produce the expected knockout or ...

Deontay Wilder’s WBC heavyweight title reign will come full circle on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn when he takes on Bermane Stiverne. The bout, which can be seen on Showtime ...

Deontay Wilder hits Bermane Stiverne during their WBC heavyweight title boxing bout Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) John Locher/Associated Press ...

Wilder won the belt from Stiverne in 2015 in a 12-round decision. He repeatedly insisted Stiverne would go down and out early in this one. Wilder kept his word. He is 39-0 with 38 knockouts.