Stiverne and Wilder have a heavyweight showdown on January 17th and Wilder in the lead up to the fight often said that Tuscaloosa will be have two champions by the time the fight was over. Wilder who is from Tuscaloosa was referring to the Crimson Tide winning the College Football Championship and him taking Stiverne’s belt.
Well…….
Tuscaloosa’s hopes of another college football crown were dashed on Thursday evening when the Ohio State Buckeyes scored a major upset this year’s Sugar Bowl, which doubled as the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) semifinals. That leaves Wilder (32-0, 32KOs) as the city’s lone remaining hope on the year, since college football doesn’t start up again for another 7½ months.
The way his opponent sees it, the football-crazed town should either just stick to football or prepare for another letdown.
“I don’t know how to break it to them, but Tuscaloosa is about to go 0-2,” insists a confident Stiverne (24-1-1, 21KOs) of the outcome of his first heavyweight title defense. “I wasn’t rooting against Alabama at all (versus Ohio State). I feel sorry for what happened to Alabama’s team, and I feel sorry for Wilder come January 17.”
We will see.
H/T Boxing Scene
