On January 17, 2015, Bermane Stiverne (24-1-1, 21 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against American challenger, Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32 KOs).
Bermane Stiverne is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Chris Arreola, 8 months and 7 days ago. Deontay Wilder is on a 32-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round RTD win over Jason Gavern, 5 months and 1 day ago.
The winning odds are at 62-38 in favor of Bermane Stiverne. Deontay Wilder also has a chance at winning but he will have to put up a really good fight to get the win.
Deontay Wilder defeated Bermane Stiverne via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Wilder improves his record to 33-0, while Stiverne adds a loss to his record at 24-2-1.