Bermane Stiverne - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Bermane "B. WARE" Stiverne (born January 11, 1978 in Laval

Laval, Quebec

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, QC, Canada) is a Canadian heavyweight boxer of Haitian descent.

Amateur

Stiverne was Canadian superheavyweight silver medallist in 2005. In 2003 and 2004 he won bronze. In international competition he beat Robert Helenius

Robert Helenius

Robert "The Nordic Nightmare" Helenius is a Finnish professional Heavyweight boxer. As an amateur he won Silver at the European Championships 2006 at super heavyweight...

(points) and David Price (boxer)

David Price (boxer)

David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...

(KO). His record was 49-10.
He comments about his absence from the Olympics: "In a qualifying tournament in Mexico I met a Mexican fighter in the semi-finals and I was robbed. I knocked him down three times but still they gave him the decision and the place in Olympics."

Pro

He turned pro under Don King and knocked out his first 11 opponents with his trademark left hook. He is currently fighting out of Las Vegas

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.

In 2007 he lost by TKO to Demetrice King. In January 2011, he fought and KOd Kertson Manswell

Kertson Manswell

Kertson Manswell is a heavyweight boxer from Trinidad and Tobago.-Amateur:At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manswell won the silver medal, losing the gold to Canadian Jason Douglas. Manswell again won silver at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, losing final to Victor Bisbal...

in the 2 round. He won the vacant WBC International, vacant WBC USNBC and vacant WBA Fedelatin heavyweight titles. He fought Ray Austin

Ray Austin (boxer)

Ray Austin is an American professional boxer.-Professional career:Nicknamed "The Rainman", Ray Austin is a heavyweight boxer. Austin has drawn with other notable heavyweights Lance Whitaker, Larry Donald, and Sultan Ibragimov...

on June 25, 2011 for the vacant WBC

World Boxing Council

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Silver Heavyweight title. Stiverne won the fight by a 10 round TKO. The bout was a WBC heavyweight title eliminator fight so Stiverne is now the mandatory challenger for the WBC heavyweight championship.