Born:
November 1, 1978
Place of Birth: Plaine-du-Nord, Haiti
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Bermane Stiverne is a Haitian
Canadian professional boxer.
He held the WBC heavyweight
title from 2014 to 2015. He was also challenged twice for world titles in 2017
and 2021.
Stiverne turned professional
under promoter Don King and knocked out his first twelve opponents with his
favored left hook.
In 2007, he lost by TKO to
Demetrice King.
In January 2011, he fought
KOd Kertson Manswell in two rounds.
He won the vacant WBC
International, vacant WBC USNBC, and vacant WBA Federation heavyweight titles.
He fought Ray Austin on June
25, 2011, for the vacant WBC Silver heavyweight title. Stiverne won the fight
by a 10-round TKO, becoming the mandatory challenger for the WBC heavyweight
championship held by Vitali Klitschko.