Former MSU football player the new WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World

And it isn't Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell. Congrats to Bermane Stivern, just knocked out Chris Arreola on ESPN.

"The funny thing is that the Haitian-born Canadian almost didn’t end up in boxing. In 1997 the teenager first emerged on the radar not because of his fighting prowess, but because of his skills on the football field. After an outstanding high school career, and an older brother who played for the Miami Hurricanes, Bermane was given a scholarship to play for the Michigan State Spartans (the same college team that fellow heavyweight Seth Mitchell would play for several years later). Although Stiverne showed talent, his collegiate career never took off, and he dropped out after a year."

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/stivernes-power-on-display-against-arreola-188571

Interesting.  I've always taken a softer approach with Areola.

I watched the fight earlier tonight. I'm convinced the poor dude is going to get murdered by Klitschko when the unification fight comes around.

Regardless, I'm happy for the guy. Arreola was winning the fight until Stivern started tossing haymakers. Really gutsy performance.

It looked like the fight was rigged.

Surprised I don't remember that name one bit since I was balls deep into crootin back then