Finally- it came time to discuss the heavyweight picture as Bermane Stiverne, the WBC silver champion and mandatory challenger for champ Vitali Klitschko, was in the room. Mauricio Sulaiman has accepted Klitschko’s request to wait until November 30, 2013 to issue a full statement regarding his future in the ring. There is every indication that Klitschko will fight again, hoping for an early Spring bout in March or April, against Stiverne- his mandatory challenger. K2 Promotions managing director Tom Loeffler acknowledged Vitali’s statement and agreed that this is where Vitali stands at the moment. Stiverne’s promoter, Camille Estephan of Eye of the Tiger Promotions, took the mic and accepted this timetable. It was then that things got strange and a little tense. WBC #6 contender and former Klitschko challenger Manuel Charr took the mic and started to heatedly explain that he was involved in negotiations with Don King to deliver a fight against Stiverne. Charr felt he was being lied to. Stivern’s promoter Estephan then turned to Charr and disavowed anything King had promised, since King is not Stiverne’s promoter and is being sued by the fighter. Charr began yelling even louder and he and Estephan squared off face to face, inches from each other. Charr’s translator Malte Müller-Michaelis and WBC legal counsel Alberto Leon stepped into the fray and separated the two men before things got any uglier. Sulaiman asked Charr to sit down, to which Charr refused several times, instead angrily pleading his case over the live microphone. Sulaiman eventually let Charr finish, then asked him to sit down and gave his own explanation of the situation to Charr. Sulaiman explained in part, “Manuel, I believe there has been a misunderstanding between the parties involved. You have been very loyal to the WBC as the WBC has been to you. This sort of behavior will not serve you very well if you continue to act in this way.” Charr calmed down and eventually left the meeting hall.