So far this year, Adonis Stevenson has ducked Sergey Kovalev, Bernard Hopkins, and Jean Pascal
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Last year Adonis was truly 
fighting 4 times.
This year he's hasn't even been worth talking about. What the fukk is Haymon doing not putting together fights for Adonis?
fighting 4 times.This year he's hasn't even been worth talking about. What the fukk is Haymon doing not putting together fights for Adonis?
Last year Adonis was truly
This year he's hasn't even been worth talking about. What the fukk is Haymon doing not putting together fights for Adonis?
He was offered Kovalev, Hopkins, and Pascal. Unless Haymon is turning down these fights, the blame is on Adonis Stevenson for none of these fights happening.
I expect to see Adonis Stevenson vs the #83rd ranked Super Middleweight sometime before the year ends...you know that's currently typical Haymon fighters matchups
Axum Ezana
Driving in the fast lane
maybe want a big ppv vs bhop-kov winner
seemorecizzy
Superstar
pathetic
Tide Run This
Veteran
Chased those Heyman checks,had a struggle win in Showtime debut with a shytty rating to boot then B-Hop sonned him and Heyman now he's irrelevant.
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
Stevenson is getting ethered lately:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-bo...-handling-his-career-all-wrong-175036508.html
It was only 15 months ago that Adonis Stevenson obliterated Chad Dawson in Montreal in their fight for the WBC light heavyweight title, though it seems like 15 years.
Stevenson has blown any momentum he captured with his surprising performance against Dawson.
He's made a series of stupefying decisions and appears much more like Clark Kent rather than the “Superman” nickname he's most definitely not living up to.
With the official word coming last week that the only two other light heavyweights who matter, Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev, are going to fight Nov. 8 in Atlantic City, Stevenson essentially has been pushed out of the spotlight.
Fortunes change quickly in boxing and in a year's time, much of the negative talk surrounding Stevenson could be forgotten.
The key word here is much. Much of it will be forgotten. Not all of it will be.
Boxing fans and the media have long memories. And they'll remember a guy who blew a potential Fight of the Year with Kovalev. They'll remember a guy who jumped networks seemingly to get a fight with Hopkins, then not making that fight.
They'll remember a guy who seemed much more focused on safe title defenses rather than challenging himself against the best.
The only surprise about Stevenson's victory over Dawson on June 8, 2013, was how quickly it came. Dawson clearly looked like he was nearing the end of the line, and most of those in the know expected Stevenson to handle him.
But that victory, which came before a big audience on HBO, was a breakout performance for Stevenson. The thing to remember is that it came when he was 35 and definitely on the back nine of his career.
Guys in those situations, who haven't had big fights before, usually rush to take advantage of their newfound status. It would have made sense for Stevenson to demand a bout with Kovalev immediately after dispatching Dawson.
He took a bout against Tavoris Cloud, which was disappointing in one sense but understandable in another. Cloud has heavy hands and there was hope that a Stevenson-Cloud fight could become a closet classic, one of those low-profile matches that turns out to be outstanding.
Stevenson blew out Cloud, though, in a performance that was even better than his one-punch job against Dawson. And so, then it seemed we'd get the Kovalev bout.
Instead, he agreed to a mandatory defense with Tony Bellew. It was disappointing, but Kovalev was making a WBO title defense on the undercard, so a future matchup remained promising.
The belief among HBO executives, Main Events executives and Kovalev's team is that after the Stevenson-Bellow/Kovalev-Ismayl Sillakh doubleheader was that Stevenson and Kovalev would fight each other in one of the first big bouts of the new year.
Instead, Stevenson again demanded an interim bout, this time against Andrzej Fonfara.
Stevenson and his team made a number of miscalculations. When Stevenson jumped from HBO to Showtime, it was ostensibly to land a fight with Hopkins.
Hopkins, though, wasn't going to sit around idle. He's going to be 50 in January and doesn't have a lot of time to wait while the guy he wants to fight is taking on a series of inconsequential, low-profile matches.
Hopkins instead went after Kovalev.
While Hopkins and Kovalev fight for supremacy at light heavyweight, Stevenson is left to ponder what might have been. Though he could wind up fighting the winner at some point, his reputation and his bargaining power are vastly diminished. He looks like a guy who is ducking a challenge rather than seeking out the best.
And for a guy who will be 37 when he next fights, he might have blown a significant payday. That's never good.
Had Stevenson taken on Kovalev last year, he would have gotten a big payday for that fight. With a victory he would have been in a strong position to challenge Hopkins in a second, this time even bigger payday.
It still could have worked that way for Stevenson when he jumped to Showtime. If he'd made himself available for Hopkins right away, he'd have gotten a solid check for that fight and been able to get another – with a victory – in a unification bout with Kovalev.
But if Kovalev beats Hopkins – I doubt that – the best that Stevenson will do is get the one payday.
No matter what happens, though, he left himself open for questions about his fighting spirit. That's never a good thing.
Just 15 months ago, he was sitting upon a gold mine. He hasn't lost and has scored two knockouts while winning all three fights since his win over Dawson, but he now needs help to get a mega-bout and his reputation has been diminished.
It's a case of out of sight, out of mind.
If Stevenson wants to proceed racking up wins over B- and C-level opposition, it's his right.
Just as it's our right not to care all that much
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-bo...-handling-his-career-all-wrong-175036508.html
It was only 15 months ago that Adonis Stevenson obliterated Chad Dawson in Montreal in their fight for the WBC light heavyweight title, though it seems like 15 years.
Stevenson has blown any momentum he captured with his surprising performance against Dawson.
He's made a series of stupefying decisions and appears much more like Clark Kent rather than the “Superman” nickname he's most definitely not living up to.
With the official word coming last week that the only two other light heavyweights who matter, Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev, are going to fight Nov. 8 in Atlantic City, Stevenson essentially has been pushed out of the spotlight.
Fortunes change quickly in boxing and in a year's time, much of the negative talk surrounding Stevenson could be forgotten.
The key word here is much. Much of it will be forgotten. Not all of it will be.
Boxing fans and the media have long memories. And they'll remember a guy who blew a potential Fight of the Year with Kovalev. They'll remember a guy who jumped networks seemingly to get a fight with Hopkins, then not making that fight.
They'll remember a guy who seemed much more focused on safe title defenses rather than challenging himself against the best.
The only surprise about Stevenson's victory over Dawson on June 8, 2013, was how quickly it came. Dawson clearly looked like he was nearing the end of the line, and most of those in the know expected Stevenson to handle him.
But that victory, which came before a big audience on HBO, was a breakout performance for Stevenson. The thing to remember is that it came when he was 35 and definitely on the back nine of his career.
Guys in those situations, who haven't had big fights before, usually rush to take advantage of their newfound status. It would have made sense for Stevenson to demand a bout with Kovalev immediately after dispatching Dawson.
He took a bout against Tavoris Cloud, which was disappointing in one sense but understandable in another. Cloud has heavy hands and there was hope that a Stevenson-Cloud fight could become a closet classic, one of those low-profile matches that turns out to be outstanding.
Stevenson blew out Cloud, though, in a performance that was even better than his one-punch job against Dawson. And so, then it seemed we'd get the Kovalev bout.
Instead, he agreed to a mandatory defense with Tony Bellew. It was disappointing, but Kovalev was making a WBO title defense on the undercard, so a future matchup remained promising.
The belief among HBO executives, Main Events executives and Kovalev's team is that after the Stevenson-Bellow/Kovalev-Ismayl Sillakh doubleheader was that Stevenson and Kovalev would fight each other in one of the first big bouts of the new year.
Instead, Stevenson again demanded an interim bout, this time against Andrzej Fonfara.
Stevenson and his team made a number of miscalculations. When Stevenson jumped from HBO to Showtime, it was ostensibly to land a fight with Hopkins.
Hopkins, though, wasn't going to sit around idle. He's going to be 50 in January and doesn't have a lot of time to wait while the guy he wants to fight is taking on a series of inconsequential, low-profile matches.
Hopkins instead went after Kovalev.
While Hopkins and Kovalev fight for supremacy at light heavyweight, Stevenson is left to ponder what might have been. Though he could wind up fighting the winner at some point, his reputation and his bargaining power are vastly diminished. He looks like a guy who is ducking a challenge rather than seeking out the best.
And for a guy who will be 37 when he next fights, he might have blown a significant payday. That's never good.
Had Stevenson taken on Kovalev last year, he would have gotten a big payday for that fight. With a victory he would have been in a strong position to challenge Hopkins in a second, this time even bigger payday.
It still could have worked that way for Stevenson when he jumped to Showtime. If he'd made himself available for Hopkins right away, he'd have gotten a solid check for that fight and been able to get another – with a victory – in a unification bout with Kovalev.
But if Kovalev beats Hopkins – I doubt that – the best that Stevenson will do is get the one payday.
No matter what happens, though, he left himself open for questions about his fighting spirit. That's never a good thing.
Just 15 months ago, he was sitting upon a gold mine. He hasn't lost and has scored two knockouts while winning all three fights since his win over Dawson, but he now needs help to get a mega-bout and his reputation has been diminished.
It's a case of out of sight, out of mind.
If Stevenson wants to proceed racking up wins over B- and C-level opposition, it's his right.
Just as it's our right not to care all that much
pimpin aint easy..
SuikodenII
Where's Suikoden VI??????
What if Stevenson-Ward was made................... 
GREENandYELLOW
2x...and defending
Haymon tried to delay Hopkins fight so that his mandatory (another Haymon fighter) could steal the belt and then have him face Stevenson.He didn't duck Hopkins
He couldn't take that figth cause Main Events served him with a lawsuit
Stevenson may not have directly ducked Hopkins...but Stevenson has done absolutely everything since getting his belt to fight lower quality competition that he can. Dude has been avoiding quality opponents and it isn't even disputable.
If he really wanted to fight Hopkins he could have fulfilled his contract for HBO and jumped to Showtime to make a fight with Hopkins, but instead he agreed verbally to fight Kovalev and then got
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ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
What if Stevenson-Ward was made...................
Tried after he destroyed DawsonOffered a 2 fight series... One at 175 in Canada for the Lhw belts...N then a rematch at 168 in Oakland for the SMW belts ....guess who said no thanks
Offered a 2 fight series... One at 175 in Canada for the Lhw belts...N then a rematch at 168 in Oakland for the SMW belts ....guess who said no thanks
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