By Edward Chaykovsky
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20KOs) plans to be ringside on November 8th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, where Bernard Hopkins and Sergey Kovalev will battle in a unification for the WBA/IBF/WBO titles.
"I will be ringside on November 8 for the fight of Bernard Hopkins vs. Sergey Kovalev. I will fight the winner for the unification," Stevenson announced to his social network followers.
Earlier this year, HBO tried to finalize a deal for Stevenson-Kovalev, with Stevenson making a career decision to leave the network for a higher paying agreement with Showtime.
Then Stevenson was in talks to face Hopkins, who felt the Canadian fighter was dragging his feet to reach an agreement. Stevenson was the odd man out when Hopkins grew tired of waiting, and decided to jump over to HBO to fight Kovalev instead.
Stevenson is due to return to Showtime in a voluntary defense at the end of the year. He then has to face mandatory challenger Jean Pascal.