Adonis Stevenson: record, next fight and profile →
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson would love to get a rematch with Tony Bellew - if they both win their upcoming fights. Bellew returns to the cruiserweight ranks on Saturday night in Manchester, and faces WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Although he may be in his forties and fought to a majority draw against Badou Jack in the spring, once-beaten Adonis Stevenson is determined to show everyone that he's still the top fighter at light heavyweight. Stevenson will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) title against mandatory challenger Oleksandr Gvozdyk of Ukraine, on December 1st at the Videotron Center in Quebec, Canada.
Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew (30-2-1, 20 KOs) is the poster boy for career recovery - as he managed to make himself a major name in the sport in the aftermath of getting knocked out by WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in 2013.
By Keith Idec - At 33 years old, the last thing Artur Beterbiev needed was wasted time. When Beterbiev enters the ring Saturday night in Chicago, the Russian knockout artist will fight for the first time in almost 11 months. A prolonged legal battle with promoter Yvon Michel has helped keep him out of the ring since h...
On December 1st WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (29-1-1) will face his mandatory challenger, WBC interim titlist Oleskandr Gvozdyk (15-0) at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City.
The televised portion of the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury pay-per-view undercard is still under construction. It appears, though, that boxing fans will get an appealing lead-in to Showtime’s four-fight, pay-per-view telecast December 1. Sources have confirmed to BoxingScene.com that Showtime likely will televise the Adonis Stevenson-Oleksandr Gvozdyk light heavyweight title fight live on the network immediately preceding the start of the Wilder-Fury pay-per-view show that night.
Former two-division champion Badou Jack was hoping to get an immediate rematch of his May 19th clash against Adonis Stevenson. The fight for Stevenson's WBC light heavyweight title ended in a draw. Stevenson started fast but Jack closed the show well, stunning the 40-year-old on several occasions.
Groupe Yvon Michel confirmed to RDS that everything is coming together his December event, which is going to be headlined with Adonis Stevenson making his tenth defense of the World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight title against Olympic bronze medalist Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
Newly crowned WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) has finally arrived on the scene. Last month, he shocked the experts when he knocked out betting favorite Sergey Kovalev in seven rounds. A rematch is likely, as Kovalev intends to exercise his contracted right to an immediate rematch.
WBO light heavyweight champion Eleider Alvarez (24-0, 12 KOs) is riding high after last Saturday's huge victory over Sergey Kovalev in Atlantic City. Down on all three of the official cards, Alvarez changed around the entire fight with a huge right hand that sent Kovalev down. And then two more knockdowns finished Kovalev off.