Eleider Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) is tired of waiting and he doesn't plan to wait any longer.

Although they share the same promoter in Yvon Michel, and the same manager in Al Haymon, Alvarez has been waiting for nearly two years to get a mandatory title shot at WBC world light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson.

Alvarez defeated Isaac Chilemba in 2015 in a final WBC eliminator to get the shot at Stevenson. Since then Alvarez has been passed over a few times.

Saturday's Showtime televised doubleheader was intended to create a fall encounter between Stevenson and Alvarez - but the two talented fighters have appeared in doubleheaders in the past.

In the main event, Stevenson stopped Polish challenger Andrzej Fonfara at 28 seconds of the second round to successfully defend the WBC belt. The Montreal fighter pounded Fonfara with left-hand blows before Fonfara's corner waved to referee Michael Griffin to stop the beating.

Stevenson beat Fonfara for the second time, this time much more easily than his win by unanimous decision in 2014 that saw both fighters hit the canvas.

"I didn't see the first knockdown, it was so fast," said Sugar Hill, Stevenson's trainer. "Everyone knows Adonis has a devastating left hand and that's their game plan, to try to stop the left hand. But he throws it from so many different angles. That's his weapon of choice and nobody's stopped it yet. So he's going to keep using the left hand. In the second round, he just walked up and it was left hand, left hand, left hand. That was it. And they were hard blows."

One would assume that Alvarez would be next? Alvarez risked his mandatory shot by appearing in the co-feature and winning a solid twelve round decision over former world champion Jean Pascal.

"I wanted to take this fight because real champions are fighting real champions.  I’ve been waiting for two years for my title shot and now there’s no doubt about it.  I earned it," Alvarez stated.

But when asked about fighting Alvarez next, Stevenson would not make a verbal commitment to that fight.

“I’m the greatest at 175 - the champ, baby.  I’m the king.  I don’t have to call anybody out. Whoever Al Haymon puts in front of me, I’m ready," Stevenson said.