He would have to rank very, very high on any ones ATG lists...That would be a story Hollywood could not even write
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If Hopkins defeats Stevenson this year and retires
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Adonis Stevenson is a tough S.O.B
If Hopkins does win that fight and retires, like you said, that's the stuff of Hollywood.
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it would be his best win in a long, long time. stevenson looks like a solid fighter, and has been on a bit of a run.
let's not act like it's goign to cause him to make some drastic leap up the ladder, though. stevenson spent a long time in obscurity in canada. he has a knockout loss to darnell boone in 2010. that's not all that long ago. he didn't yet have 20 fights, but he was a grown man and had been a pro for four years. he's come into prominence mostly off of the knockout of chad dawson, a faded / shot fighter coming off of a loss. he's been fighting fighters who aren't terrific, and looking good / decent in knocking them out.
when you're tlaking about rating fighters against 100 years or so of other boxers, you change your standards.
stevenson's on a nice little run in historic context, nothing more. you should see the years that some of the greatest of all time have had. they sh#t all over the little run pimp steven is on.
is it a solid win? sure. is it bumping him up the top 100 of all time list to any great degree? no.
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Good win of course but Stevenson's not that good.
So it wouldn't enhance his legacy too much for me.
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