Adonis Stevenson: record, next fight and profile →
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (28-1, 23KOs) is hoping to get in the ring with the winner of next week's showdown between IBF/WBO/WBA light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward.
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA/IBF/IBO/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs), created a big reaction from the fans when he recently stated that his fighter was capable of beating Sergey Kovalev, Andre Ward and Adonis Stevenson - who are two weight divisions above Golovkin.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the mandatory fight between Adonis Stevenson and Eleider Alvarez is heading to a date in early 2017. Their mutual promoter, Yvon Michel of GYM, felt it was best to push it back to early 2017 when more money would be available on the table. The two fighters also share the same adviser in Al Haymon.
Trainer Abel Sanchez is very confident that his star pupil, WBA/IBO/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) is capable of beating the top three fighters who currently compete at light heavyweight.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, the mandatory fight between Adonis Stevenson and Eleider Alvarez is heading to a date in early 2017. The fight was initially targeted for the fall of 2016, but there appears to be a change of plans.
The mandatory fight between Adonis Stevenson and Eleider Alvarez is heading to a date in early 2017. The fight appeared to be targeted for the fall of 2016, but there appears to be a change of plans.
MONTRÉAL - Groupe Yvon Michel's (GYM) world-ranked boxers have enrolled in the new VADA/WBC Clean Boxing Program (CBP), created by Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) and the World Boxing Council (WBC).
Back in June, light heavyweight contender Joe Smith Jr. (22-1, 18KOs) pulled off one of the biggest upset of the year when he knocked out top contender Andrzej Fonfara in the first round.
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson recently had the opportunity to get together with retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the Beach Club in Pointe-Calumet, Quebec, Canada.
When the negotiations between light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and 175-pound titleholder Sergey Kovalev first fell apart in early 2014, Stevenson jumped from HBO to Showtime. The fighters’ network alignments have been the major reason why the fight hasn’t happened since.