Adonis Stevenson Continues The Climb To Bute Battle

Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada - Rising super middleweight contender Adonis Stevenson (17-1, 14 KOs) stopped Jesus Gonzalez (27-2, 14 KOs) in the first round of action to secure his ranking position in the IBF's ladder, and retained his IBF Inter-Continental title. Stevenson is now the number two contender under the IBF and moves a step closer to a domestic showdown with the very popular champion Lucian Bute.

After suffered a shocking upset TKO loss to Darnell Boone in 2010, he came back in 2011 to stop Dion Savage, Derek Edwards and became the first man to stop Aaron Pryor Jr. Now being trained by the legendary Emanuel Steward, Stevenson is targeting a title shot in 2012.