Did Adonis Stevenson Really Duck Kovalev?

Absolutely. He didn't want smoke with Kov or Ward or anybody. The minute he fought a real fighter in Gvozdyk, he got brutalized he was 40 years old at that point, and im pretty sure he was winning at that point

Absolutely. He didn't want smoke with Kov or Ward or anybody. The minute he fought a real fighter in Gvozdyk, he got brutalized

Still p***ed off we never got that fight.

Forgot about this whole saga. Like someone said earlier, easy to forget how big this potential fight was. Assume Stevenson is back to normal? Have drifted away from the sport a bit over the last few years.

Adonis is an azz clown great name but feared getting hit sime guys from Englaish or French colonies get woke fighting Mexican guys i don't know what you mean by this, adonis was an ass clown how? he was an entertaining fighter and didn't seem to be a douche out of it other than the whole pimp accusations...i mean sergey killed someone in the ring and socked a woman in the mouth so i would say he is worse

another boxing perplexing mystery lol i remember this one, the classics never get resolved

Actually Stevenson when he was on HBO agreed to fight kovalev but then he hired haymon and fled to showtime to fight nothing but bums for 5 straight years while ducking everyone else like Hopkins and pascal who both fought kovalev. Kinda weird huh? They never agreed to a fight on showtime, a purse bid was ordered by wbc but duva pulled out cause she knew haymon would win and kovalev had an HBO contract so wouldn't be able to fight there. They offered Stevenson the same 50 50 split as the purse bid but Stevenson refused to accept that. No fight. Stevenson left because HBO didn't give him a long term deal like they did Kovalev and others. Purse bids are meant to at least try to settle these types of contractual stalemates. If Duva had won the purse bid, would Stevenson have gone to HBO for the fight? I don't see why not because it would be big money. Duva said it her way (HBO) or the highway (no fight). So Kovalev is really the one who ducked Stevenson, not the other way around.

They agreed to fight on showtime, then Kathy duva backed her slavic slave out the fight, claiming is couldn't be on showtime Actually Stevenson when he was on HBO agreed to fight kovalev but then he hired haymon and fled to showtime to fight nothing but bums for 5 straight years while ducking everyone else like Hopkins and pascal who both fought kovalev. Kinda weird huh? They never agreed to a fight on showtime, a purse bid was ordered by wbc but duva pulled out cause she knew haymon would win and kovalev had an HBO contract so wouldn't be able to fight there. They offered Stevenson the same 50 50 split as the purse bid but Stevenson refused to accept that. No fight.

They agreed to fight on showtime, then Kathy duva backed her slavic slave out the fight, claiming is couldn't be on showtime

Adonis is an azz clown great name but feared getting hit sime guys from Englaish or French colonies get woke fighting Mexican guys