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Mark Pickering: Undefeated Canadian powerhouse Adonis Stevenson is sharpening his skills as a sparring partner for Super Six front-runner Arthur Abraham who is working towards his second-round meeting with Andre Dirrell on March 6.
Stevenson, who at 32 is three years Abraham’s senior, is a highly-regarded southpaw who is best known for his first-round demolition of veteran Anthony Bonsante in 2008.
The Haiti-born super-middleweight, who has worked with the likes of Mikkel Kessler, Librado Andrade and Lucian Bute, is now testing German icon Abraham with his physical prowess and heavy hands in Zinnowitz, a spa-town in Northern Germany on the Baltic Sea.
“It’s a good opportunity for me, he has so much experience, I’m here to learn,” said Stevenson.
“I worked with Kessler and Bute when I was an amateur, now I work a lot with Andrade.”
Stevenson has stopped 10 of 13 opponents; a lethal strike rate that is reminiscent to Abraham, one of masters of power punching.
“Abraham, he can punch,” said Stevenson. “He is in shape but I think he can do better and on March 6 is going to be ready for Dirrell.”
According to German newspaper Bild, Armenian-born Abraham has also brought in retired former super middleweight king Sven Ottke, now 42, to replicate Dirrell’s speed and movement.
Stevenson, who at 32 is three years Abraham’s senior, is a highly-regarded southpaw who is best known for his first-round demolition of veteran Anthony Bonsante in 2008.
The Haiti-born super-middleweight, who has worked with the likes of Mikkel Kessler, Librado Andrade and Lucian Bute, is now testing German icon Abraham with his physical prowess and heavy hands in Zinnowitz, a spa-town in Northern Germany on the Baltic Sea.
“It’s a good opportunity for me, he has so much experience, I’m here to learn,” said Stevenson.
“I worked with Kessler and Bute when I was an amateur, now I work a lot with Andrade.”
Stevenson has stopped 10 of 13 opponents; a lethal strike rate that is reminiscent to Abraham, one of masters of power punching.
“Abraham, he can punch,” said Stevenson. “He is in shape but I think he can do better and on March 6 is going to be ready for Dirrell.”
According to German newspaper Bild, Armenian-born Abraham has also brought in retired former super middleweight king Sven Ottke, now 42, to replicate Dirrell’s speed and movement.
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