Curtis stephens getting stroked by that sports network.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

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The Matthysse hype was already rolling after Soto and picked up intensity after Ajose.

The only reason why the forums went nuts was cause of the punch he KOed Dallas Jr with.


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Stevens KO over Roman is the equivalent. if it was just about the punch then the same posters would be equally as impressed and hyped about stevens.

Stevens did not KO Roman with the same punch Matthysse KOed Dallas Jr with (I think thats what you meant).


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[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I was wondering how his fight with roman was the main event with Adamak and chambers on the undercard

Well, you saw why Stevens was the main event, it was a guaranteed KO. People wanna see KOs.


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[Jc8804]

what kind of fight was stevens v roman?

Somehow it was the main event over far more accomplised fighters.
They wanna paint the picture like it was 50 50, but it was nothing but. A
Showcase for an average fighter

[Hougigo]

Who cares if he's lost?
People put too much emphasis on an 0.
NBC is of course building him up because that's good for their sports network.
He can be their own explosive MW.... if he becomes a champion, then even better for them, if they can get him to stay.
Stevens is an NBC guy, Showtime and HBO would do the same

[Hougigo]

Somehow it was the main event over far more accomplised fighters.
They wanna paint the picture like it was 50 50, but it was nothing but. A
Showcase for an average fighter

Hard to believe he got it over Adamek... but I think they put him on the main event billing to build him up.
They're in the build up process right now with him after that lay off and issues he had.
I just hope he fights some B level competition now, dunno if that'll be too much for him

[The Big Dunn]

Somehow it was the main event over far more accomplised fighters.
They wanna paint the picture like it was 50 50, but it was nothing but. A Showcase for an average fighter

which is exactly what ggg/ishida and matts/MDJ were, showcase fights. Its even worse in Matts case because the inital choice was Hank Lundy moving up to 140-a fighter so pathetic that posters said Adrien Broner was cherrypicking if he went up to 135 and fought Hank.

DO you sense any sort of different standard here? Not saying ggg and matts aren't good fighters but if poster JFD26 is right and the hype is about the punch then surely NBC is justififed to hype stevens the same way hbo/sho ahve done ggg/matts.

[Hougigo]

which is exactly what ggg/ishida and matts/MDJ were, showcase fights. Its even worse in Matts case because the inital choice was Hank Lundy moving up to 140-a fighter so pathetic that posters said Adrien Broner was cherrypicking if he went up to 135 and fought Hank.

DO you sense any sort of different standard here? Not saying ggg and matts aren't good fighters but if poster JFD26 is right and the hype is about the punch then surely NBC is justififed to hype stevens the same way hbo/sho ahve done ggg/matts.

The Ishida fight was in Monaco and I have no idea what network it was on... some frenchie network.
No issue with him being the main event there since he was the biggest name there in his tuneup fight.
Dallas Jr was a replacement for Lundy.
Matthysse would have beat him the same, but we all saw and remembered what Lundy is. If his chin holds out he's a good boxer.
Yea, it was a tune-up fight. He was just fighting to stay active and maintain his WBC mando spot. That's why he fought Peterson at 141.

[The Big Dunn]

The Ishida fight was in Monaco and I have no idea what network it was on... some frenchie network.
No issue with him being the main event there since he was the biggest name there in his tuneup fight.
Dallas Jr was a replacement for Lundy.
Matthysse would have beat him the same, but we all saw and remembered what Lundy is. If his chin holds out he's a good boxer.
Yea, it was a tune-up fight. He was just fighting to stay active and maintain his WBC mando spot. That's why he fought Peterson at 141.

either way if other networks can market spectacular KO's occurring in showcase fights NBC ca do the same. if its about spectacular KO's stevens just provided one.

[US Dirk Killer]

oh great... the most "explosive" middleweight in the world.
I can get that too by knocking out bums

[Hougigo]

either way if other networks can market spectacular KO's occurring in showcase fights NBC ca do the same. if its about spectacular KO's stevens just provided one.

I'm fine with it. He's an NBC guy and they want to build him up.
I hope he takes a B level guy next time to make him look that much better.
I also hope he just doesn't stick to NBC. There isn't another NBC show until November. If he wants a Golovkin shot, stay active and show you can keep producing these KO's against better opposition.
Hopefully HBO tries to put him on a card in September or early October.