Comments Thread For: Team Stevenson Dismisses Possibility of Froch Showdown

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Well before Saturday’s HBO-televised doubleheader in Quebec, Canada, fans have been clamoring for a showdown between light heavyweight knockout artists Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev.

Both fighters did their part to further create interest in such a future pairing; Stevenson successfully defended his World lineal championship with a 6th round stoppage of Tony Bellew, while Kovalev emphatically knocked out Ismayl Sillakh inside of two rounds.

Kovalev (23-0-1, 21KO) continues to call out Stevenson, who for whatever reason continues to look elsewhere for his next opportunity. During his post-fight interview with HBO’s Max Kellerman, Stevenson (23-1, 20KO) insisted his fans would rather first see the Haitian-Canadian take on the likes of Carl Froch or Bernard Hopkins. [Click Here To Read More]

[JamesEarl]

No voodoo Haiti dude is beating a Russian

Kovalev destroys that Stevenson zombie withing 4 rounds.

[El Angel]

But, but he wants to duck Kovalev doe Can't duck him by fighting guys that you obviously aren't going to get next. Hopkins will be the same story.

[MDPopescu]

But, but he wants to duck Kovalev doe Can't duck him by fighting guys that you obviously aren't going to get next. Hopkins will be the same story.

Please do not mention B-Hop into this... Grandpa did enough for the sport already... Hopkins, the legend, needs a statue in Philly and a nice retirement festivity...

[lutenco]

KOVALEV will beat STEVENSON IMO;STEVENSON is really a ****** man if you listen at his interviews but he is good in a ring,not enough for KOVALEV because styles make fights and KOVALEV is better to make adjustments than STEVENSON. BHOP is a enigma,he is a master of everything a man can do in a ring but he is 48y now and age count,sooner or later also the great BHOP will show his age in a fight,STEVENSON fights as a southpaw and BHOP had problems with southpaw in recent years(in his prime years BHOP was great with southpaws)so i don't know who i'll pick in this fight,probably STEVENSON will beat the great from Philadelphia but he has to be active or BHOP will annoy him and beat him!!! KOVALEV is the beast/best of the division IMO;BHOP-STEVENSON-SHUMENOV-BUTE-PASCAL-DAWSON-BRAHEMER-CLOUD-etc...for a good/great division indeed! Because styles make fights perhaps BHOP will be the toughest to beat for KOVALEV.

[AncientDeath]

Stevenson saying he wanted Froch or Hopkins had me scratching my head. Especially right after Kovalev said he wanted to fight Stevenson next. I think Kovalev would run through Adonis, and that's what he's afraid of. Losing the belt and losing the HBO money, since he mentioned it. If he wants to be known as the best Light Heavyweight, then he has to fight the best, Kovalev. I thought it was kinda funny when he tried to get the crowd to back him up on the Froch or B-Hop fights and there wasn't much of a reaction.

[petero]

Dude wants no part of Kovalev, you heard it calling out
a guy in the weight class below? He's gona command a huge purse
to make it worth while for getting ko'ed.

[SaldanaCC]

B hop and froch are to small for superman and superman is too big to make those fights but seeing how he wants those name brand guys is not ducking he is 36 hes tryna cashout kovalev is a beast dont get me wrong but his name holds no money so i see why b hop an froch came up but i agree with the fact of hey do like ward did cleanout ur division then talk money fights at differant weights .
Ducking is what sergios doing with GGG!!!!!!!!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

stevenson wants none of kovolev, he was shook last night when his name got brought up, and tried to hype a froch-hopkins fight,,,

Honestly i cant blame stevenson,, he should try and land the more lucrative froch, hopkins, pascal-bute winner type fights,,,,

but he is totally shook by kovolev

[Evil Abed]

Good. Options are dwindling. I think the Kovalev fight will happen.