Where do you rank Stevenson Adonis' duck of Kovalev?

[jas]

One of the worst ducks in history imo.

Should add a poll to this thread to truly find out. Some of Stevenson's accountants post on this site apparently so we'll see what they have to say

Hahah so true. It's ridiculous. Some of these posters are fktards stuck so far up their own ass

[thuggery]

Hahah so true. It's ridiculous. Some of these posters are fktards stuck so far up their own ass

They care more about another man's money than being actual fans of the sport wanting the best to fight the best. It's pathetic.

[jas]

They care more about another man's money than being actual fans of the sport wanting the best to fight the best. It's pathetic.

Yea and it's not like Stevenson is gonna get that much more money anyway. How much more is Stevenson gonna get to fight Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins is more of an A side than kovalev. Add to that Stevenson is more well known with hbo subscribers.Also, Hopkins is gonna retire soon so if he fought kovalev they could have had rematches with each other or he could have fought an all Canadian showdown with pascal or against hbo's Andre ward.

Add to this hbo have a bigger budget so they can pay for these matchups.

Now Stevenson nuthuggers, I'm asking you , was it really a good financial move?

Don't duck my question like Stevenson ducked kovalev.

[Citizen Koba]

Where do you rank Kovalev ducking Hopkins in favor of fighting Cleverly?That`s what you call a duck.Choosing to fight an all time great Hopkins over a johnny come lately Kovalev,whose ranked below Hopkins is not a duck.Kolalev being the mandatory for Hopkins but choosing the mediocre Cleverly instead is a quack loud enough to know that its a duck.

Espinoza nixed the fight from the off - said SHO weren't interested in Hopkins - Kovalev (but were OK with Murat), whereas the the Cleverly deal was already made and just waiting to be signed before the possibility of Hopkins ever came up. In the end, despite Hopkins saying OK, with Espinoza unwilling it was unclear if it would get made - woulda been ****** of Kovalev to pass up a title shot that was already in the bag for one that might not even happen.

In fact looking at the way th s#it with Stevenson has gone down seems to me it's pretty obvious Duva did the right thing for Kovalev.

As has been pointed out however there has been some pretty canny maneuvering by Haymon and SHO - 7 or 8 months ago they had just 1 belt with BHop at LHW and HBO ruled the roost, now they've got Shumenov and Stevenson, that's 3 of the belts and Kovalev can be safely sidelined cos 'he hasn't fought anyone' (and with Haymon having also signed Sad Chad, there is no-one for Kovalev to fight so he can be ignored pretty much indefinitely).

Sucks as a boxing fan though - I guess unless Kovalev is willing to jump ship too one of the most exciting match-ups of 2014 ain't gonna happen.

Hell, just cos of this s#it I'm suddenly hoping (against hope I know) that Fonfara can pull the upset. I'd laugh my ass off.

[junior gong]

Aww c'mon man Stevenson a smart binnis man, this a binnis move. Y'all be hatin.

[M Bison]

Bad move from Stevenson!
He should fight Kovalev whilst he is still young, If he waits around he will have to face him sooner or later or to dump the belts and be shown up as a fool plus he will be older by then...
37yos for his fighting style is definitely not a good thing, reflexes start to go soon I can't see him remaining at his prime into his 40s.

[jas]

Having read the thread, I'm come to the conclusion that this is a top 10 ATG duck .

[Nights King]

To me this has got to top the many of ducks of history. He took full advantage of the cold war of boxing and he signed with a shady yet smart 'adviser' as a fire exit from the **** storm Kovalev would've brought him.

But hey at age 36 his health comes first........................

[bojangles1987]

#1. Sounds crazy but the way this duck was executed was a work of art.

This duck changed the way ducking will take place in the future. I think this duck needs a new name because of how it revolutionized boxing. I call it "strategic avoidance".

It all started last year. Stevenson beat Dawson and was the new champ. But Kovalev was coming on like a monster. He beat Cleverly and Campillo.

At first, Stevenson tried the classic duck line "Kovalev needs to build his name up and beat more champions first"

Nobody bought into it.

Next he tried the new era duck line "the fans want to see Froch and Hopkins"

Nobody bought into it.

At this stage, he realized classic duck methods could not save him. So this guy ran to Alt Haymon., and used the cold war to strategically avoid a fighter he wanted no part of.

This strategic avoidance is a 10/10 and the first of its kind.

This is a great post.

Yet I find myself crying while laughing. The network and promotional feuds have made it so easy for fighters to duck fighters and have a defendable excuse for it.

[White_Knight]

It's such a big duck it's almost an emu.