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  • King_
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    #11
    Originally posted by ShoulderRoll
    I'm still here and still think he did right to go for the bigger payday with Hopkins.

    What I don't get is that Stevenson's side is saying that Hopkins took less money to fight Kovalev than what they offered him for Adonis.
    Hopkins Explains Checkmate on Stevenson, Kovalev Deal
    http://www.boxingscene.com/hopkins-explains-checkmate-on-stevenson-kovalev-deal--80628
    By Rick Reeno - Back on July 2nd, BoxingScene.com ran an article where IBF/WBA light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32KOs) revealed his intention to face WBO champion Sergey Kovalev (25-0-1, 23KOs) in an HBO televised unification bout. Very few people took the article seriously. Almost everyone in the industry expected Hopkins to face WBC champion Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20KOs) in the fall. For most of 2013, HBO was building up a unification fight between Kovalev and Stevenson. Earlier this year, Stevenson jumped ship to rival network Showtime, with the obvious goal of facing Hopkins, who at that point was exclusively fighting on their network. Kathy Duva of Main Events, who felt confident that she reached an agreement with promoter Yvon Michel for a Stevenson-Kovalev unification on HBO, filed a federal lawsuit against Michel, Stevenson, Showtime, Stevenson's manager Al Haymon and former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer. Stevenson made his Showtime televised debut on May 24th, and won a twelve round unanimous decision over Andrzej Fonfara. At the time of the BoxingScene article, nearly six weeks after Stevenson's Showtime debut, Hopkins confirmed that not a single "serious" conversation had taken place to make a fall unification with Stevenson.

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      • Dirk Diggler UK
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        #12
        Originally posted by La_Vibora
        LOL, Khan fans are starting to become almost as delusional as Khan himself. Only in Khan's world would turning down a fight with an overrated chinless fighter to fight Manny Pacquiao would be considered a duck.
        Yeah cos he faced Pacquiao straight after turning down the Khan fight, didn't he?

        Great to see ducks like Stevenson get their comeuppance

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          • bojangles1987
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            #13
            Originally posted by La_Vibora
            LOL, Khan fans are starting to become almost as delusional as Khan himself. Only in Khan's world would turning down a fight with an overrated chinless fighter to fight Manny Pacquiao would be considered a duck.
            Bradley had no guarantee Pacquiao would fight him. He walked away from Khan without knowing for sure, just like Stevenson walked from Kovalev.

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              • willieb24
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                #14
                I believe that this situation is not Stevenson's fault, not even Al Haymon's. This is on Yvon Michel, he screws his fighters over. Look at what he's done to Jean Pascal. No meaningful fights. Thats why he left Michel. Stevenson will have these same problems until he leaves.

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                  • artfuL_
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                    #15
                    Originally posted by King-
                    http://www.boxingscene.com/hopkins-e...ev-deal--80628
                    Thanks for the link King, didn't see it on the main page

                    Originally posted by willieb24
                    I believe that this situation is not Stevenson's fault, not even Al Haymon's. This is on Yvon Michel, he screws his fighters over. Look at what he's done to Jean Pascal. No meaningful fights. Thats why he left Michel. Stevenson will have these same problems until he leaves.
                    LOL! You need to read King's link. Homeboy got schooled by the Alien.

                    P.S. Stevenson is a ducker

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                      • TaurusJ27
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                        #16
                        Wonder if Stevenson will attend the Hopkins-Kovalev fight?

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                          • DamonJJ
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                            #17
                            Originally posted by La_Vibora
                            LOL, Khan fans are starting to become almost as delusional as Khan himself. Only in Khan's world would turning down a fight with an overrated chinless fighter to fight Manny Pacquiao would be considered a duck.
                            I remember it quite well. Bradley actually had plenty of time to make a massive payday against Khan, and STILL get a million for a fight with Joel Casamayor, and then fight Pac.

                            Like it or not, Bradley (who I like a lot, way more than Khan) had an opportunity to fight Khan for a major payday (about $1.4mil), AND get both those fights with Joel and Pac and still didn't fight Khan.

                            Not a big Khan fan but facts are fats.

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                              • paulf
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                                #18
                                Originally posted by bojangles1987
                                Bradley had no guarantee Pacquiao would fight him.
                                Bradley left Shaw and signed with Arum with the explicit understanding of being used as an upcoming Pacquiao opponent. Everyone, NSB included, knew that was what was going on when it was happening. Khan fans were pissed but it doesn't change the fact that he made a great move to ultimately fight a much more difficult fight.

                                Beating Pacquiao > Beating Khan

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