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By Mitch Abramson - The man who stood up to Evander Holyfield and James Toney, who once chaired one of the most powerful commissions in boxing while at the same time writing plays about gamblers and mobsters and other nefarious figures, is trying to headline again in the sport, even if he never really left.
Ron Scott Stevens, the former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, who made headlines by putting Evander Holyfield on indefinite suspension and suspending James Toney for testing positive for a banned substance, has quietly served as a consultant for several promoters since he was surprisingly removed as chairman of the commission by the secretary of state in 2008.
Since then, the man who was popular among boxing scribes because of his accessibility, who calmed the waters following the death of boxer Beethavean Scottland in 2001 after his appointment two years later, has been writing plays, hanging around the business and doing consultant work here and there for such outfits like Ring Promotions and Darko Promotions, he says.
But now Stevens, who started in boxing as a promoter and spent 14 years as a matchmaker for Cedric Kushner when Kushner had practically every good heavyweight (back when there were good heavyweights), who was in the running for executive director posts at both the California and Nevada State Commissions, says that he’s looking to get back into the business full-time as a matchmaker, that he once again wants to be in the hot seat of working in boxing full-time, doing something that he says comes naturally to him. [Click Here To Read More]
Ron Scott Stevens, the former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, who made headlines by putting Evander Holyfield on indefinite suspension and suspending James Toney for testing positive for a banned substance, has quietly served as a consultant for several promoters since he was surprisingly removed as chairman of the commission by the secretary of state in 2008.
Since then, the man who was popular among boxing scribes because of his accessibility, who calmed the waters following the death of boxer Beethavean Scottland in 2001 after his appointment two years later, has been writing plays, hanging around the business and doing consultant work here and there for such outfits like Ring Promotions and Darko Promotions, he says.
But now Stevens, who started in boxing as a promoter and spent 14 years as a matchmaker for Cedric Kushner when Kushner had practically every good heavyweight (back when there were good heavyweights), who was in the running for executive director posts at both the California and Nevada State Commissions, says that he’s looking to get back into the business full-time as a matchmaker, that he once again wants to be in the hot seat of working in boxing full-time, doing something that he says comes naturally to him. [Click Here To Read More]