Has a lineal champ ever ducked three mega fights back to back to back?

[Craveman]

Yep...he is just going to turn down the entire division

Cotto isn't a legit champion anyway. Whilst Stevenson is and that's very disappointing.

[Beater_of_ass]

I guess anything is a "mega fight" these days.

Floyds not had many of those mega fights, ducked them all.

Imagine if he didn't duck them mega fights, he could easily have been in the top 2 highest selling PPV's of all time.

He easily could have been in the top 5 potentially. Actually if he fought Manny 3 times, the other two would be 4 and 5.

[ИATAS]

Pascal is not a mega fight. It's a big domestic fight in Canada.

Stevenson vs Kovalev, Pascal and Hopkins are the three biggest possible fights for Stevenson at 175, all very big fights in Canada. "Mega fight" is obviously a bit of an exaggeration (there are only a handful of truly "mega fights" in the boxing world).

[GoldenGloveLove]

Like I said in another thread, Stevenson breakout year is being completely reversed by the way his career's being managed. Get famous at 36, go into obscurity at 37 pretty much. He may not be able to undo this damage.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Bernard Hopkins was the lineal middleweight champion when he ducked James Toney, Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr

[JmH Reborn]

great shout nelson

imo if floyd fails to fight pac, bradley or brook, thats another 3 he has ducked

Don't forget prime "he lives too far" Cotto

[JmH Reborn]

Cotto isn't a legit champion anyway. Whilst Stevenson is and that's very disappointing.

Stevenson beat a guy coming off a brutal ass whipping in his prior fight, who can't beat a guy who isn't 40+, whereas Cotto moved up in weight, was the underdog and beat a guy who held the title for 4 years and you are calling Cotto not-legit?

The only thing not legit is your opinion