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The situation has changed from before when Stevenson first won his title and was considered to be the undisputed champ and possibly more tested than Kovalev. After a lackluster performance against Fonfara and a botched plan to face Hopkins wherein Hopkins faced and was dominated by Kovalev instead, Stevenson has nowhere left to run and is being forced to fight Kovalev, given he beats Pascal.
This is one of those rare examples in boxing nowadays wherein an accumulation of bad karma has come back to punish the guilty party. Management and business partners will always attempt to create the impression that everything is going according to plan even when to all parties involved and observers in the boxing community, it very clearly isn't.
It's yet another embarrassing circumstances of events for a pro boxer advised by the scourge of the modern fight game, Al Shamon.
This is one of those rare examples in boxing nowadays wherein an accumulation of bad karma has come back to punish the guilty party. Management and business partners will always attempt to create the impression that everything is going according to plan even when to all parties involved and observers in the boxing community, it very clearly isn't.
It's yet another embarrassing circumstances of events for a pro boxer advised by the scourge of the modern fight game, Al Shamon.
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