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By Jake Donovan - At the very least, Adonis Stevenson needed to score the Knockout of the Year to salvage what has otherwise been a largely forgettable 2014 campaign.
By night’s end, the reigning World light heavyweight champion achieved the desired outcome, stopping Dmitry Sukhotsky in the fifth round of a voluntary title defense Friday evening in Quebec City, Canada. The result wasn’t the type of unforgettable moment, though, to make the viewing public forget about what he DIDN’T accomplish over the course of the past year.
The truth is, there was little Stevenson could have accomplished at the Colisee de Quebec to land back in favorable view of the boxing public. Failing to secure fights with the two best fighters in the division – Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins – was one thing. The fact that they wound up facing each other after he had fights with both on the table has cast the Haitian-Canadian in a very bad light.
Not the best look, and a miserable fall from grace after earning accolades in many circles – including BoxingScene.com – as the 2013 Fighter of the Year.
With 2014 a lost cause even before fight night began in Quebec City, Stevenson did his best to make the most of his final fight of the year. A theatrical entrance carried a “Superman” theme, in recognition of his boxing nickname and complete with a red cape as he made his way to the ring. [Click Here To Read More]
By night’s end, the reigning World light heavyweight champion achieved the desired outcome, stopping Dmitry Sukhotsky in the fifth round of a voluntary title defense Friday evening in Quebec City, Canada. The result wasn’t the type of unforgettable moment, though, to make the viewing public forget about what he DIDN’T accomplish over the course of the past year.
The truth is, there was little Stevenson could have accomplished at the Colisee de Quebec to land back in favorable view of the boxing public. Failing to secure fights with the two best fighters in the division – Sergey Kovalev and Bernard Hopkins – was one thing. The fact that they wound up facing each other after he had fights with both on the table has cast the Haitian-Canadian in a very bad light.
Not the best look, and a miserable fall from grace after earning accolades in many circles – including BoxingScene.com – as the 2013 Fighter of the Year.
With 2014 a lost cause even before fight night began in Quebec City, Stevenson did his best to make the most of his final fight of the year. A theatrical entrance carried a “Superman” theme, in recognition of his boxing nickname and complete with a red cape as he made his way to the ring. [Click Here To Read More]
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