Comments Thread For: Adonis Stevenson: Pascal Will Have To Earn His Shot

[Nomadic]

So basically, Stevenson is not going to fight anybody of worth.

[youbeight]

he's punishing pascal..and he's actually right..not just bc pascal did way more than he had to with name calling, but bc pascal was the number 1 contender and he fought kovalev bc he would make more money

stevenson was fine with the fight going to purse bid bc he gets 75% of the take..pascal didnt like it..the champ wants his money..might be wrong, but pascal felt he was a bigger draw and above a purse bid only to get ktfo...too bad

first hopkins ducked by outpricing and makin kovalev take less, then pascal did it, then kovalev ducks purse bid

i give the dude a pass on whoever he fights..these are the facts

55% actually.

[about.thousands]

PASCAL WAS THE WBC NUMBER 1 BEFORE KOVALEV KO'D HIM...well he was after kovalev but since kovalev ended up taking the fight he would have been the guy right in the rankings to be ordered..he took a fight with kovalev for 3 million bc adonis wasnted his 75% split as the champ..
wbc purse bids give champs 75%

8 million put up by haymon for kovsteveson would still have kovalev sitting pretty and they would have likely gave him more than 75% bc it is up to the wbc wat the ratio is

Stevenson was working on a fight by fight basis with HBO but wanted a long term deal. Stevenson never had a manger, he had a lawyer approving his contracts. He signed with Haymon & got a long term deal with Showtime. Stevenson & Haymon gave HBO time to match the offer. HBO refused and killed the fight. http://www.boxingscene.com/adonis-stevensons-promoter-reveals-on-hbo-kovalev--76193 Keep in mind that at this time Kovalev had a contract with HBO but HBO wouldn't give the lineal champ a contract. Stevenson gets called a duck. Also at this time Hopkins was fighting at Showtime. The plan was for Hopkins/Stevenson to fight after they won their fights. Instead Hopkins turns down more money and fights Kovalev on HBO in order for Main Events to drop the lawsuit against GBP.https://********/GWT-16Eyyv8 Stevenson is called a duck.

Pascal relinquishes his WBC position and chooses to fight Kovalev for more money. I can't blame him for putting his family first. But he also refuses eliminator status for that fight which makes no sense at all. http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12224/pascal-declines-eliminator-status

Kovalev wins and his promoter turns down not one but two purse bids, while her fighter isn't signed to any network. He was free to fight anywhere at that time. He's not called a duck. Instead his promoter is blamed, Al Hamon is blamed, the WBC is blamed, GYM is blamed, hell, even Floyd is blamed.

These are the facts. Stevenson never ran to Showtime, HBO refused to match the offer. Pascal & Hopkins choose to fight Kovalev instead of Stevenson. Team Kovalev refused to fight Stevenson by pulling out of the purse bid. But somehow, despite the facts, Stevenson is called a duck.

[youbeight]

Stevenson was working on a fight by fight basis with HBO but wanted a long term deal. Stevenson never had a manger, he had a lawyer approving his contracts. He signed with Haymon & got a long term deal with Showtime. Stevenson & Haymon gave HBO time to match the offer. HBO refused and killed the fight. http://www.boxingscene.com/adonis-stevensons-promoter-reveals-on-hbo-kovalev--76193 Keep in mind that at this time Kovalev had a contract with HBO but HBO wouldn't give the lineal champ a contract. Stevenson gets called a duck. Also at this time Hopkins was fighting at Showtime. The plan was for Hopkins/Stevenson to fight after they won their fights. Instead Hopkins turns down more money and fights Kovalev on HBO in order for Main Events to drop the lawsuit against GBP.https://********/GWT-16Eyyv8 Stevenson is called a duck.

Pascal relinquishes his WBC position and chooses to fight Kovalev for more money. I can't blame him for putting his family first. But he also refuses eliminator status for that fight which makes no sense at all. http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12224/pascal-declines-eliminator-status

Kovalev wins and his promoter turns down not one but two purse bids, while her fighter isn't signed to any network. He was free to fight anywhere at that time. He's not called a duck. Instead his promoter is blamed, Al Hamon is blamed, the WBC is blamed, GYM is blamed, hell, even Floyd is blamed.

These are the facts. Stevenson never ran to Showtime, HBO refused to match the offer. Pascal & Hopkins choose to fight Kovalev instead of Stevenson. Team Kovalev refused to fight Stevenson by pulling out of the purse bid. But somehow, despite the facts, Stevenson is called a duck.

So much ether. Links, and etc. salute.

[HeroBando]

Stevenson was working on a fight by fight basis with HBO but wanted a long term deal. Stevenson never had a manger, he had a lawyer approving his contracts. He signed with Haymon & got a long term deal with Showtime. Stevenson & Haymon gave HBO time to match the offer. HBO refused and killed the fight. http://www.boxingscene.com/adonis-stevensons-promoter-reveals-on-hbo-kovalev--76193 Keep in mind that at this time Kovalev had a contract with HBO but HBO wouldn't give the lineal champ a contract. Stevenson gets called a duck. Also at this time Hopkins was fighting at Showtime. The plan was for Hopkins/Stevenson to fight after they won their fights. Instead Hopkins turns down more money and fights Kovalev on HBO in order for Main Events to drop the lawsuit against GBP.https://********/GWT-16Eyyv8 Stevenson is called a duck.

Pascal relinquishes his WBC position and chooses to fight Kovalev for more money. I can't blame him for putting his family first. But he also refuses eliminator status for that fight which makes no sense at all. http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/12224/pascal-declines-eliminator-status

Kovalev wins and his promoter turns down not one but two purse bids, while her fighter isn't signed to any network. He was free to fight anywhere at that time. He's not called a duck. Instead his promoter is blamed, Al Hamon is blamed, the WBC is blamed, GYM is blamed, hell, even Floyd is blamed.

These are the facts. Stevenson never ran to Showtime, HBO refused to match the offer. Pascal & Hopkins choose to fight Kovalev instead of Stevenson. Team Kovalev refused to fight Stevenson by pulling out of the purse bid. But somehow, despite the facts, Stevenson is called a duck.

All these guys have no issues making fights with one another, but with Stevenson its always something. Doesn't like the purse split so he'll fight another bum for less money, the pattern is unmistakeable

[FelipeB]

So bika and this next opponent deserve a shot ?

[Cinci Champ]

hard to argue with this honestly the only way the fight happens is if hes the mando and he gave up his shot to be the mando all he had to do was beat beterbiev

[Cinci Champ]

All these guys have no issues making fights with one another, but with Stevenson its always something. Doesn't like the purse split so he'll fight another bum for less money, the pattern is unmistakeable

while thats true all he had to do was fight beterbiev which would be a decently big fight with winner getting stevenson so in this instance i get it

[Ryn0]

Oh my god Stevenson is such a *****

[kiaba360]

I'm pretty sure a win over Boone didn't catapult Stevenson to #1 contender to fight Dawson when all his previous fights were at Super Middleweight.

Adonis is just another delusional boxer who's gotten complacent. Pascal has fought Dawson/B-Hop/Kovalev, so to say he doesn't deserve a shot sounds ridiculous especially when Adonis is fighting WBC#9 Karpency (not his mandatory) while Pascal is ranked top 10 in every sanctioning body. If Adonis isn't going to fight Alvarez/Beterbiev/Chilemba, why not Pascal? I'd rather see that than Rodriguez.