Comments Thread For: Promoter: If Alvarez Wins, He'll Get Adonis Stevenson

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Eleider Alvarez (18-0, 10 KOs) could be one win away from landing the fight he wants most, a shot at WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson.

Alvarez will first have to get past Isaac Chilemba (24-2-2, 10 KOs) in a WBC final eliminator on a November date in Quebec. The fight is very possible to take place as the co-feature to the Lucian Bute-James DeGale showdown on November 28th.
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[TheThirdEye]

12/19/2014 - Light heavyweight: Champion Adonis Stevenson has an optional defense against Dmitry Sukhotsky on Friday night and the winner can take one more optional defense. But, in a highly unusual move, the WBC accepted a proposal made by Main Events promoter Kathy Duva that the winner of the March 14 fight between three-belt titlist Sergey Kovalev and former champion Jean Pascal become the WBC mandatory challenger. Organizations typically do not rank titleholders from other organizations, but the WBC made an exception -- and a welcome one -- in an effort to force Stevenson into fighting the Kovalev-Pascal winner. If the sides do not make a deal and it goes to a purse bid the split will be 50-50, another highly unusual move because usually a WBC titleholder is entitled to no less than 60 percent in a purse bid.

[richardt]

Chilemba reminds me of a better version of Alvarez. I remember watching Alvarez and thinking how he reminded me of a fighter and then I realized he reminded me of a slower version of Chilemba with slightly less boxing skills than Chilemba but a tad more power though not by much. Similar style. Never thought they would meet up.

[KrusherStan]

I imagine that what he didn't say it'll be more important: If Chilemba wins, we'll try to make the Kovalev fight lol