Mandatory defense against his Canadian cohort Eleider Alvarez, in a pretty meaningful fight in Montreal in April, likely to be followed up with Stevenson-Fonfara 2, again in front of a lively Montreal crowd, likely for August/September.
Depending how the Kovalev-Ward fight shakes out, Stevenson may also end up opening 2017 with a 175 undisputed 175 champion bout with Andre Ward (HBO only signed Ward for enough fights to get to the Kovalev fight, HBO has gone out of their way to knock near every possible opponent that Ward's camp has put forward, and the HBO machine has already been running their hit pieces against Ward in their support programming so it's pretty clear where they're standing), on SHOPPV from the T-Mobile Arena.
Depending how the Kovalev-Ward fight shakes out, Stevenson may also end up opening 2017 with a 175 undisputed 175 champion bout with Andre Ward (HBO only signed Ward for enough fights to get to the Kovalev fight, HBO has gone out of their way to knock near every possible opponent that Ward's camp has put forward, and the HBO machine has already been running their hit pieces against Ward in their support programming so it's pretty clear where they're standing), on SHOPPV from the T-Mobile Arena.
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