Adonis is not liked but has the ability and power to possibly beat Kov and Ward

[BoxingFan85]

I think the thread starts & pretty much ends open ended imo.. Stevenson is very good.. but.. (that question will always linger until he fights the man of the division)

He may be the lineal champ but lets be honest here, consensus say the man of the division is Kovalev & that he is facing the biggest threat of his career in Ward.. The winner is p4p #1, so yeah Kovalev/Ward winner is the man at 175.

Stevenson has brute power & the slickness that comes with a southpaw & a good counter puncher who can tag you good.. He is tall, rangy so stylistically he can be a threat to Kovalev but not to Ward.. Kovalev has a really good chin, Ward has a decent chin so he an get a knockdown in a fight with Ward but doubtful with Kovalev.. IMO, both Kovalev & Ward would beat him by UD(late KO) & UD respectively..

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

adonis is limited.

Ward and Koalev are the clear top teir.

[Butt stuff]

I think he and Kovalev is a great fight. Sergey is a better technician but Stevenson's power is always a threat. I favor Kovalev but consider it a close fight.

Ward would be a nightmare for Stevenson. Adonis doesn't have enough dimensions to his game for a technical fighter like Ward whose chin is rarely available to hit. Andre would be slipping and countering all night long.

Yeah Ward would take away his weapons away pretty easily. Stevenson's best shot would be to start fast like he did with Dawson and try to catch Ward cold.

[1g5a22]

Yeah if you compare how Kovalev handled Chilemba vs the all time great defensive master Bernard Hopkins, its kind of obvious Hopkins was shot to $h!t and had nothing to offer in their fight

Yeah that makes real sense.. Chilemba did a little better against Kovalev than Hopkins hence Hopkins was shot to ****! Bradley did better against JMM than Pac hence Pac was shot to ****! Oh wait he beat Bradley! And so would Hopkins if he fought Chilemba! The evidence that Hopkins was shot at that point is NOT supported by his resume! Wiped the floor with Cloud, Pascal & Murat. There was no MARKED decline at the time of going into the Kovalev fight he was just a rare & canny old veteran able to beat MOST of the LHW's still! Archie Moore mark II! He doesn't think Kovalev is just lucky to capitalize! He rates him highly & has a rosta of great fighters to compare him to! He said he's very special! His word counts..

[therealpugilist]

Pretty much exact same post u posted in another thread. You needed to make a thread out of it?

....you had to post in it though.....people on this site are so petty i swear

[therealpugilist]

I think he and Kovalev is a great fight. Sergey is a better technician but Stevenson's power is always a threat. I favor Kovalev but consider it a close fight.

Ward would be a nightmare for Stevenson. Adonis doesn't have enough dimensions to his game for a technical fighter like Ward whose chin is rarely available to hit. Andre would be slipping and countering all night long.

its intriguing because all it takes is one shot and neither guy has been in with someone with the speed, power and explosiveness of adonis....he has that snap to his shots

[therealpugilist]

If only he shared your enthusiasm for his increasingly tenuous claim to be the man???? Since coasting off the Dawson win his opposition has become increasingly poor..

He's now fighting a guy that lost to Campillo & his last outing was C level LHW Tommy Karpency who's probably going to get mullered by Oleksandr Gvozdyk next. IF YOU'RE THA MAN AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO CLEAN OUT YOUR DIVISION? I'D UNDERSTAIND IF THEY WERE ALL LEGIT DUCKING HIM BUT LETS NOT PRETEND THEY ARE! TALKS A GOOD GAME ON TWITTER..

AND THAT FACE OFF WITH KOVALEV AFTER THE PASCAL FIGHT WAS SO LAME TOO LOL

I find it funny you are not this passionate about the overmatched opponents GGG fights.....he is fighting a welterweight...joke fight

he defended against bellew too who went on to win a title, how convenient you left that out...didnt karpency

Stevenson actually won his title in the ring.....you wouldnt know anything about that....bwahahahahahaha

[therealpugilist]

The REAL threat in the LHW division tho is Artur Beterbiev, Beterbiev is a stylistic nightmare for all of 3 of Ward, Kovalev and Stevenson, they wouldnt be able to contain his relentless agression and he would just mow them down like a bulldozer
Beterbiev is p4p hardest puncher

beterbiev?

He is a decent fighter but literally has no head movement, lacks a jab and throws wide shots

He has power...woooooopeeeeeee

Every good fighter looks like tyson vs the level of opposition he fights...he fights Ward, Kov or stevenson, today, he gets wrecked

he has no defense

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

No he does not. He's old, has displayed little skill and his resume sucks balls. The only reason he's even in the conversation is because he stole the lineal 'crown' and made a mockery of it with his crappy defenses.

His only 'notable' is beating Chad Dawson after he was drained by Ward and left Iceman's gym. Dawson fell apart during/after Ward fight, so a win over him means absolutely nothing.

dawson asked to come down, got in the ring and lost

[therealpugilist]

I don't regard Stevenson as a factor at 175. Ward is already bigger player at 175 just by arriving.

Stevenon wouldn't fight Hopkins. Wouldn't fight Kovalev. Wouldn't fight Pascal. You can't shave the top of your division off, fight #15 and keep saying they have to get past you because you're lineal. Lineal belts are a joke.

He landed a punch on a shot-to-**** Dawson and that's basically the legacy he's living off of.

Plus that would probably be the easiest fight of Ward's career. Stevenson has one punch in his arsenal and Ward is a guy who watches patterns and starts punishing you for them, has boxing skills several lightyears ahead of Stevenson.

dawson was not shot.....at that point he hadnt been in many grueling fights to that point outside of his early fight with Glen Johnson and Ward

a guy takes 2 or 3 losses and their shot now?