Comments Thread For: Adonis Stevenson: Kovalev-Ward Winner Must Face Me - The King!

[Lou Cipher]

not convinced that a fight with Kovalev would be any easier to make..... but Ward/Stevenson would be great if Andre can get past Krusher.

Kovalev/Ward are the two light heavyweight's in the spotlight right now, it sounds like Stevenson just wants to remind everyone he is still around.

[Sadiqkingofko]

Ward/Stevenson imo is the dream fight

[MisterPullman]

haymon is the one who won the purse bid and then kkkovalev the coward went and hid under his mommy botox face duvas ass hahahahahaha

kkkovalev is scared of that bomb left hand so he is fighting a guy moving up with no power in ward hahahahaha

Well now we know Stevenson browses NSB

[BOXING-SCRIBE]

He doesn't have the RING belt

He has the WBC title and the increasingly irrelevant 'lineal' title

Kovalev retains the distinction of being the No. 1 light heavyweight, which is all that matters

I am pretty sure the ring belt is the lineal championship belt

[b00g13man]

Meh........

[Scipio2009]

Somebody tell this could've been but never was that nobody cares about him anymore. He's irrelevant and the only person he can blame for that is himself.

Except that he's not though, lol.

Outside of Kovalev-Ward ending up being a 7-5 barnstormer of a fight (warranting an instant rematch), fighting Adonis Stevenson is the biggest fight that either fighter can look forward to if folks are honest (Joe Smith Jr KO'ing Bernard Hopkins would give HBO another fight to consider, but you can't honestly point to anyone else that the boxing public is pondering as the next one up).

Kovalev/Ward-Stevenson unifies the division, lines up either guy against the most destructive puncher in the weight class, and it also gives the winner another bout that can be brought to Vegas and rightfully staged on PPV (maxing out another payday).

dont be silly

[techliam]

I am pretty sure the ring belt is the lineal championship belt

You'd be wrong in thinking so

A few examples showing the difference:

Garcia was RING champ after beating Khan, Lineal after beating Matthysse

Mayweather was RING champ after beating Guerrero, but (universally) lineal after beating Pacquiao.

Canelo was RING champ after beating Trout, but was never lineal at 154 (Mayweather became lineal after beating Canelo)

And as above, Stevenson is currently lineal, but the RING championship is currently vacant

With so many people confused as to the difference, it only highlights how irrelevant the lineal system is becoming

[Lester Tutor]

the funny thing is Stevenson murked current WBC Cruiserweight champ, Bellew.

[aboutfkntime]

I am pretty sure the ring belt is the lineal championship belt

no, it's not.....

The Ring - unfortunately - often uses lineage when ranking

but they do not decide/determine lineage, you can only win that in the ring

the lineal champ, will still be the lineal champ, regardless as to whether the Ring recognize him or not..... and The Ring champ, is just an award, that means very little..... because they do not sanction/mandate

" lineal ", and " The Ring " are horribly over-rated.... because NEITHER are definitive

you simply cannot use any of the ABC organisations, or lineage, or The Ring, to definitively determine anything

they are simply guessing/opinionating

e.g.
The Ring do not rank the lineal LHW champ Stevenson #1..... but, The Ring DO rank Canelo #1 at middleweight, despite the fact that he has never faced a middleweight opponent, EVER!

they say dumb ****, for their own reasons, just like everyone else..... they could be better than other organisations, and often are..... but they most definitely NOT definitive, so they cannot be relied upon for anything

[Scipio2009]

I mean honestly this is one of the few fights available in lhw after this clash, but it seems unfair that they go into this huge fight and he just sits and waits I'd want him to fight beterbiev or a real dog

Depending on how the fight turns out, Stevenson may have to take a couple fights while waiting; if Andre Ward wins the fight, with the grumbling of non-boxing info, he's likely set to head into filming for Creed 2 (where he'd be the lead antagonist against Michael B Jordan).

No idea what the filming schedule would end up looking like, but it wouldn't be out of the question to see Andre Ward make a title defense around Easter (in Oakland or in NYC), head off to make the movie, and then have one "keep sharp" fight to then prep for the Stevenson unification.

Stevenson makes his mandatory defense in early 2017, likely lines up fight against someone like Jean Pascal/Marcus Browne (decent enough fight, that also comes with Canadian/TV interest; either guy could be brought busy in early 2017), before closing out the year with his own "keep sharp" fight.