Badou Jack vs Adonis Stevenson @175

[VatoMulatto]

You got to love Jack. He's the underdog pretty much everytime he steps into the ring but he also proves people wrong. Jack is one of those boxers that don't have any really huge weapons. Jack is a solid, strong crafty fighter and mentally strong that do all the basic stuff very well and that makes him tough to beat but I think a lot of people underestimates him. I wouldn't be surprised if he beats Adonis.

[VatoMulatto]

Adonis Stevenson wins this fight, i believe that Badou Jack should stay at 168! his stamina and endurance looked impressive vs James Degale. Jack is a good solid fighter, but as a fighter there is not anything that he does GREAT, he is just a good all-round fighter. If you aspire to more up in weight classes, and beat the elite guys within that weight division! you need to do SOMETHING great! Adonis Stevenson in my opinion would be two fast and powerful for Jack! but who knows, Stevenson could slow down overnight....

An all around very good fighter without any big flaws can definitely beat a "great" fighter. Adonis has a great punch but Jack is IMO the overall better boxer and people shouldn't be surprised if Jack does win.

[SkillspayBills]

He was susceptible to Degale's left hands. That's not good news for someone like Adonis.

[PRINCEKOOL]

An all around very good fighter without any big flaws can definitely beat a "great" fighter. Adonis has a great punch but Jack is IMO the overall better boxer and people shouldn't be surprised if Jack does win.

He gets hit too much! that's ok if you have super-human punch resistance but? he does not possess this ability. His defense is good, its just a simple guard with some body movement now and again. At 175 he would probably beat allot of guys, but up against Stevenson and Kovalev! he may find himself in trouble.

Funny enough though, i fancy his chances against Andre Ward! Ward does not hit particularity hard, and in my opinion his work-rate has disappeared at 175.

[NEETzsche]

I would pick Jack to win this. He just needs to survive the first six rounds and then I think he starts to pick apart and beat up Stevenson

[The Gambler1981]

I think it would be a good fight, a bally move by Jack but that is how you come into a division and make a statement. It is also a good way to get wrecked but he ain't messing around.

[TheThirdEye]

He "looks good", but so did Evander Holyfield when he lost to Tank Williams.
You can't judge what's left from his reflex, speed and power by the way he looks and his recent level of opposition make it really hard to judge how much he slipped... He hasn't fought anyone top 10 in years now.
History shows that you can hide that you're past prime if you fight lower level opposition(He still looked really bad against Bika and Williams Jr. imo). I think when he steps up again, it will all show up.
I think Joe Smith Jr. probably beats him.

Humm! Stevenson still has a higher notch over all of these guys in the LHW division. Otherwise kovalev or Ward would have jump on the opportunity to face him. Instead, they'll run to pick his title if the title becomes vacant or if they notice a major drop of Stevenson metabolism.
They wont take any risk to hurt their shine right now...
For Badou,he's efficently basic, but all his game is based on one thing he knows well; (if your cardio fell, his wont), he masterised that. And team Mayweather's gambles with Badous' prime, thinking he can extend a fight with Stevenson til the later rounds, hoping Badou could get the best of it.
The problem is, Stevenson always knows who he's fighting, people may think he's a strong one dimensional boxer, because of his heavy left, but in every fights you can almost see the moment when he's figuring out his opponent and make adjustments to lead his one way to the win.
With Smith he wont make the same mistake Fonfara did, by underestimate or overestimate himself, and for Badou, training camp must be focused on cardio, that's it.

By the way look here,
just after his fight on July 29th 11pm he went chilling with Mayweather on July 31st 3pm.
Did he look affected by his recent fight? (no shades on)... Did he?