Comments Thread For: Adonis Stevenson's Promoter Fires Back at DeGuardia Over Smith

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Yesterday it was reported by BoxingScene.com that a light heavyweight shootout between WBC titlist Adonis Stevenson and Joe Smith would not be taking place this spring. The comments from Joe Deguardia (the head of STAR Boxing, which handles Smith) have irked Yvon Michel, who promotes Stevenson.
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[hhs661]

Interesting...

[HanzGruber]

deguardia is a snake mother ***er

[aboutfkntime]

Yesterday it was reported by BoxingScene.com that a light heavyweight shootout between WBC titlist Adonis Stevenson and Joe Smith would not be taking place this spring. The comments from Joe Deguardia (the head of STAR Boxing, which handles Smith) have irked Yvon Michel, who promotes Stevenson.
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that sounds far more likely

Deguardia was happy to talk to the media, so if he does not refute Michel's claims that.....

* Deguardia believes that Joe Smith is the A-side
* he wants to control the arena
* he wants to control ticket sales
* he will not commit to a rematch

..... then it looks like Deguardia is pricing himself out

if Smith can sell tickets, then fighting Stevenson would likely be a cash-out for average/good money..... no real sense in that unless Deguardia thinks he has a world-beater in Smith

[Metho_4u]

Smith may not be the A side, but he's got a lot more pull now from the Hopkins win, and the fact that he's an average Joe (pun intended) that the working man can relate to, people would pay to see that because they would love to see a guy like smith knock out someone with stevenson's reputation.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Adonis has a proven track record of being difficult to being in competitive fights, I actually think he'd stop Smith but still a fight a wanna see.

[Pigeons]

Who is Adonis Stevenson to dictate terms to anyone?

[slimPickings]

Nice to get another side of the story.

Say what you want about Adonis but the thought that he would duck a Joe Smith is borderline blasphemous!!!

And I am a fan of Joe Smith for no other reason than his cinderella story.

Lets not get carried away please.

[Floyd R]

Who is Adonis Stevenson to dictate terms to anyone?

Adonis Stevenson is the WBC champion which qualifies him to dictate terms. Joe Smith is ranked third in the division. Is that simple enough for you?

[Clegg]

So basically 'Joe Smith is not that good so of course we want to fight him"