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

[K.O. Johnson]

I don't believe Stevenson's promoter

[Superbee]

Who is Adonis Stevenson to dictate terms to anyone?

That guy is the belt holder, and with that belt also came the lineal title ( for what it's worth)...

The other guy floored a shot Grandpa (in fashion I'll admit) and got himself out of a very bad situation with a blind Hail Mary against a top 10... That's all he got... Then they want to make him the A side and collect before he goes down in the limbs of the life of the journeyman he is...

Does that makes sense to you ?

[Scipio2009]

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.

Does Joe Smith Jr have enough pull that, for a non-mandated fight, GYM wouldn't be able to pick up fight options on Star Boxing's fighter?

Smith's story is great, but it's still the fight business; Alvarez-Bute is for the mandatory position (75/25 on a possible purse bid, one straight-up fight, no owed obligations), so it isn't a good look for DeGuardia to simply call for those terms being the same for Joe Smith Jr.

[Scipio2009]

Who is Adonis Stevenson to dictate terms to anyone?

He's the WBC/lineal heavyweight champion.

Who is Joe Smith Jr to dictate terms to anyone?

[ceylon mooney]

well, muchel is lying about some stuff. smith WASTED a guy who went the distance with stevenson and knocked him down, a guy very likely
to win a rematch at that. he also brutally KOd a guy who went the distance with the real 175 champ, so thats that.

smith is WBC #3 so a mandatory some time soon is possible. prolly his only option.

[Clegg]

Seems a few years back there were some fights in Canada involving Pascal, Bute, Lemieux, Stevenson that drew good crowds but now the market for boxing there isn't as strong. Did the locals all go back to watching ice hockey instead?

[BlakBread904]

He's the WBC/lineal heavyweight champion.

Who is Joe Smith Jr to dictate terms to anyone?

Basics! Joe Smith ain't in position to dictate terms. The only way I could see him doing so is if he was clearly the bigger draw. and i doubt that

[TheCell8]

Adonis Stevenson has no fanbase at all... Even here in Montreal, people don't like him. He'll never be at the level of Pascal or even Bute in terms of popularity despite arguably being more successful than them.

So Michel acting like his guy is this superstar is also a little bit deluded. He's turning 40 this year, hasn't faced a relevant opponent in years, can't even sell out the Bell Centre and really can't escape his criminal past which is often cited. He'll hold onto that WBC belt until he gets exposed, which could happen soon.

[Jubei]

This ******ed clown hasnt fought anybody in many many years, ducking everyone with a pulse over and over again.

[HanzGruber]

This ******ed clown hasnt fought anybody in many many years, ducking everyone with a pulse over and over again.

you gonna act like duva and kov didnt pull out the purse bid? ok