Comments Thread For: Adonis Stevenson Getting Impatient, Waiting For Return Date

[Derranged]

he and rigo...dude kovalev pulled out of 2 purse bids to face him..let's not act like u all said stevenson would drop his belt to avoid him..now after eating those words u wanna change the goal post...

bhop went to hbo while stevenson had a showtime contract that determined who he fought..and it was determined to be stevenson..all the media hate cant take your eyes off that

pascal had just fought burried very deeply on stevenson's undercard but wouldnt even come to the table unless they offered him 50-50...so he started a media farce to get him a fight...didnt work bc al doesnt negotiate in the media..pascal had done nothing for years..he didnt deserve kov or stevenson and couldnt beat either one..

anyone else u name at this point is just flat out ludacris..

Kovalev didn't want to risk his contract. Stevenson ran off to Showtime with Haymon supposedly because he wasn't getting enough money. Its really beating a dead horse now.

[j.razor]

Prior to signing with Haymon he had lots of buzz. He was fighting frequently on HBO and was on a collision course with Kovalev. Now his career is in limbo and has nothing of significance lined up.

Adonis had chances. Hopkins called him out he said no, Ward was presented to him and he said no. He ain't even want any of kovalev either. Now that Ward beat kovalev he said he wanted Ward but Ward is gonna rematch kovalev and get in that a** again cuz kovalev don't like that fight on the inside with Ward....

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

How funny that Stevenson is whining about PBC dying and not having a date for him, when it's precisely because of ducking fighters like Stevenson that PBC is dying in the first place. Too much damage was done to the PBC brand early by all the ducking by its top fighters, all the mismatches, all the hometown judges, etc. By the time decent matchups came around, most the fighters had become complacent and style, so they couldn't put in exciting performances even when the big matchups happened.

Plus, by that time, most fans had given up on those fighters and moved on, lost interest, etc. Those fighters had shine a few years ago, promise that they could maybe be the best in the sport. Fights like Stevenson vs Kovalev or Stevenson-Beterbiev had promise that Stevenson might prove he was the best in the sport. Same for Santa Cruz vs Rigondeaux, for either. Same for Thurman vs Porter before Porter vs Brook. Back then there was hype that Thurman could be the best in the world. Now he's still excellent and his resumé is better, but some of the shine is gone with his lack of knockouts and aggression lately.

Thurman vs Garcia also had shine back then. We were still waiting for Danny's inevitable first loss, and for Thurman's inevitable knockout. Instead Danny lost like three times before the fight ever happened, so that suspense was gone, and Thurman stopped knocking anyone out, so that excitement was gone.

It's been like that with all of PBCs major shows. We've gone from years of mismatches and the best fights being made, to most the best PBC fights being made, but those fighters no longer being the best in the sport, if they ever were, and those fights underwhelming, despite the hilarious commentary teams being paid to say every fight is fight of the year. Now all the shine is with GGG, Canelo, Kovalev, Ward, and Lomachenko. If Crawford ever gets a top opponent his size, it will be there too. And PBC doesn't have any of those fighters.

The only guys with that type of shine at PBC right now are maybe Spence, and Mikey Garcia, but Mikey Garcia isn't signed with PBC, and probably won't now given their financial failures. And Spence is just beating up smaller guys. He says he walks around at 180, but he fights at 147. I'll be excited when he's beating top middleweights, not little welterweights.

But it really is rich for Stevenson to be criticizing PBC's lack of dates. If Stevenson hadn't ducked Kovalev and everyone else right at the start of PBC, maybe PBC's brand would still be intact, and they'd be able to actually attract advertisers to pay for those dates he's been getting paid millions on to fight easy opponents for YEARS after one average win over Chad Dawson. The PBC has been paying Stevenson millions for sparring sessions, so maybe he shouldn't be criticizing.

Although you can't blame Stevenson either. If they were willing to pay him that much for easy fights, it would have been dumb to his family to take a hard fight right away and sacrifice years of earning easy money. Still, Stevenson should have still respected the sport enough to take the big fight after a few easy ones, before he was this old and the fight lost its shine.

Great post but Stevenson didn't criticize PBC lol that was the writer. It's boxingscene what do you expect?

[Superbee]

Three pages in and the Stevenson Defense Force hasn't shown up yet. Perhaps even they are getting bored with this guy.

Hello ! ...

I'm not defending him anymore, just praying for something to happen... There's so much alternative facts being thrown here that I lost faith in humanity... So why bother straightening up the facts over and over ?

[My Low Place]

Kovalev didn't want to risk his contract. Stevenson ran off to Showtime with Haymon supposedly because he wasn't getting enough money. Its really beating a dead horse now.

he wasnt risking it bc hbo stated they would not stop or block the fight..duva tried to put the blame on hbo..but when reports caught up to them they threw her under he bus and exposed her basically by saying they would be cooperative in making the fight...

he btw that whole staff is fired now for w/e reason

[My Low Place]

Kovalev didn't want to risk his contract. Stevenson ran off to Showtime with Haymon supposedly because he wasn't getting enough money. Its really beating a dead horse now.

stevenson did run to showtime..he negotiated with hbo to get the deal that he sat on the table for them for months..

they were 300k dollars off...so michel aand haymon both elected to pay 200k and leave hbo with 100k to pay to have him back and hbo refused

hbo would have locked him in for 3 fights if htey were selfish..hbo blew the best fight in boxing imo for 100k dollars..

that staff is now fired btw...they have replaced staff frequently.

[Derranged]

stevenson did run to showtime..he negotiated with hbo to get the deal that he sat on the table for them for months..

they were 300k dollars off...so michel aand haymon both elected to pay 200k and leave hbo with 100k to pay to have him back and hbo refused

hbo would have locked him in for 3 fights if htey were selfish..hbo blew the best fight in boxing imo for 100k dollars..

that staff is now fired btw...they have replaced staff frequently.

Its sad that business gets in the way of good fights.

[killakali]

I've always read your post and I can tell we agree on alot of topics. What part of Cali you from homie?

LA.... and U?

[My Low Place]

Its sad that business gets in the way of good fights.

it is, but the fact is that this wasnt even business..it was hbo being a delinquint to the boxin fan by trying to undermind al haymon instead of giving us the best fight in boxing while haymon was trying to work with them..

now they are portraying ward vs kov as the number 1 and 2 guy when the truth is both have turned down the chance to fight adonis

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Three pages in and the Stevenson Defense Force hasn't shown up yet. Perhaps even they are getting bored with this guy.

Stevenson's career has been driven into obscurity. He should've taken that fight with Kovalev in 2014 then go with Haymon. Then again, he's made good money while taking little risk. That's boxing for ya these days.

Spoke too soon, mate. Now you get to hear how everything is everyone else's fault. Walk away while you can.

Btw Defense Force = 2 people deep.

The dude legit has no fans.