Comments Thread For: Adonis Stevenson vs. Eleider Alvarez Targeted For Early Fall

[Chollo Vista]

welp 2 years ago alvarez wouldnt have been top ten
and 1 year ago when he was top 10..he told his promoter that his team wanted him to get more experience...

so what else can u b1tch about?

Tell me why Stevenson only has fought 1 Top 10 guy in over 2 years with that one guy being Fonfara?

[original zero]

Tell me why Stevenson only has fought 1 Top 10 guy in over 2 years with that one guy being Fonfara?

how many of the top 10 light heavyweights have fought more than one of the other top 10 light heavyweights in the last two years?

when you have four leagues and four mandatories, it's not always easy to get a top 10 guy in the ring.

[The Akbar One]

bout time that Stevenson fought a legit top contender.

[Chollo Vista]

how many of the top 10 light heavyweights have fought more than one of the other top 10 light heavyweights in the last two years?

Lets see:

2015
Sergey Kovalev
Adonis Stevenson
Bernard Hopkins
Jean Pascal
Eleider Alvarez
Juergen Braehmer
Isaac Chilemba
Andrzej Fonfara
Artur Beterbiev
Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

2016
Andre Ward
Sergey Kovalev
Adonis Stevenson
Eleider Alvarez
Artur Beterbiev
Joe Smith Jr
Nathan Cleverly
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Sullivan Barrera
Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

That said:

2015
Kovalev - #3 Hopkins, #4 Pascal, #7 Chilemba
Stevenson - 0... If you count Fonfara back in 2014, then 1.

2016
Kovalev - #1 Ward, #7 Cleverly... If you count Cleverly from 2013.
Ward - Champ Kovalev, #9 Barerra
#9 Barerra - #10 Shabranskyy, Ward

2017
Ward - Kovalev
Barerra - Scheduled to fight #6 Smith
Stevenson - not scheduled to fight anyone. At least no one in the Top 10; just posturing.

Again, Stevenson needs to step his game up big time.

[robbyheartbaby]

Great fight let's go! This is a fight fans have wanted a while, Stevenson the POS has had too many soft touches over the last few years this is a solid test. Hard to believe Stevenson stopped Dawson in 1, stopped Bellew and Cloud, then signed with Haymon and fought Bika, Karpency and Sukhotskiy.

[My Low Place]

Tell me why Stevenson only has fought 1 Top 10 guy in over 2 years with that one guy being Fonfara?

not my job to tell u why..but i'll inform u that kovalev left 2 purse bid that would have made the fight..if u do not care aout that then u have no merit to talk here.

[Chollo Vista]

not my job to tell u why..but i'll inform u that kovalev left 2 purse bid that would have made the fight..if u do not care aout that then u have no merit to talk here.

Sure, Team Kovalev dropped the ball... I've always agreed with that and never accused Stevenson of ducking Kovalev.

However, when doing math, there are 8 other guys in the top 10.

[original zero]

Stevenson - not scheduled to fight anyone. At least no one in the Top 10; just posturing.

uhhhh he's scheduled to fight alvarez in the fall . . .

[TexasCowBoy]

Ward ducked me. I told him I would fight him in his hometown with his judges like he wanted but he still turned me down.

Best post of the day

[My Low Place]

Sure, Team Kovalev dropped the ball... I've always agreed with that and never accused Stevenson of ducking Kovalev.

However, when doing math, there are 8 other guys in the top 10.

and if you do the math u'll see a lot of the top ten'ers are on the come up and admitting they are not ready for champ....

and u have to take out beterbiev bc he's was injured and has been fine with sitting on the bench...now add ward he doesnt want stevenson...and u're left with maybe 2 ppl that he didnt pick...and those 2 likely have done absolutely nothing

cleverly and braehmer type guys..come on now