Hot take: Stevenson would have stopped Beterbiev.

[youbeight]

You can look up the dates friend

Lying about it would get me nowhere

been there done that. kathy played herself. never seen a promoter talk so much smack to turn down 2 purse bids lol.

[Boxing Goat]

been there done that. kathy played herself. never seen a promoter talk so much smack to turn down 2 purse bids lol.

Purse bids = Irrelevant to a fighter/promoter when big money TV deals are on the line.

Whether it was truly a duck or not, Stevenson signed a ccontract with SHO knowing full well that Kovalev had a fight scheduled already and that he would not be able to fight him if he was with HBO. That has killed all but a few fights in history, unfortunately.

He who signed first is the only one eligible to be considered the ducker. End of discussion.

[Squ□redCircle34]

Nonsense. Very, very untrue and nobody has done it yet.

Absolute sense, the reason nobody has is because he’s a fast light heavy and doesn’t take too many chances!

A fighter with a good read on his rhythm will catch on and catch him stepping in when he unloaded that same combination pattern!

Watch when it happens and I’ll be the one to tell you so!

[daggum]

I agree, adonis was ducked for most of his career. His style was a nightmare

he ducked everyone. he fought no one. his popularity and level of competition fell dramatically after signing with haymon. his end only came because arum forced a purse bid and had a fighter who was willing to go on pbc since pbc fighters dont travel. the super fight he had was against badaou jack who had only one fight at 175 and lost to browne and pascal after the fight

[Watcherw1]

Hopkins avoided adonis, he chose to pursue the safer champions/title opportunities. Same thing with ward, stayed with hbo.

Kovalev ducked the purse bid, whoever does that, ducked the fight. Adonis fought several ranked contenders.

There is no debate

[Mammoth]

That is possible. Stevenson had a deadly straight left. But Beterbiev has faced big punchers already and took their power and knocked every ***ing one of them out. He could do the same for Stevenson who was KOed a few times by guys who didn't punch nearly as hard or as often as Beterbiev. i'll pick the guy with 100% KO wins and zero losses.

Very possible. Stevenson could punch and we've seen Beterbiev get dropped.

[Mrsantiago]

i remember kathy duva saying the fluctuation of the russian currency was why she couldnt do the purse bid.

She will say anything but that’s why she’s not around anymore thank god. Lol jk. Where has she gone ? Has anyone seen Kathy Duva lately ?

[Watcherw1]

Correct

Kovalev ducked like no tomorrow, adonis was the kin

[Lance98]

Beterbiev beat Gvozdyk, a guy who is not a big puncher that put adonis in coma. Beterbiev with that power and solid chin would have done worse, unimaginable things to adonis. Beterbiev is not just a come forward guy. He is a smart boxer who imposes his will on his opponents.

[Pac=Duran]

I truly believe Adonis Stevenson would have brutally stopped Beterbiev. A come-forward fighter with leaky defense is tailor made for a hard-hitting counter-puncher like Stevenson. Beterbiev would walk into left hands all night, going down at least once, until the ref mercifully stops it.

Stevenson was a ***** for ducking Kov so bad but I think he was super dangerous. Maybe have beaten Kov tbh.

And you're right about Beterbeiv vs Stevenson. Stevenson left hand was Hearns-like.