Warren says Cleverly’s willing to fight Adonis Stevenson in a 175 unification bout

stevenson454By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Frank Warren is saying that his fighter WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (26-0, 12 KO’s) is willing to face the huge puncher WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KO’s) in a unification bout no matter where it takes place.

Warren said in his column at Frankwarren.com “The 35-year-old Haitian is a seriously dangerous puncher. Nevertheless, Nathan Cleverly is willing to accommodate him in a unification spat on either side of the Atlantic, anytime Stevenson fancies it.”

Well, I think Stevenson might just fancy it, but I hope Cleverly does because somehow I can see him getting sick before this fight and then it falling through. I mean, I’d be happy just to see Cleverly face unbeaten challenger Sergey Kovalev.

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Dawson faces long road back

dawson1By Nick Reynolds: Three punches. All Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 knockouts) needed was one of them.

In the 76th second of Saturday night’s main event at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Adonis Stevenson launched a thunderous left cross that sent (now former) WBC light heavyweight champion of the world, Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 knockouts), crumbling to the canvas. Dawson managed to awkwardly stumble back to his feet to survive the ten count, but referee Michael Griffin deemed Dawson unfit to continue, and the fight was halted.

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Bellew: I’m going to shock Adonis Stevenson

bellew46By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew (20-1-1, 12 KO’s) thinks he’s got newly crowned WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KO’s) all figured out in terms of his fighting style and he believes he’s going to shock Stevenson and the world by beating him when the two fight. Stevenson ripped the WBC title away from Chad Dawson last Saturday in destroying him by a 1st round knockout in Montreal, Canada. Bellew for some reason thinks he’s the kryptonite to defeat “Superman” Adonis.

Bellew said to Sky Sports “You’ve got to use your brain. I’ll go about it in a way that will probably shock people and shock him because I’ve studied him…Adonis Stevenson is wild and he gives you opportunities.”

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Stevenson vs. Dawson review & look at how Chad can bounce back

dawson54By Peter Wells (twitter @boxingbrains): It took barely more than a minute, for a fight expected by most to last the full 12 rounds, to end. No surprise though in the man scoring the one punch KO, as Haiti-Canadian Adonis Stevenson landed a looping left hand to the jaw of Chad Dawson.

‘Bad’ Chad staggering to his feet was left once again to pick up the pieces after consecutive defeats and his 3rd of his career. Although the early defeat won’t have the same effects physically on Dawson as the previous two, but the concern is what has this defeat done to Dawson mentally.

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Bellew willing to travel to face Adonis Stevenson

stevenson343By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBC, Tony Bellew (20-1, 12 KO’s) got his wish with Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KO’s) defeating WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson last Saturday night. Bellew felt that he matched up better against the slugger Stevenson than he would against the pure boxer Dawson, and now he’s going to be able to see if his theory is correct. Bellew says he’s willing to travel to take the fight with Stevenson.

Bellew said to Sky Sports “I can’t wait to meet him (Stevenson) – he won’t have to look for me and I won’t have to look for him…I’ll go to his backyard as I’ve said – no problem…I’ll go anywhere for the fight.”

I hate to say it but Bellew doesn’t stand a chance in this fight. If he thinks he had it bad in going life and death with Isaac Chilemba in their two back to back fights this year, just wait and see what he’ll have to face when a much faster, much stronger and much tougher Stevenson faces him.

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Has Chad Dawson lost his punch resistance?

dawson100By Allan Fox: Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 KO’s) was knocked out for the second straight fight last Saturday night by Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KO’s), and in the process of losing the fight, Dawson lost his WBC light heavyweight title. Dawson, 30, didn’t even make out of the 1st round against Stevenson, as he knocked out with the third punch of the fight by Stevenson.

Dawson only connected on two punches of his own during the fight, but to see him knocked out so quickly was rather alarming considering he’d been knocked out in his previous fight by Andre Ward last September.

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Adonis Stevenson wants Hopkins or Ward next

stevenson454By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBC 175 lb. contender Tony Bellew might have to do some waiting before he eventually gets a shot at newly crowned WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KO’s) because he’s looking for bigger game; namely Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO’s) or IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s). Those were the names that Stevenson mentioned last night after his stunning 1st round knockout win over WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 KO’s) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Stevenson knocked Dawson out with a left hand to the head a little over a minute into the fight. Dawson never even got a got chance to get warmed up before he was starched out by Stevenson.

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Stevenson destroys Dawson; Gamboa decisions Perez

dawson2By Jim Dower: WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-3, 17 KO’s) made the mistake of coming out aggressive tonight against the hard hitting Adonis Stevenson (21-1, 18 KO’s) and it cost him big time by Dawson getting knocked out by a single left hand from Stevenson in the 1st round at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Dawson was fighting more or less okay up to the point Stevenson nailed him with a big left hand shot. Once that shot landed, Dawson went down flat on his back on the canvas.

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Stevenson’s promoter: If Adonis doesn’t beat Dawson it could be a long time before he gets another world title shot

stevenson222By Allan Fox: At 35-years-old, Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO’s) is in a must win situation tonight against WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) in their HBO televised fight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. A loss for Stevenson will put him in a situation where it might take him one-two years get another title shot. At his age he can’t afford that because there’s no telling how much time the Canadian has left with his boxing career.

Stevenson’s promoter Yvon Michel said this about Stevenson’s situation as quoted by RingTV: If Adonis Stevenson doesn’t win this fight, it could be a very long time before we see another world championship fight here.”

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