By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport says his fighter #1 WBC, Tony Bellew (20-1-1, 12 KO’s) will be facing the winner of the June 8th fight between Chad Dawson vs. Adonis Stevenson fight later this year once the smoke clears from that fight.
Bellew defeated Isaac Chilemba by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night to put himself in position to fight the Dawson-Stevenson winner.
By Eric Thomas: WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) is potentially making a big mistake by taking on slugger Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO’s) next month on June 8th in Stevenson’s home country in Montreal, Canada at the Bell Centre.
Dawson just finished losing to WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward by a 10th round TKO last September in a fight where Dawson was knocked down three times before it was stopped.
By Eric Thomas: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward feels that the recently beaten WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) needs to prove that he’s still a world class fighter in his next bout against Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO’s) next month on June 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Ward totally dominated Dawson and stopped him in the 10th round last September and the way that Dawson looked in that fight, he appeared to be a shell of what he was years ago.
Ward said to RingTV “I think he [Dawson] has to show that he still has it…that he is who the fans are used to seeing, and that’s the old Chad Dawson…that he can still take a shot, and that he can deal with a strong guy like Stevenson.”
By Allan Fox: WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) and challenger Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO’s) traded barbs earlier today in their press conference to hype their June 8th fight at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Stevenson, 35, is moving up in weight from 168 to challenge the taller and the more experienced Dawson for is World Boxing Council 175 lb. title,
Dawson seemed like he wanted to have it be a nice calm press conference but Stevenson got him riled up when he said: “The one young guy you fought, Jean Pascal, beat you up in Montreal.”
Dawson didn’t take that insult too well and he immediately fired back to Stevenson saying:
By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew (19-1-1, 12 KO’s), questions whether the 30-year-old Bellew is ready to challenge for the title against WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson when and if the opportunity presents itself.
Bellew fought to an unimpressive 12 round draw with #3 WBC Isaac Chilemba (20-1-1, 9 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Echo Arena.
Hearn said to the dailystar.co.uk “On that performance, maybe he [Bellew] is not ready for a Chad Dawson, so maybe it’s a blessing in disguise. Maybe he needs to build again, learn more and come back better because I don’t think on that performance he may have been able to deal with Dawson.”
By Allan Fox: Yvon Michel, the promoter for Adonis Stevenson (20-1, 17 KO’s), says he’ll have a fight between Stevenson and WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) finalized this weekend for their June 8th clash at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Stevenson destroyed journeyman Darnell Boone (19-21-3, 8 KO’s) by a 6th round knockout last Friday night in Montreal in avenging an earlier knockout loss to Boone.
Michel said to Journaldequebeck.com “It was an emotional fight [Stevenson’s fight with Boone] for him and he made a real demolition work.
By Scott Gilfoid: Having failed to get IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch to face him in the ring, #1 IBF 168 lb. contender Adonis Stevenson (19-1, 16 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to face WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) in a fight that will be taking place in June, according to Steve Kim.
Nemzetisport.hu is reporting the fight will take place on June 8th, provided that the 35-year-old Stevenson get past journeyman Darnell Boone (19-20-3, 8 KO’s) this month in their fight on March 22nd at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Boone already knocked Stevenson out 2nd round three years ago, and Stevenson wants to avenge the fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Former two time WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KO’s) is blaming his weight for him losing to WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward in a 10th round TKO defeat last year in September.
Dawson claims the process of draining down from his natural weight class of 175 to 168 left him without his usual energy that he normally has. He says that’s one of the reasons why Ward kept knocking him down in that fight. Dawson hit the deck three times in the fight, once in the 3rd, 4th and 10th round.
Dawson said to Chris Byrd at Byrd’s Eye View “We [Ward] definitely got to do it again at 175. Eventually he’ll come to 175 and I’ll be right there.”
By Allan Fox: Former WBA World flyweight champion Hernan “Tyson” Marquez (34-3, 24 KO’s) will be returning to the ring on March 23rd against an opponent still to be determined in Hermosillo, Mexico, according to RingTV.
Marquez, 24, was stopped in the 10th round in his last fight against WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria last November in a fight where Marque was knocked down three times, once in the 1st, another time in the 5th and a final time in the 10th round.
Marquez was simply over-matched in that fight and there wasn’t anything he could to make himself competitive.
By Allan Fox: The Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud and the Jean Pascal vs. Chad Dawson fights could both be paired on HBO in a split site double-header on March 9th, according to Steve Kim. The Hopkins-Cloud fight isn’t definite for HBO, but the word is that there’s a good possibility that it ends up being televised.