By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20 KO’s) defeated Andrzej Fonfara (25-3, 15 KO’s) in a tougher than expected 12 round unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Fonfara knocked Stevenson down in the 9th round from a left-right combination. Stevenson dropped Fonfara down twice in the fight in knocked him down with a left to the head in the 1st round, and a left to the body in the 5th. The final judges scores were 115-110, 115-110 and 116-109.
Stevenson looked tired and hurt in the 9th after getting knocked down by Fonfara. However, he was able to clinch his way out of the round.