Stevenson conquers Bika, is Kovalev next?

stevenson2By Allan Fox: Making his 5th defense of his World Boxing Council 175 pound title, Adonis Stevenson (26-1, 21 KOs) was victorious in defeating former WBC 168 pound champion Sakio Bika (32-7-3, 21 KOs) by a unanimous 12 round decision on Saturday afternoon at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Stevenson, 37, unloaded everything but the kitchen sink in the fight in vying to become the first fighter to ever stop the 35-year-old Bika, but it wasn’t meant to be. Bika visited the canvas twice in the fight. He took Stevenson’s best shots and kept coming forward with a determined look on his face.

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Adonis Stevenson faces Sakio Bika tonight in Canada

weigh in-0004 - Bika Stevenson 2(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / PBC on CBS) By Dan Ambrose: While many boxing fans are looking forward to an intriguing unification match between WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) and IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champ Sergey Kovalev (27-0-1, 24 KOs), Stevenson, 37, isn’t looking past his opponent tonight former WBC 168 pound champion Sakio Bikla (32-6-3, 21 KOs) in their fight at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Stevenson can’t afford to look past Bika, because this is probably the best fighter that Stevenson has ever fought before. Stevenson has fought better boxers than Bika in the past like Chad Dawson and bigger punchers like Tony Bellew, but none of the opponents that Stevenson has faced had the punch resistance and the toughness that Bika possesses.

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Stevenson, Bika, Beterbiev and Campillo weights, photos

1-weigh in-0005 - Bika Stevenson 3ADONIS STEVENSON: 174 ½ Pounds
SAKIO BIKA: 174 ½ Pounds

ARTUR BETERBIEV: 175 Pounds
GABRIEL CAMPILLO: 174 ½ Pounds

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JULIAN WILLIAMS: 154 ½ Pounds
JOEY HERNANDEZ: 155 pounds

PBC on CBS, headlined by the light heavyweight world championship fight between Stevenson and Bika, is promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and presented by Videotron and in association with Mise-O-Jeu. Tickets are on sale now at the Pepsi Coliseum box office in Quebec, by calling (418) 691-7211 or (800) 900-7469, online at www.billetech.com, at GYM (514) 383-0666 and Champion Boxing Club (514) 376-0980. Ticket prices range from $25 to $250 on the floor.

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Adonis Stevenson ready to battle Sakio Bika in toe-to-toe war

press conference-0013 - Adonis Stevenson - CBS(Photo credit: Amanda Kwok / PBC on CBS) By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) faces arguably the toughest opponent of his career when he faces Sakio Bika (25-1, 21 KOs) this Saturday night at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Stevenson, 37, says he wants the fight to be a toe-to-toe war with Bika.

With the way that Bika fights, I don’t think Stevenson will have any other choice but to make the fight a war. Even if he wants to play it safe by standing on the outside to pot shot all night long, Bika is going to crowd him a lot in this fight and nail him with big looping bombs.

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Sakio Bika: I’ll be the one to knockout Adonis Stevenson

press conference-0010 - Sakio Bika Adonis Stevenson faceoff1(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / PBC on CBS) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs) isn’t going to let IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev be the one to knockout WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) because he plans on doing it this Saturday night when he faces Stevenson on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Bika, 35, acknowledges that Stevenson can really punch, but he feels he’s going to be able to take anything he can dish out. But Bika has doubts whether Stevenson will be able to take his own punching power when the two of them get inside the ring.

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Adonis Stevenson: My power shots will hurt Sakio Bika

stevenson34By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) feels very confident that he’ll be able to hurt challenger Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs) this Saturday night and possibly score a stoppage when the two of them face each other on Premier Boxing Champions on CBS at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Stevenson, 37, is one of the older top fighters in the light heavyweight division, but he still has a lot of hand speed to go along with his impressive punching power. Whether he can score a knockout over a fighter with a tough chin like Stevenson is something we’re going to find out on Saturday.

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Adonis Stevenson focused on Bika, not impressed with Kovalev’s win over Pascal

stevenson6788-By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) says he wasn’t impressed with the victory by IBF/WBA/WBO 175 pound champion Sergey Kovlev last Saturday night over former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Stevenson didn’t say much about Kovalev’s win other than him just not being all too impressed with what he saw in that fight from the Russian fighter.

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Adonis Stevenson: Sakio Bika will be knocked out for the first time

stevenson221By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight title holder Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21 KOs) is predicting a knockout victory over former WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21 KOs) in their fight on April 4th at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.

If Stevenson, 37, is going to score a knockout over Bika then he’s going to need to put his own chin on the line in this fight, because Bika isn’t someone like Chad Dawson who will fold up the first time he gets with a single hard shot.

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