Adonis Stevenson vs. Donovan George - back on! Friday, October 12th

Years before he turned pro - but already a legally competent adult - he led some (figurative and literal) gangbangers who forced young local girls into lives of prostitution, drugs, and violent physical abuse.

Confessed, tried, convicted.

Like George, he has since "paid his debt to society" and claims to be rehabilitated.. So, water under the bridge...right? :!:

 

There is a bit of a difference between your typical drunken spousal row of yesteryear culminating in a sass-quashing backhand across the kisser (although that is itself unconscionable) and a ****ing natural born power puncher - currently considered one of the hardest hitters in all of pro boxing at 168lbs, fourteen years later - loading up in cold blood and putting a finisher on the chin of a young girl probably weighing about half what he did with the express goal of rendering them unconscious for sheer amusement.

 

Was the same not true on paper of Stevenson vs. Boone, though? :think

The thing is, strange as it may seem, George could actually match up against Stevenson h2h (while still being an underdog) more favorably than Dirrell would have despite obviously being vastly inferior to Dirrell in general terms.

Due to the unique set of characteristics that Stevenson possesses - explosive power that you don't want to spend 12 rounds hanging around with, very fast hands and feet, and a beyond suspect chin - it's perhaps more likely for a raw aggressive slugger with a solid chin to beat him with a lucky haymaker than a cutie boxer having to survive by avoiding those dangerous fists and attempting to pot shot from safety for a full thirty-six minutes. Remember, Dirrell is slick but not untouchable and he can be hurt by a lesser shot than Stevenson is capable of delivering (and Stevenson is quick and nimble enough to keep up with Dirrell even in runner mode, and close the gap with a leaping/looping punch he won't see coming...)

You don't want to go the distance with Stevenson, and trying is inviting trouble. You want to check his chin before he checks yours. Dirrell probably does have enough thunder in his gloves to get the job done - just not the mentality. Especially knowing Stevenson's reputation and having seen his highlight reel KO's if he'd done any scouting, he'd be scared shitless of getting caught with something so he'd be on the backfoot as he was against much lesser puncher Curtis Stevens - and he'd be surprised how quickly Stevenson caught up to him and started raining bombs down, being nowhere near as slow as the plodding Stevens. When really, if Dirrell simply took it straight to him and adopted a "strike first" mentality he'd probably win by KO. You'd never convince him to do it, though. :yep George on the other hand knows no other way to fight - as you say, he's very limited and that could actually work to his benefit here. He'd feel that he may as well walk through a few of Stevenson's shots and try to bang him out, because wtf else is he trained to do?

 

Can't wait to peep the under. :yep

If it pays out as generously as 1/2 or better I might drop real cash. :think

 

Actually might not be that long a wait, despite this only just having been announced (and not yet technically official?) and over a month away.

Cloud vs. Pascal odds are already listed... :shock: And guess what? They have it a mismatch.

 

...and Curtis Stevens.

Hell he even ran early against Hanshaw before realizing he could take Tony's best stuff.


No way he comes forward against A.S., IMO.

 

It's official. :deal