Adonis Stevenson vs. Tavoris Cloud & Eleider Alvarez vs. Edison Miranda RBR

Cloud made him look like Pernell Whitaker in there.

 

Oh yeah (thanks :nut)

I forgot. It just seems like forever since he's been in there doing his thing. :conf

 

So much for being 36

 

If Cloud didn't accept a bribe to lose that fight, he should just retire. His performance was putrid. That was 1000 miles away from championship calibre. Boxing has never been worse.

 

Obviously a whitewash for Stevenson, 7-0 rounds, 70-63 points. Stevenson started slowly, won the 1st round with two big left hooks and one straight left, won each of the 2nd and 3rd with one big straight left and ring generalship, won the 4th with flurries early and late, then from the 5th round onwards, started to systematically dominate the rounds. Cloud actually became more aggressive from the 5th round onward, but his lateral movement to his left stopped, and he became a sitting target for all the big lefts that Stevenson threw. I think Cloud's best chance was to keep moving left while swarming in close, he has very good power, he should have tried to make Stevenson respect it. As it was, Cloud fought a bad tactical fight, and Stevenson never was threatened by his power, to the point he was clowning Cloud from early on. No problem with Cloud's corner stopping the fight, Cloud had bad cuts over both eyes, the fight had gotten away from him in the previous 3 rounds, and they were right to protect him. As for Stevenson, Bellew I think is next in a mandatory fight, but really the big fights out there for him are Kovalev and Ward, either of which would be brilliant.

 

He started boxing really late so he is a fresh 36

 

Kovalev vs. Stevenson will be an immense fight. Those two are great fighters.

 

Wow. Stevenson caught off guard by the Kovalev question.

Couldn't seem to dismiss it fast enough.

 

Yeah. I hate it when good things happen to bad people.

 

Stevenson's voice cracked a bit when Kellerman mentioned Kovalev. He's telling Kovalev to beat a few champions (which he already did), before they should fight.

I don't think he's very excited for that match up.

 

Almost shat his pants... :rofl

 

Kovalev will be avoided like Golovkin is avoided, and probably moreso since he hasn't had the HBO promotional push that GGG has.