This fight will never happen because Chickenson is deathly afraid of Kovalev. And truth be told, I lost interest in this match up (aside from the deep desire to see Chickenson brutalized and KO'd) since Stevenson couldn't put small ass Bika away.
Bika is though. But what bugs me most is that there is no way Kovalev-Stevenson is next, meaning Kovalev will fight whomever before his supposed showdown with Ward. If all goes according to plan, and say Kovalev beats Ward, Stevenson will already be 39 by the time they meet. I´m guessing that Stevenson will fight twice this year and then cash out vs. the Ward-Kovalev winner. Or maybe Al will feed Stevenson to Beterbiev? :think Stevenson will always have two paydays available: Bute and Pascal. Those fights will never go away.
Bika is tough, but he was also blown up and small at the weight. Kovalev would put Bika away by the 5th round. The Bika fight tells me that Stevenson's power isn't as crazy as people once thought.
:huh what is your definition of "blown up"? Stevenson still managed to put him on ***** street in rounds 5 and 9. His power is legit, but his ****nal is limited. If Stevenson lands on Kovalev, the way Pascal did, he will hurt him.