Stevenson avoiding his mandatory title defense... again

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  1. Robney

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    No, neither of them are even half as much scumbags as Stevenson. And some aren't even really dislikable.
    Spence, Rigo, the Charlo's, Andrade, Stevens are not bad at all. Stevens had some bad taste, Spence is talking crap, but nothing really annoying or bad.
    Eubank Jr is annoying, and Joshua joined the boxing überrace, but they aren't really that bad either.
    Dirrell brothers are very annoying and learned how to "win" by acting and getting beat up... don't like them. Broner and Floyd had to do time for scumbaggery, so they are on the naughty list. But neither comes even close to what that pimp did.
     
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    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is just ridiculous! And disappointing... Especially with Gvozdyk being #2.
     
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    AS far as kids & Stevenson goes he not interested in feeding them...
    When I put Pride I was in a melancholic & sardonic mood, ie he has no F*****g Pride or self respect at all...he's is scum in every aspect.
     
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    Buh buh Lineal, brah,

    Stevenson has the same title Gus Lesnevich held.
     
  5. Drew101

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    To be fair, Jack is a legitimate Top 10 contender. He's number three ranked by TBRB and number 8 by Ring. If Stevenson faces him instead of Alvarez, it's still a duck of his mandatory, but also marks the first time he's faced a universally ranked Top 10 guy since the first fight with Fonfara.

    Gvozdyk is also the WBO number one, but no one but me really complained about the fact that he was excluded for a fight for their vacant strap. But yeah, he's ranked above Jack, too and deserves a shot at somebody sooner rather than later.
     
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    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would love if WBC somehow made a mandatory fight between Alvarez and Gvozdyk.
     
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  7. Robney

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    The WBC -like always- is allowing for this to happen.
    They can issue a public statement, that if he doesn't take his mandatory next time around, he would lose the position. That has been done before, and would put an end to this scam.
    Can you imagine if Wilder and Braezaele pulled the same trick next? Braezaele steps aside, gets a lot of money for doing nothing but fighting pushovers, and Wilder never has to face a single mandatory again. "Fighting" 4 times a year, cherrypicking the weakest links out of the WBC's top 15, climbing the all-time rankings of most HW defences without ever facing a dangerous opponent.
     
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    Alvarez got step aside money and signed a 5 fight contract for a minimum of 100k a fight.