Stevenson - Bika

Stevenson's competition was pretty bad, too, until his last 5 fights...

 

Bosante, Edwards and Alcoba are not too bad, on paper anyway. Last 5 are very good.

 

On paper only, all garbage.

Darnell Boone was his hest opponent prior to (ruined by the weight drain and Ward loss) Dawson.

Speaking of which, his last four are pretty good, when you factor in the circumstances.

...and Cloud/Bellew/Fonfara/Sukhotsky is aa decent run but they're all just "pretty good". None of those four is a p4p elite or anything. (like Dawson used to be)

 

And Dirrell best win before Bika be... St Juste, Montoun or Hanshaw. I think big difference between them second level wins.

 

True but knockouts of Hanshaw and St. Juste and then going 1-0-1 against Bika measures up pretty evenly with Cloud(1-dimensional paper champ)/Bellew(domestic level)/Fonfara (B level contender, like Bika except with less h2h value at his weight)/Sukhotsky (B level contender, like Bika except with less h2h value at his weight) as 4 best results against live bodies.

 

bika is awful to watch

 

Stevenson by ko, Bika is way too open and predictable in his approach.

 

100% man, but I have a soft spot for bika, dude has had to fight murderers row for like the last decade, being robbed at least 2/3 x which put him back at square 1.

man would I love for bika to land the money shot on superwoman. like one said, bika has really started to show the wear and tear recently, not sure he can take many more flush shots without taking a break (nap) ..

in the fight game, anything can happen but, the MO usually is what does happen, hate to admit it but if I were a betting man I would have to pick superwoman for the tko W and would hate winning that bet

 

an older fighter stepping up to fight the 3rd or 4th best 175lber. Could be interesting bu Bika will be horribly outweighed and may be even slower than normal due to the weight gain.

This is a fight that Stevenson hopes gets him some positive recognition, against a tough-guy, but it is really not that competitive as it may sound on paper. Another Adonis cop-out.

 

Hopefully hell be a little fresher with the extra weight

 

its another cop out from Adonis facing one of calzaghes best opponents.