Who would beat Curtis Stevens @ 160?

^This. Sergio, Sturm, Geale, Murray, Rubio, Quilin, even lazy JCC...... take your pick. "Nap Time" ain't beating any of the division's top guys.

 

Golovkin for sure, in a rematch Golovkin would stop Stevens again. Stevens would have a good chance to beat Quillin and perhaps even Sturm.........not a healthy Martinez though, but nobody knows what kind of shape Martinez is in now.............

 

What do you mean ..perhaps even Sturm...!?
Sturm wouldn't lose a round to Curtis...wash your mouth out with soap at once Farmer!
They wish felix a "Happy Birthday" ...he turns 35 on Friday!

 

Murray, Geale, Sturm and Martinez would all mop the floor with him. Hell I would pick Cotto, who didn't even fight at 160 yet, over him. I'm a huge GGG fan but Stevens isn't an opponent worth bragging about. Primera ripped him to shreds years ago, Dirrell beat him and even Brinkley beat him for crying out loud.

 

Does Curtis have 1 win over a top 20 middleweight? What is his best win at 160?

 

I recently extracted my top head-to-head thirty middleweight in another thread - cobbled together quickly and so roughly in order, but don't hold me to it as far as exact placement for each - so let's use this as our template for a simple Yes/No exercise of "would you favor X to beat Stevens". :good

 

Golovkin - yes, obviously, he did and would in ten rematches. :yep
Martinez - yes, though you have to give Stevens a puncher's chance given Martinez's traceable regression.
Geale - yes, rather confident.
Quillin - yes, rather confident.
Murray - yes, somewhat confident.
Sturm - yes, somewhat confident.
Macklin - yes, somewhat confident.
N'Dam N'Jikam - yes, somewhat confident. (but he might have to get off the canvas)
Korobov - yes, somewhat confident.
Saunders - yes, somewhat confident.
Nielsen - yes, somewhat confident.
Lee - maybe, could get caught and finished.
Jacobs - maybe, could get caught and finished.
Rubio - maybe, could get caught and finished.
Truax - maybe, close to a pick 'em.
Proksa - maybe, could get caught and finished.
Bursak - maybe, close to a pick 'em.
Sanchez - yes, somewhat confident.
Chudinov - yes, somewhat confident.
Mora - yes, rather confident (if on the West Coast; in Stevens' backyard then no)
Guerrero - probably gets KTFO but if he avoids that, maybe
Love - probably gets KTFO but if he avoids that, maybe
Kirkland - OMG, what a war! :shock: Whoever lands big first.
Soliman - no, probably not.
Konecny - pick 'em.
Lemieux - nah, favor Stevens, but Lemieux could get in a lucky punch early.
Fletcher - pick 'em, Fletcher if he survives will definitely get a decision in Oz.
Ryder - no, probably not
Blackwell - no, probably not
Adama - no, probably not.

 

:deal

 

Not a bad matchup list, I disagree on some counts but /shrug. I think the biggest difference is you rate Quillin a lot higher than Stevens (and they both fit into something of a similar style/power niche). Which is fair, but I still think it will be interesting to see them fight.

And I do think that will end up being Quillins next fight. The last names floated for him via rumor mill got absolutely zero people interested. Stevens being from Brooklyn is exactly the opponent Quillin needs to graduate from being an undercard fighter.

If two Brooklynite power-punchers cant put enough arses in seats at Barclays in a title fight to finally warrant Quillin getting top billing then I have to wonder if anything could. (that could reasonably be made)

 

There are semblances in style and raw attributes (speed and power), yes, but to me there is a clear divide in skill level between Chocolate and Showtime. I just can't envision Stevens doing as well as Quillin overall with the latter's five last opponents; while I can definitely see him beating any of them on a given night and even stopping a couple of them, taking as many clean rounds as Quillin did and scoring a dozen knockdowns? I just don't see it. Those five performances were by no means above reproach; there were plenty of moments of struggle for Quillin throughout his run of steps up in competition there, but to me it was still smoother sailing than what it would be for Stevens.

Likewise I don't see Quillin at similar points in his career losing to Primera or Brinkley (although dropping a decision to a negative Dirrell and getting stopped by Golovkin are both distinct possibilities)

It would be an interesting match-up, that is for certain. :good

I'd favor Quillin about 65-35.

Yeah, it would sell. Stevens basically pulled a 180° turnaround on his stalling career, making the most of 2013 even including the Golovkin loss and doing more good for himself in 370 days than in his previous decade of action. On at least three occasions he suffered embarrassing setbacks that saw him justly written off (first being chin-checked by a Venezuelan journeyman after squawking all that nonsense with his boy Codrington; then participating in the worst FOTY of 2007 and being as much to blame as Dirrell for his inability to cut the ring or force a fight; and finally getting manhandled by Jesse Brinkley in what is supposed to have been, even though it was on Brinkley's home turf, Stevens' big chance at redemption with a semi-well known made to order punching bag) and yet like a phoenix he is here now so much later in the mix in a loaded middleweight division.

He is among the recognizable options for Quillin for national television audiences, while the live gate in NYC is guaranteed to be sweet and create a boisterous atmosphere.

:nod

 

I would

 

Since quillin has turned out to be pretty useless it's sad to see desperate US fans latch onto Stevens.
Forget about Quillin and Stevens lads.....
US fans are overlooking their one REAL middleweight prospect....Jacobs. He is decent. The other two....nah!

 

He actually did look pretty good in his two outings last year, to be fair.

 

Konecny is actually a good shout (didn't know he was still around), he's oldschooll and hard as nails, think that would be a good fight with Konecny being the slight favourite

 

Stevens will probably try and fight Rosado next. atsch ASAP...