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In 2013, WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Adonis Stevenson knocked out Darnell Boone, Chad Dawson, Tavoris Cloud and Tony Bellew.
It was a Fighter of the Year list of performances that made him the best in his division.
In 2014, instead of capitalizing on his momentum, Stevenson signed with Al Haymon and allowed another Light Heavyweight, Sergey Kovalev, to earn two additional world titles and to veritably surpass him as the best in the division.
Kovalev is arguably the best Light Heavyweight in the world and a clash with Stevenson is on everyone’s wish list for 2015.
But first, Kovalev will face Stevenson’s countryman, former titleholder Jean Pascal.
As Pascal begins to prepare for his bout with Kovalev, he has had a few words to say to his countryman Stevenson, calling Stevenson’s knockout win over Dmitry Sukhotsky this past Friday “a mismatch on paper and in the ring.”
This is of course coming off the heels of a Pascal win that was so bad a mismatch on paper that the guy he fought decided to call it quits in a fit of histrionics after being fouled by a punch that didn’t even hurt him.
Pascal’s opponent, Roberto Bolonti, was stopped in the second round amidst cries from his promoter to not get up after the punch.
Nevertheless, Stevenson recently responded to Pascal in a recent RingTv.com article in which he states, “I will show Jean Pascal how to whip Sergey Kovalev’s ass.”
Signing with Al Haymon pretty much made it clear in the eyes of nearly everyone that Stevenson does not want to fight Kovalev.
But, despite the political situation, is Stevenson eyeing a 2015 unification fight? Will a Pascal loss to Kovalev make it that much more marketable for Canadian fans?
