Winner: HBO
Aside from the co-main snoozer, HBO was a big hit on Saturday night. The commentating was solid–especially Bernard Hopkins and Harold Lederman who didn’t hold back in their critiques–and the build up for future fights was solid.
Fans got to hear from Andre Ward who was interviewed on air to confirm that a fight with Sergey Kovalev is indeed in the works for somewhere in the not-to-distant future.
Former HBO fighter, Adonis Stevenson, rushed the ring after Kovalev’s victory in hopes of convincing the public that he is the man at 175 and that he actually wants a fight with the Krusher.
Instead, Stevenson was trolled on Twitter and laughed at by Lamps and B-Hop on air. Oh yeah, and Kovalev called him “Chickenson,” mocked him with duck noises and flipped him the bird, which was all awesome too.
At this point, we should all move on from Stevenson. He'll lose, maybe to Fonfara in a rematch, and that'll be it. Kovalev-Ward is the prize
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixYS) January 31, 2016
HBO can rest easy knowing that they have Kovalev-Ward on deck and that Kovalev-Stevenson becomes less and less interesting each day.
