Stevenson to defend against Williams - July 29

[Like a Boss]

WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) will defend his title for the seventh time against WBC #9 rated Thomas “Top Dog” Williams (20-1, 14 KOs) on July 29 at Centre Videotron in Quebec City.

“I am very happy to get back in the ring for my next fight, which will be held July 29 in the superb Centre Videotron of Quebec, against Thomas Williams Jr.,” Stevenson said. “I will demonstrate that, like fine wine, I am even better with age. Even though I haven’t boxed for 10 months, I’ve never left the gym and I’m willing to defend my crown.”

In the co-feature, current WBC #1 light heavyweight contender Eleider Alvarez (19-0, 10 KOs) will attempt to maintain his position as the WBC mandatory challenger against Maximiliano Gomez (22-5, 9 KOs). Also in action are welterweight Custio Clayton (8-0, 7 KOs), heavyweight Eric Martel Bahoeli (11-6, 7 KOs), welterweight Junior Ulysse (10-0, 7 KOs) and welterweight Marie Eve Dicaire (4-0) in separate fights.

[gilgamesh]

Hope Williams catches him and takes him out.

[jezzamundo]

For a second I thought Stevenson was continuing to duck Kovalev by fighting the former welterweight, now paraplegic Paul Williams.

[crusader]

Thomas 'owwwww my eye!' Williams

[Like a Boss]

Hope Williams catches him and takes him out.

Likewise.

[boxing_rocks]

Hope Williams catches him and takes him out.

Likewise.

Me too. My hopes are not very high though.

[Like a Boss]

Hope Williams catches him and takes him out.

Likewise.

Me too. My hopes are not very high though.

Same.

[crusader]

Williams has solid power, but Adonis hits even harder and is the better boxer; he also showed far more grit against Fonfara than Williams did when an already shopworn Gabriel Campillo literally reduced him to tears. Adonis is getting on and one of these days could be caught on the decline, but he probably still has enough to take out a guy like this.

[gilgamesh]

Hope Williams catches him and takes him out.

Likewise.

Me too. My hopes are not very high though.

Williams is wild, and definitely leaves himself open to be knocked out a whole lot so Stevenson knocking him out is definitely easy to imagine. Williams is a big hitter in his own right though, and his punches got enough on them to hurt Stevenson. Hopefully Stevenson will be a bit rusty, and with the advanced age of Stevenson maybe he's more likely to get caught.

[PredatorHayds]

Not a bad fight. But you've got to favour Stevenson.

The only worry I have is that Adonis might suddenly have one of these fights, and become old overnight.

Time is surely running out for a Kovalev fight now??

[jujigatame]

Interesting fight just because Stevenson hasn't fought a decent opponent in 2 years so nobody knows how he'll look.

I'd still favor Stevenson, but it should be a fun fight. Both guys have power and both guys may be a bit chinny.

[ElJefe]

I've only watched Williams against Edwin Rodriguez. Complete slug fest for about 6 minutes. Adonis might be getting old but he hasn't really been in what you'd describe as wars so I'd expect him to still be fresh. Even if he isn't, Williams' defence looked almost non-existent. He won't get away with that against a puncher like Stevenson. I predict Stevenson KO3.

[caldo2025]

Adonis is one of those rare boxers that no matter who he is fighting, I'm rooting for the other guy. He could be fighting ISIS and i'd still not be on his side. With that said, I actually like this fight a little. At least some people actually know Thomas Williams Jr even if I just got introduced to him recently. Edwin Rodriguez has a big time chin so you have to give TW some credit for scoring that knockout for sure. So we have two southpaws with big left hands and swiss cheese for defense, yes please.

Adonis does have a huge reach advantage that may be the biggest factor but hopefully my wishes will come true and this woman beater gets the beating of his life, like he deserves, and we never hear from Adonis again. Ever.

[Baby Face Finster]

Adonis is one of those rare boxers that no matter who he is fighting, I'm rooting for the other guy. He could be fighting ISIS and i'd still not be on his side. With that said, I actually like this fight a little. At least some people actually know Thomas Williams Jr even if I just got introduced to him recently. Edwin Rodriguez has a big time chin so you have to give TW some credit for scoring that knockout for sure. So we have two southpaws with big left hands and swiss cheese for defense, yes please.

Adonis does have a huge reach advantage that may be the biggest factor but hopefully my wishes will come true and this woman beater gets the beating of his life, like he deserves, and we never hear from Adonis again. Ever.

Amen!

[crusader]

How bad has Adonis's recent comp been that people are talking up Williams like he's a notable step in the right direction? This is someone who three fights ago quit and literally burst into tears when things got tough against shopworn Campillo, and while the win over Edwin is solid you're talking about Williams defeating a guy who one fight earlier was down multiple times and all over the place against Mike Seals, a totally unproven clubfighter who has beaten only 6 people with winning records.

I've seen numerous suggestions that we'll get to see two chinny sluggers throw bombs with abandon, but Stevenson isn't that type of fighter and he's shown much more skill Williams. Williams is a solid hitter, but keep in mind that he couldn't hurt chinny Campillo, and his recent 'big' knockouts came against fighters who had been seriously hurt in other recent bouts, with Savigne in particular being notoriously glass-chinned. I think Adonis has the edge in pretty much every area, but he is getting up there and perhaps this is a good time to catch him.

[lefty]

How bad has Adonis's recent comp been that people are talking up Williams like he's a notable step in the right direction? This is someone who three fights ago quit and literally burst into tears when things got tough against shopworn Campillo, and while the win over Edwin is solid you're talking about Williams defeating a guy who one fight earlier was down multiple times and all over the place against Mike Seals, a totally unproven clubfighter who has beaten only 6 people with winning records.

I've seen numerous suggestions that we'll get to see two chinny sluggers throw bombs with abandon, but Stevenson isn't that type of fighter and he's shown much more skill Williams. Williams is a solid hitter, but keep in mind that he couldn't hurt chinny Campillo, and his recent 'big' knockouts came against fighters who had been seriously hurt in other recent bouts, with Savigne in particular being notoriously glass-chinned. I think Adonis has the edge in pretty much every area, but he is getting up there and perhaps this is a good time to catch him.

Barring Kovalev- I wanted to see him fighting Eleider Alvarez for this upcoming bout. Not sure why that fight hasnt been made. I don't know if they'really scared of that fight or what. I quite like Alvarez. I think he's a pretty good counter puncher. I wouldn't have picked him to best Kovalev, ward, Stevenson, etc, though.

[crusader]

I agree, and it's a shame that with a strong pool of Haymon fighters at 175 we haven't gotten to see any of Beterbiev-Fonfara/Alvarez/Stevenson, Stevenson-Alvarez, or Alvarez-Fonfara.

[jujigatame]

The LHW division has been a bit of a shambles. Haymon has not seemed interested in matching his top guys (Stevenson, Beterbiev, Alvarez, Fonfara) against each other, and of course Duva completely bungled the Kovalev/Stevenson purse bid situation. Ward is like an island out there, fighting once in a blue moon against nobody special. Braehmer's handlers are fully committed to getting him the weakest title defenses possible.

Stevenson/Williams is probably the most interesting LHW fight in the last couple of years, which is sad.

[lefty]

The LHW division has been a bit of a shambles. Haymon has not seemed interested in matching his top guys (Stevenson, Beterbiev, Alvarez, Fonfara) against each other, and of course Duva completely bungled the Kovalev/Stevenson purse bid situation. Ward is like an island out there, fighting once in a blue moon against nobody special. Braehmer's handlers are fully committed to getting him the weakest title defenses possible.

Stevenson/Williams is probably the most interesting LHW fight in the last couple of years, which is sad.

I couldn't have written that post any better lol.

[jujigatame]

Fonfara and Alvarez are fighting nobodies in their upcoming fights and Kovalev is fighting Chilemba in a huge mismatch. Why are they not fighting each other? Or Ward? So frustrating.

[crusader]

I think Chilemba is better than Williams and in a fair world I'd expect him to win a decision if they squared off. He basically fought 50/50 with Alvarez and many (me among them) had him winning. You can also reasonably argue that he deserved to win the first Bellew fight, and from all accounts I've read he was unlucky to only draw with Tommy O. Were Chilemba the more popular housefighter in these cases rather than the one at the other end, I think there's a good chance he'd have wins over Alvarez, Bellew,Tommy O, and Vlasov, which is pretty solid.

Aside from that, to my knowledge he's never burst into tears and quit because of a little cut, and he certainly didn't do that just 3 fights ago against a shopworn opponent. Unlike Williams, he's proven against tough opposition that he's very difficult to hurt and stop, and if you're hyping Williams as a good opponent but Chilemba as a massively overmatched one, you must think that Sergey is far better than Adonis.

[lefty]

Fonfara and Alvarez are fighting nobodies in their upcoming fights and Kovalev is fighting Chilemba in a huge mismatch. Why are they not fighting each other? Or Ward? So frustrating.

If I had my choice Fonfara would be fighting Beterbiev as I've said a few times on the sub and Stevenson would be fighting Alvarez seeing as the Kovalev fight doesn't look to be happening at time soon.

Kovalev vs Chilemba whilst not grest, isn't actually that bad of a fight for basically a homecoming fight for Kovalev and just to get a fight in before Ward hopefully in the last quarter of the year.

[lefty]

I think Chilemba is better than Williams and in a fair world I'd expect him to win a decision if they squared off. He basically fought 50/50 with Alvarez and many (me among them) had him winning. You can also reasonably argue that he deserved to win the first Bellew fight, and from all accounts I've read he was unlucky to only draw with Tommy O. Were Chilemba the more popular housefighter in these cases rather than the one at the other end, I think there's a good chance he'd have wins over Alvarez, Bellew,Tommy O, and Vlasov, which is pretty solid.

Aside from that, to my knowledge he's never burst into tears and quit because of a little cut, and he certainly didn't do that just 3 fights ago against a shopworn opponent. Unlike Williams, he's proven against tough opposition that he's very difficult to hurt and stop, and if you're hyping Williams as a good opponent but Chilemba as a massively overmatched one, you must think that Sergey is far better than Adonis.

I didn't see that fight but was it a bit of a pick em fight in regards to who you could have seen winning or was it an actual robbery type result? I'm a little biased towards Alvarez admittedly.

Ps Chilemba is definietly better than Williams Jr.

[crusader]

It was close, and though I had Chilemba winning I can see a reasonable case for scoring it to Alvarez (though nothing wider than 7-5...the 118-110 card was utterly horrible).

[Andrew]

Fonfara and Alvarez are fighting nobodies in their upcoming fights and Kovalev is fighting Chilemba in a huge mismatch. Why are they not fighting each other? Or Ward? So frustrating.

Well at least it's looking like Kovalev v Ward November 19th both Roc Nation and main events have booked the TMobile arena for then. ( from Dan Rafaels Twitter )

Alvarez is fighting Chad Dawson next isn't he ? He isn't a nobody but he should not be fighting him he is long gone

PBC have some decent fights lined up but it just gets countered by crap. Stevenson is an embarrassment the Williams fight is awful. A Fonfara rematch would have been acceptable and so would Alvarez.