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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Tavoris Cloud: "If One Of Us
Loses By KO,
Trust Me, It Will Be Adonis Stevenson"
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - Tavoris Cloud seems extremely calm when he meet
the journalists Monday afternoon for the first of the two
public training sessions hold at the Delta Hotel in downtown
of Montréal. Though, Cloud knows the Montrealer Adonis
Stevenson tried his best to provoke him in the last days.
Stevenson never stopped to predict that Cloud will fall in
less than two rounds Saturday evening in the ring of the
Bell Centre.
Cloud, a fighter from Tallahassee, Florida, a former IBF
light heavyweight champion of the world, is prepared to
dethrone Stevenson as WBC light heavyweight champion the
world. This fight of 12 rounds will be televise by HBO.
“Stevenson is repeating constantly he will beat me by KO,”
said Cloud. “So what? If Stevenson thinks seriously he can
intimidate me, scare me, he is not realistic. If one of us
loses by KO or TKO Saturday evening, trust me, it will be
Stevenson. I never lost a fight by KO, and it will certainly
not happens here Saturday. I am a really warrior and I am
ready for another war. I really hope Stevenson will open the
machine in trying to send me on the floor. More he will
takes chances, more he will give me chances to hit him
solidly. We will see how he will react when I will connect
him solidly.”
A journalist told him: “Tavoris, you seem very sure to win
that bout.” Cloud (24-1-0) replied: “I am sure to win at one
million per cent…”
Cloud lost for the first time March 9th at the Barclays
Centre in Brooklyn, New York. The veteran Bernard Hopkins
(53-6-2) dethroned him as IBF champion of the world, in
beating him by unanimous decision in 12 rounds. “I was very
frustrated to loose my IBF crown last spring, but the only
thing important now, it's that I have a chance to get the
WBC crown,” said Cloud. “I am a real champion in my heart,
and I will prove it Saturday evening.”
Another journalist mentioned to Cloud: “Tavoris, you give us
the impression you have no respect for Stevenson…” “I got to
respect what Stevenson achieved recently, he is a strong man
who stopped Dawson in less than two minutes in June, but
Adonis will see in the first round the big difference
between Dawson and me,” said Cloud. “Against me, if he stays
on his feet, he will have to fight like hell during 12
rounds. I am use to be involved in long battles, not
Stevenson. If Stevenson stays on his feet, you will see, I
will dominate him in every round. If the fight goes to the
limit, and the judges are fairs, I will certainly leave
Montréal with the WBC crown in my luggage.”
Stevenson (21-1-0), a southpaw, caused a real commotion on
the international level June 8th at Bell Centre, in stopping
Chad Dawson (33-2-0) in the first round of a WBC light
heavyweight championship of the world. For Dawson, it was
the worst defeat of his career.
“Adonis was extremely hungry during his preparation for
Dawson last May, and I think he was even hungrier in the
last two months in the gym in Detroit,” said Bernard Barré,
the scout of the GYM Group. “And it's not for the money that
Adonis wants so much to win Saturday. His priority, it's to
become the biggest star on the pro boxing international
scene.”
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