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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
If The Negotiations With
Kovalev Fail,
Stevenson Will Fight June 27 In Montreal
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The promoter of the GYM Group, Yvon Michel, still
in negotiations with Main Event to try to organize an
unification light heavyweight titles bout between the
Montrealer Adonis Stevenson and the Russian Sergey Kovalev,
but if the negotiations failed, Stevenson (26-1-0) should
defend his WBC 175 pounds championship of the world for the
sixth time June 27th at Bell Centre in Montréal.
“If we can organize a unification titles bout between Adonis
and Kovalev next fall, it will be our priority, but if the
negotiations failed, if you cannot make an agreement with
Main Event soon, Adonis will defend his WBC crown for the
sixth time June 27th at Bell Centre, said Yvon Michel. I
know Kovalev still a priority for Adonis, but if it’s
impossible to organize that bout, he wants to still active.
As you know it, Adonis doesn’t like to be inactive for a
long period.”
And if the fight Stevenson-Kovalev failed, Adonis could
fight in Haiti at the end of September. Stevenson is a
Montrealer Haitian.
Kovalev (27-0-1) is WBA, WBO and IBF light heavyweight
champion of the world.
If the negotiations between GYM and Main Event are so
complicated, it’s because Stevenson is fighting for Showtime
and CBS, and Kovalev is associated to HBO.
“If the negotiations with Main Event fail, we will try again
to organize this mega fight Stevenson-Kovalev next year,
said Yvon Michel. Stevenson and Kovalev want to see that
mega bout becomes reality, and this fight would become the
most important boxing event in the history of the Canadian
pro boxing to involve a Canadian fighter.”
Kovalev was WBO light heavyweight champion of the world last
October, but November 8th at the Boardwalk Arena in Atlantic
City, he became WBA, WBO and IBF champion of the world, in
beating the veteran Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2) by unanimous
decision. Kovalev dominated the fight 12 rounds to nothing.
March 14th at Bell Centre, Kovalev made a first successful
defense of his triple crown, in beating the Montrealer Jean
Pascal (29-3-1) by TKO in the eight round.
Stevenson made a fifth defence of his WBC title April 4th at
the Québec City Colisée, with a win by unanimous decision in
12 rounds over the African Sakio Bika (32-7-3).
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