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Stevenson, Kovalev Crush Opposition In Light Heavyweight Showcases

December 1, 2013 by Paul Magno 1 Comment

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Colisee de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada– It was hardly a night of surprises on HBO Saturday night as two of boxing’s light heavyweight world champions, Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev stopped solid, but ultimately overmatched opposition in defense of their respective titles.stevenson-bellew fight

In the main event, WBC champ, Stevenson (23-1, 20 KOs) made the second defense of his title by stopping mandatory challenger, Tony Bellew (20-2-1, 12 KOs) in the sixth round.

The usually rough and rugged Bellew tried his hand at boxing and moving, but was only successful at delaying the inevitable as Stevenson walked him down, looking for opportunities to pounce.

Stevenson, the Haitian-born Canadian, worked with the confidence of someone who knew that he was clearly superior to his rival and eventually began landing the big shots needed to take control of the bout and end things. And Bellew, a good regional talent from the UK, had nowhere to go but down when Stevenson began to crank things up.

A Stevenson left hand midway through the sixth round dropped Bellew and signified the beginning of the end for the game Brit. After beating the count, Bellew was immobilized up against the turnbuckles by another Stevenson left hand that had the referee rushing in to stop the bout.

After the fight, Stevenson expressed more interest in facing Bernard Hopkins or Carl Froch than fellow light heavyweight knockout artist, Sergey Kovalev.

In the opening bout of the telecast, Kovalev (23-0-1, 21 KOs) knocked out one-time prospect Ismayl Sillakh (21-2, 17 KOs) in the second round.

After an uneventful first round, the Russian WBO champ, Kovalev, came out with brutal precision. Sillakh worked to stay mobile and play it smart, but was beaten by Kovalev’s calm, cool, and deceptively well-rounded offense.

Early into the second round, Kovalev landed a big right hand that dropped Sillakh.

And even though Sillakh would beat the count, the fight was all but over as a Kovalev, keen for the kill, quickly pressed for the stoppage. Moments later, another Kovalev right hand would drop Sillakh hard and temporarily remove the one-time blue-chipper from his senses.

This was Kovalev’s first defense of the title he took from Nathan Cleverly in August

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Adonis Stevenson, Ismayl Sillakh, Sergey Kovalev, Tony Bellew

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