HBO/BN-Stevenson vs Bellew & Kovalev vs Syllakh

The guy is 36, fighter of the year 2013, fought 4 times this year... but probably hasn't made any money.
Why shouldn't he fight Froch and make a boat load of money?
Why shouldn't he send Bernard into retirement and have an easy fight a the same time?
Kovalev ain't going anywhere.
Boxing is about money. Why should he potentially destroy himself right away when he could make a mint and bank it first.
Why would HBO want to destroy either of these two fighters so quickly? Give a little time to build excitement so that it become a bigger fight. Nobody outside boxing knows who these two are. Put them on a few cards together, have them destroy all the competition in devastating fashion and have them fight each other December 2014.

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Originally Posted by Gandalf

I find it a bit sad that Stevenson would be looking for a fight with Froch on the back of Froch being humiliated and to then talk about 'fans demanding' such a bout. It is bare faced cheek, and the audience should have given him a Froch style booing. Bullshit must be booed. You can take the pimp out of the man, but once a pimp always part pimp, I suppose.

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@Gandalf The reason he says the people of Quebec want him to fight Froch is because Froch beat both Jean Pascal and Lucien Bute. The two biggest boxers Quebec had in recent years. Dummy.

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Originally Posted by ruthless rocco

The guy is 36, fighter of the year 2013, fought 4 times this year... but probably hasn't made any money.
Why shouldn't he fight Froch and make a boat load of money?
Why shouldn't he send Bernard into retirement and have an easy fight a the same time?
Kovalev ain't going anywhere.
Boxing is about money. Why should he potentially destroy himself right away when he could make a mint and bank it first.
Why would HBO want to destroy either of these two fighters so quickly? Give a little time to build excitement so that it become a bigger fight. Nobody outside boxing knows who these two are. Put them on a few cards together, have them destroy all the competition in devastating fashion and have them fight each other December 2014.

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Good points. Very true.

I get why stevenson would wana fight anyone but kovalev, I wouldn't wana fight him either dude is a complete beast

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Originally Posted by ruthless rocco

The guy is 36, fighter of the year 2013, fought 4 times this year... but probably hasn't made any money.
Why shouldn't he fight Froch and make a boat load of money?
Why shouldn't he send Bernard into retirement and have an easy fight a the same time?
Kovalev ain't going anywhere.
Boxing is about money. Why should he potentially destroy himself right away when he could make a mint and bank it first.
Why would HBO want to destroy either of these two fighters so quickly? Give a little time to build excitement so that it become a bigger fight. Nobody outside boxing knows who these two are. Put them on a few cards together, have them destroy all the competition in devastating fashion and have them fight each other December 2014.

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Could not agree with you more. Seems like a lot of fans forget boxing is a business. All these fighters have, relatively short careers, so I don't see anything wrong with self promotion and smart moves that bring in more money.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Stevenson beating Bellew like an underage girl who's not earning enough money.

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Lmmfao! This one had me rolling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Xt5jMUn9T0s

bellew had some pop to those punches, but the man was scared to death to throw any! idiot. i bet if he woulda stepped forward with any confidence, he woulda hurt and possibly ko'ed stevenson. stevenson was sloppy in my opinion. that russian would fuck him up....;)

I'm of the belief that Bernard could beat Kovalev. It'd be nail biting to watch with that huge KO power of Kovalev, but Bernard knows all the tricks to avoid being hit clean.

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Originally Posted by Hulk

I'm of the belief that Bernard could beat Kovalev. It'd be nail biting to watch with that huge KO power of Kovalev, but Bernard knows all the tricks to avoid being hit clean.

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i should know better but kov puts bernard to sleep, dudes a bad bad man. just watched that video and holy shit he wasnt even close to landing clean and he laid the dude out, dudes got dynamite in his hands

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Originally Posted by #1FightFan

bellew had some pop to those punches, but the man was scared to death to throw any! idiot. i bet if he woulda stepped forward with any confidence, he woulda hurt and possibly ko'ed stevenson. stevenson was sloppy in my opinion. that russian would fuck him up....;)

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I had the same feeling, he has no confidence. If you think you will be KO'ed, you probably will be.

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Originally Posted by Hulk

I'm of the belief that Bernard could beat Kovalev. It'd be nail biting to watch with that huge KO power of Kovalev, but Bernard knows all the tricks to avoid being hit clean.

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Love to see it, any fight that might put Hopkins on his ass, I'm all for. I don't like Bernie!

Going back to Bellew , his needs to stop believing he is a BOMBER he really doesn't hit hard at top level. Good fighter but not world class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Xt5jMUn9T0s