Quote Originally Posted by Nameless View Post
I think that Kovalev beats Pascal and that Stevenson has all chances to beat Kovalev though. Yvon Michel wants the Kovalev fight but he would prefer Hopkins first because it's a bigger payday and a better publicity for Stevenson. Here in Quebec, rumors are that Michel wants 3 fights for Stevenson in 2014; Hopkins first, then Kovalev and the third one depending of what happen overall.

It's not just rumors, they've been quite public they want Kovalev this year. Wanting a payday first is reasonable.