Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
I think fighting Bellew is a borderline waste of time, that's not even a fight to me. Agree Cloud looked a bit flat, but he's still a good fighter and just couldn't get in range to let his hands go. He was trying to jab his way in, but Stevenson showed he has some slickness, he is certainly not the kill or be killed fighter I expected. For 36 he looked very fresh, has quick feet and can measure distance quite well. I think he and Kovalev would be a tremendous fight and I doubt old man Hopkins wants anything to do with either one, it's the premier fight at 175 for sure imo.
Stevenson had a great reply when they asked him about Kovalev.

"He needs to step up, I've stopped 2 champions in 4 months"

Shows how little respect he has for Cleverly, even though Kovalev got the title, the title he got belonged to a nobody at the time.