Gentlepersons, if yer Light Heavyweight gazes focus sharply on June 17th's Ward vs. Kovalev, ya got good peepers. Through a deservedly fuzzier and peripheral lens can be seen June 3rd's rematch all its own -- Misters Adonis Stevenson (28-1, 23KO) vs. Andrzej Fonfara (29-4, 17KO) for Stevenson's WBC Light Heavyweight crown. The Bell Centre in Montreal will play homer-host to the lineal champ whom just ain't impressed since wresting the strap from Mr. Chad Dawson in 2013. Adonis, a name not 'nuff hyperbolic so "Superman" was employed, has faced since then only over-matched rivals to his reign.
Even whilst I am one whom believes that with rank comes privilege insofar as the champ gets his pick -- Superman's optioned oppositions rub even me wrongly. Not only has he defeated Fonfara back in 2014 by a lesser margin than expected and should've, but he waited to make/take this fight till the Pole's following hot-streak hit a bit of a schneid. Most recently Fonfara was knocked-out in the opening stanza by under-dog Mr. Joe Smith, Jr. then barely beat an all but already beat Mr. Chad Dawson. It is my feeling that the 39 year-old Stevenson is but keeping the belt warm for either Andre Ward or Sergey Kovalev, but in light of his reign, that mayhaps eventual bout seems doomed to be as cold as Lex Luthor's heart. How would you promote a Ward vs. Stevenson row? You'd book a phone booth as the venue and pray for a nigh sell-out, that's how.
