Quebec City - Adonis Stevenson retained his World Boxing Council light heavyweight world title with a lopsided decision over Australian Sakio Bika. Haitian-born "Superman" Stevenson dropped Bika twice, but he couldn't finish him off.
Bika, who was born in Cameroon, and formerly held the WBC super middleweight world title, fell to 32-7 with three drawn and 21 knockouts -- but he's still never been stopped inside the distance. The ringside judges scored the bout 115-111, 116-110 and 115-110 in favor of Stevenson, who had the vocal support of the crowd in his adopted home of Quebec City.
With Bika dispatched, Stevenson appears headed for a light heavyweight unification bout against unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev.
Stevenson took plenty of flak for missing a chance to fight Kovalev last year, allowing Kovalev to face Bernard Hopkins in November in a fight the Russian won by unanimous decision to unify the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization belts.
The WBC had already declared that Kovalev would be Stevenson's mandatory WBC title opponent should Stevenson get past Bika.
"I'm ready," Stevenson said of a potential Kovalev showdown. "To unify the titles is no problem for me. I should have those titles."
http://www.boxingscene.com/stevenson-on-kovalev-im-ready-no-problem-unify--89378
Bika, who was born in Cameroon, and formerly held the WBC super middleweight world title, fell to 32-7 with three drawn and 21 knockouts -- but he's still never been stopped inside the distance. The ringside judges scored the bout 115-111, 116-110 and 115-110 in favor of Stevenson, who had the vocal support of the crowd in his adopted home of Quebec City.
With Bika dispatched, Stevenson appears headed for a light heavyweight unification bout against unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev.
Stevenson took plenty of flak for missing a chance to fight Kovalev last year, allowing Kovalev to face Bernard Hopkins in November in a fight the Russian won by unanimous decision to unify the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization belts.
The WBC had already declared that Kovalev would be Stevenson's mandatory WBC title opponent should Stevenson get past Bika.
"I'm ready," Stevenson said of a potential Kovalev showdown. "To unify the titles is no problem for me. I should have those titles."
http://www.boxingscene.com/stevenson-on-kovalev-im-ready-no-problem-unify--89378