The Official Adonis "Superman" Stevenson 5/24 Showtime Debut Thread

[Jello Biafra]

Stevenson walking the walk

It is not the usual vernacular you hear at press conferences. Despite all the usual bravado, knockouts are often referred to, but never addressed directly. The quotes are familiar to all, ‘fight one round at a time,’ ‘take the knockout if it comes,’ ‘take him to deep waters’ we’ve heard all the politically correct answers before.

Leading into this Saturday’s clash versus Andrzej Fonfara (25-2 15KO), Adonis Stevenson (23-1 20KO) is talking the talk of knockouts and telling everyone, “We train for knockouts.” The powerful southpaw along with trainer Javan Hill have repeated the mantra often in the weeks leading up to the televised Showtime Championship Boxing telecast from the Bell Centre in Montreal.

At this point, it would be hard to argue.

Superman Stevenson has also been walking the walk. The Haitian born wrecking machine is going on nearly seven years since he has heard a scorecard read. Boasting a knockout ratio of over 83% with 20 of his 23 wins coming inside regulation time, the now 36 year-old didn’t as much glance back after being forced to move up in weight to light-heavy because he was getting shut out of fights at 168 pounds. When a door finally opened a crack at a higher weight division with Chad Dawson, Stevenson didn’t merely use the opening to make an entrance, he blew it off its hinges, taking all of 76 seconds to grab the WBC belt and becoming an overnight sensation, years in the making.

Stevenson followed up the Dawson dinger with another pair of Ruth-ian shots, making 2013 a year to remember and driving home the point that departed trainer Emanuel Steward always used to emphasize, “The Knockout Sells.”

But Stevenson has proved not an all or nothing Dave Kingman type slugger, the famed outfielder who routinely led major league baseball in not only home runs but also in strikeouts. Somewhere along the line, Stevenson also learned how to box. That somewhere was Detroit.

His early fights under the Kronk banner had Stevenson and Steward talk of his improved balance, something hard to ascertain in his early wins with the late Hall-of-Fame trainer given they didn’t go past two rounds, but eventually did show up in subsequent contests where not only did he out-hammer his opponents, but out-boxed them too.

Stevenson has talked quite readily of the knockout leading into Saturday’s fight with Fonfara, more so than in past contests. Whether it is a ploy to get into the head of an opponent who has been stopped once and is ten years his junior or an ever growing confidence in a power plant that has seen the Montreal fighter rattle off ten straight knockout victories, it really doesn’t matter, it will be a factor once the bell rings Saturday night. Stevenson obviously optimistic it will be the deciding one. “I’m ready to get back in the ring and prove why I’m the best light heavyweight in the world.”

Fonfara showed a new wrinkle earlier this week in public training as he alternated into a southpaw stance fairly regularly as he worked the pads and heavy bag. “I’ve prepared for all situations,” he told Fightnews of the move. “I don’t want to reveal strategy, but I’m in great shape and will be ready Saturday night.”

Boxing News | Stevenson walking the walk

What round will Superman get his KO in? I am going to say the 4th.

 

[Newzz]

The Godfather

 

[patscorpio]

im at that pic...my man needs to come into the ring with some bytches..speaking that aggressive creole to them..wearing a clean ass mink and his belt...to let these squares know what pimpin is all about

 

[patscorpio]

superman prolly ends this shyt in 5 or 6

if that suspect chin rears its head and he gets knocked out in his showtime debut by fonfara....

 

[Jello Biafra]

superman prolly ends this shyt in 5 or 6

if that suspect chin rears its head and he gets knocked out in his showtime debut by fonfara....

Let us not speak negativity into the universe, bruh.

 

[Newzz]

superman prolly ends this shyt in 5 or 6

if that suspect chin rears its head and he gets knocked out in his showtime debut by fonfara....

I was actually thinking this too.....just didnt wanna say anything

 

[Jello Biafra]

I was actually thinking this too.....just didnt wanna say anything

Don't think bad thoughts, breh.

 

[krackdagawd]

superman prolly ends this shyt in 5 or 6

if that suspect chin rears its head and he gets knocked out in his showtime debut by fonfara....

This is what I'm hoping happens

You know why

 

[Willy Waffle]

superman prolly ends this shyt in 5 or 6

if that suspect chin rears its head and he gets knocked out in his showtime debut by fonfara....

i don't think much of fonfara but, he's tall, rangy, and can crack!

it really wouldn't surprise me if something happened tomorrow. i still sticking with adonis by ko though.

 

[Big Boss]

@krackdagawd b hop

 

[krackdagawd]

@krackdagawd b hop

A wise old man once told me "never bet against BHop", don't be so sure this is an automatic W for

 

[Oroko Saki]

Supermeats gonna cockslap that pollock onto the canvas in 3 rounds or less

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

Stevenson gets the ko within 2

 

[mr. smoke weed]

round 7

 

[Newzz]

Last time all of us in The Ring were so confident and overwhelmingly picked someone to win, Adrien Broner vs Marcos Maidana/Danny Garcia vs Mauricio Herrera/Lucas Matthysse vs John Molina Jr/Floyd Mayweather vs Marcos Maidana happened brehs