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A Few Words With “The Road Warrior”

Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 7, 2012 at 13:53 pm

Steward Trained, “Superman” Stevenson Ready For Gonzales, Targeting Bute

Posted by Rick McLean on February 7, 2012 at 11:09 am

IBF #2 Eliminator Feb 18 at Bell Centre in Montreal

MONTREAL (February 2, 2012) Super middleweight sensation Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, now being trained by Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward in Detroit, is prepared to successfully defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental belt February 18 against former NABF champion Jesus “El Martillo” Gonzales (27-1, 14 KOs) in the 12-round main event that is also an IBF voluntary eliminator for the No. 2 position.

But Stevenson, rated No. 7 by the World Boxing Association (WBA), as well as No. 15 by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and IBF, also has sights set on a mega-Montreal showdown against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute.

Stevenson vs. Gonzalez headlines a Quebec star-studded “Fast & Furious” Boxing Series event, presented by Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron, at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Stevenson (16-1, 13 KOs), fighting out of Longueuil, Quebec, also is the reigning North American Boxing Association (NABA) and North American Boxing Organization (NABO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental super middleweight king. Read More