Adonis Stevenson is set to take on Andrzej Fonfara this Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Stevenson is fighting for the first time on Showtime Saturday, and may be in need of a bit of image repairing. After building a tremendous amount of goodwill and fanfare in a spectacular 2013 campaign, in which he won four fights in under eight rounds, fans began to anticipate a clash with slugger Sergey Kovalev.
Stevenson then left HBO abruptly, and with him went that exciting fight. Andrzej Fonfara isn't a pushover, but his name is far less-known than Kovalev's. The spurned Kovalev has since called Stevenson a "piece of s**t," and "Superman" is facing doubts about his willingness to face him.
He can remedy the onset of negativity by performing well in the ring though, as knockouts seem to cure all. His swagger has grown tremendously over the past year and change-he's even admitted to gunning for the KO without even studying Fonfara's tendencies.
"I don't know what his style is. I'm going for the knockout. Knockouts sell. I want to knock him out. I don't have a game plan or this or that," Stevenson said.
The common logic regarding Stevenson's move to Showtime is that he'd prefer his big fight to be vs. Bernard Hopkins, rather than Kovalev. Fonfara's banking on Adonis looking past him. "Adonis is thinking about what will happen with his next fight. I am thinking about what will happen now, on May 24, and I'm ready for this fight," Fonfara said.
Saturday's fight will be a light heavyweight contest at 175 lbs. for the WBC light heavyweight title.
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