The WBC light heavyweight title will be on the line at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 24 as defending champion Adonis Stevenson will take on the long shot challenger Andrzej Fonfara. Stevenson opened as a -1800 favorite with the boxing odds while Fonfara opened as a +900 dog.
A Proven Champion
The 36 year old Adonis Stevenson has a career record of 23 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws with a ranking of number one in his native Canada and number two in the world. Out of his 23 wins 20 have been by knockout while his only career loss was by knockout. He resides in Laval, Quebec, Canada and will certainly have a large and passionate following as he has fought in the province of Quebec in his last 8 consecutive bouts. Stevenson is coming off a technical knockout win over Tony Bellew on November 30, 2013 in the 6th round of a scheduled 12 round bout that took place at Colisee de Quebec in Quebec City which was for the WBC light heavyweight title. Prior to that on September 28, 2013 Stevenson scored a 7 round RTD win over Tavaris Cloud for the WBC light heavyweight title in a scheduled 12 round bout that took place at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Stevenson won the WBC light heavyweight title on June 8, 2013 with a first round knockout win over Chad Dawson in a bout that took place on June 8, 2013 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Andrzej Fonfara
The 26 year old Andrzej Fonfara has a career record of 25 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws. Out of his 25 wins 15 were by knockout with just 1 out of his 2 losses coming by knockout. He is a native of Poland where he is ranked number one in the light heavyweight class while ranking 7th in the world. He now resides in Chicago, Illinois. Fonfara is coming off a 2nd round knockout win over Samuel Miller on December 6, 2013 in a bout that took place in Chicago.
Pick
Stevenson as the big chalk!