by Cliff Rold - Just four months after one punching his way to the Light Heavyweight championship of the world, 36-year old Haitian lineal Light Heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (22-1, 19 KO) of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, cut 31-year old former IBF titlist Tavoris Cloud (24-2, 19 KO) of Tallahassee, Florida, over both eyes and landed a stream of big left hands to force a corner retirement after the seventh round at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Saturday night.
Cloud, making his first start since his title loss to Bernard Hopkins in March, suffers his second straight defeat following a widely decried win over former WBA titlist Gabriel Campillo in 2012.
Stevenson retains his place as champion of the WBC, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and Ring ****zine in his first defense. The champion scaled 173 ¾ for the bout, Cloud weighing in slightly heavier at 174 ½. The referee was Michael Griffin. [Click Here To Read More]
Cloud, making his first start since his title loss to Bernard Hopkins in March, suffers his second straight defeat following a widely decried win over former WBA titlist Gabriel Campillo in 2012.
Stevenson retains his place as champion of the WBC, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and Ring ****zine in his first defense. The champion scaled 173 ¾ for the bout, Cloud weighing in slightly heavier at 174 ½. The referee was Michael Griffin. [Click Here To Read More]
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