54 Facts About Stevenson Adonis

Stevenson Adonis was born on 22 September 1977, and best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018.

Stevenson Adonis won the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal light-heavyweight titles in 2013 by defeating Chad Dawson by first-round knockout, which earned him awards for Fighter of the Year and Knockout of the Year by The Ring.

Stevenson Adonis's known name is an inversion of his family name and given name.

Stevenson Adonis became Quebec Middleweight champion in 2004, and was named best amateur fighter in Canada in 2005 and again in 2006.

Stevenson Adonis competed in the XVIII Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in 2006, and won the silver medal, losing to local Australian Jarrod Fletcher in the final.

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Stevenson Adonis's opponent was Mike Funk, another boxer making his debut, at the Montreal Casino in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Stevenson Adonis won a fifth-round TKO decision against Jermain Mackey on September 25,2009.

Boone had been knocked down on the canvas twice in the first round in the second round, Stevenson Adonis rushed to Boone without maintaining his defense and he got caught by a solid right sending him on the canvas for the first time in his career.

Stevenson Adonis managed to get back on his feet inside the count of 10 the referee waved the fight off as he deemed Stevenson Adonis unable to continue.

Nonetheless, Stevenson Adonis resumed with GYM Promotions and won the North American title NABA on April 8,2011, at the expense of Derek Edwards by KO in the third round.

Stevenson Adonis then won by referee stoppage in the first round against Dion Savage on September 17,2011, and retained his title against Aaron Pryor Jr on December 10,2011, by referee stoppage in the ninth round.

Stevenson Adonis jumped from 15th to 2nd position for the IBF title, winning by KO in the first round duel against Jesus Gonzalez on February 18,2012.

Stevenson Adonis then fought Noe Gonzalez on April 20,2012, and won the fight at 1:40 in the second round when the referee stopped the fight.

Stevenson Adonis's next fight originally set to be against Don George with the winner getting a shot at the IBF champion.

The Stevenson Adonis fight was then moved up to August 17,2012, and was set to be part of ESPN Friday Night Fights, but Stevenson Adonis later injured his hand cancelling the fight.

On February 4,2013, it was announced that Stevenson Adonis would get the chance to avenge his only loss as a professional against Darnell Boone with the fight taking place on March 22 at the Bell Centre.

Stevenson Adonis avenged his only loss, knocking out Darnell Boone with a pair of lefts in the sixth round on March 22,2013, at the Bell Centre.

Stevenson Adonis hit Dawson with a left hook that dropped him very early in the first round of the fight, and though Dawson got up before the count of eight the referee stopped the fight, giving Stevenson Adonis an unexpected knockout victory.

Stevenson Adonis's victory was his eighth straight since his only career defeat, all coming by knockout.

Stevenson Adonis stated the reason he moved up was due to not being able to secure a world title fight at super middleweight, accusing Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler of ducking him and fighting each other instead in a rematch.

Stevenson Adonis dominated the precedings, flustering Cloud with quick hands and shocking power.

Stevenson Adonis became the first boxer to stop Bellew winning the fight via TKO.

In round 6, Stevenson Adonis put Bellew down with a left hand, he beat the count and the referee let the fight go on.

Stevenson Adonis started off very well, dropping his opponent twice with sharp lefts and appeared close to stopping his opponent.

CompuBox Stats showed over the 12 rounds, Stevenson Adonis landed 329 of 790 punches thrown and Fonfara landed 217 of his 613 thrown.

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Stevenson Adonis added that he was willing to fight Bernard Hopkins or Sergey Kovalev next, but would leave the decision to his manager, Al Haymon.

That the window has now closed, alleging that Stevenson Adonis's age is a contributing factor.

Stevenson Adonis stated the Pascal fight would likely take place in the Spring of 2015.

Stevenson Adonis retained his belts via a fifth round stoppage following a one punch knockout.

Stevenson Adonis was in control from the opening bell, throwing minimal punches as the crowd started to boo.

On February 28,2015 Premier Boxing Champions announced that Stevenson Adonis would defend his titles against 35 year old former WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika on April 4 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.

Stevenson Adonis dropped Bika in rounds 6 and 9 en route to winning the fight on the scorecards after 12 rounds, retaining his world titles.

In round 5, Stevenson Adonis landed a left which dropped Bika, but referee Michael Griffin ruled it a slip.

Stevenson Adonis immediately knocked Karpency down after he got up, and the referee called a halt to the bout, awarding Stevenson a TKO victory in round 3.

In November 2015, citing the fact that Stevenson Adonis hadn't faced a top-ranked opponent in the last two years, The Ring Magazine stripped Stevenson Adonis of his belt.

On May 31,2016, it was announced that Stevenson Adonis would defend his WBC and Lineal titles against 28 year old southpaw Thomas Williams Jr.

Stevenson Adonis connected with a hard left to Williams' head in round one that floored him with approximately 30 seconds left, however Williams beat the referees count.

Stevenson Adonis then knocked out former super-middleweight world champion Lucian Bute in February 2017 in a final eliminator to become mandatory challenger for the WBC light heavyweight title.

Stevenson Adonis, who was patient with his left hand, eventually landed a left hook to the head of Fonfara, dropping him to the canvas.

Round 2 opened with Stevenson Adonis carrying on where he left of, pummeling Fonfara with huge lefts.

Stevenson Adonis responded to claims of Jack wanting to fight Stevenson, saying it would only be possible if it were a unification.

Yvon Michel admitted he was working on a deal to keep Alvarez happy and this was the same reason as to why tickets had not yet gone on sale for the Stevenson Adonis-Jack fight, which was a month away.

Stevenson Adonis carried the momentum into round 11 but it was Jack who finished the fight stronger.

In round 7, Stevenson Adonis complained to referee Ian John Lewis about low blows and in round 8, Jack was warned.

Jack later explained Stevenson Adonis's cup was low, hence why the shots looked like low blows.

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Stevenson Adonis was moving and moving – slick, slick – but I touched him more of the time and I think I won this fight.

On June 18,2018, the WBC ordered Stevenson Adonis to make a mandatory defence against interim champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk.

Stevenson Adonis stated the fight was being targeted for November 3,2018, in Quebec.

Gvozdyk was the busier boxer landing punches through the mid rounds and it was Stevenson Adonis who looked to be landing the better shots in some rounds, but not all of them.

In round nine, Stevenson Adonis started throwing body shots, and had success landing them.

Stevenson Adonis was able to sit back on his stool whilst doctors checked on him.

Stevenson Adonis began to feel dizzy in his dressing room, and was taken to a local hospital.

In 2012, in response to questioning at a press conference before a fight, Stevenson Adonis admitted to previously serving jail time in Bordeaux, Quebec, on charges of managing prostitutes, assault, and making threats.

Stevenson Adonis served four years in prison for these crimes, and offenses which took place while incarcerated.