Adonis Stevenson
Stevenson Adonis (born 22 September 1977), best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian Canadian former professional boxer. He competed from 2006 to 2018. He won the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal light-heavyweight titles in 2013. He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[1] Stevenson was considered one of boxing's hardest punchers during his prime.[2][3][4]
He made ten successful defenses of the WBC and lineal titles until getting a life-threatening brain injury in his 2018 fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk.[5]
In 2012, Stevenson said he was in jail in Quebec, on charges of managing prostitutes, assault, and making threats.[6]
References
- ↑ Campbell, Brian (September 25, 2013). "Adonis Stevenson: 'I have the power'". ESPN. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Harrison, Andrew (November 7, 2013). "Ranking boxing's 10 hardest punchers". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ Boxing News staff (April 26, 2018). "Adonis Stevenson and Badou Jack face off in Toronto" Archived 2019-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. Boxing News. Newsquest. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ Willis, Georges (May 18, 2018). "Adonis Stevenson finally facing some real competition". New York Post. News Corp. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ Rafael, Dan (December 5, 2018). "Adonis Stevenson had emergency brain surgery, in stable but critical condition". ESPN. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
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