CANADIAN PROSPECT ADONIS STEVENSON SPARS ARTHUR ABRAHAM
EastsideBoxing.com
02.02.2010
Mark Pickering: Undefeated Canadian powerhouse Adonis Stevenson is
sharpening his skills as a sparring partner for Super Six front-runner
Arthur Abraham who is working towards his second-round meeting with
Andre Dirrell on March 6.
Stevenson, who at 32 is three years Abraham’s senior, is a
highly-regarded southpaw who is best known for his first-round
demolition of veteran Anthony Bonsante in 2008..
The Haiti-born super-middleweight, who has worked with the likes of
Mikkel Kessler, Librado Andrade and Lucian Bute, is now testing German
icon Abraham with his physical prowess and heavy hands in Zinnowitz,
a spa-town in Northern Germany on the Baltic Sea.
"It’s a good opportunity for me, he has so much experience, I’m here
to learn," said Stevenson.
"I worked with Kessler and Bute when I was an amateur, now I work a
lot with Andrade."
Stevenson has stopped 10 of 13 opponents; a lethal strike rate that
is reminiscent to Abraham, one of masters of power punching.
"Abraham, he can punch," said Stevenson
"He is in shape but I think he can do better and on March 6 is going
to be ready for Dirrell."
According to German newspaper Bild, Armenian-born Abraham has also
brought in retired former super middleweight king Sven Ottke, now 42,
to replicate Dirrell’s speed and movement.
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