Adonis"Superman" Stevenson(22-1-0(19 KO)
stopped Tavoris"Thumder" Cloud(24-2-0(19 KO) in RTD round 7. When the
round 7 finished referee stopped the fight becouse of the cuts above
both eyes that Cloud has, it was not possible for him to continue.
Adonis defended his WBC light heavyweight title for the first time. One
way or another it was one sided battle. Tavoris took big punishment in
every round when Stevenson landed his big left hands. It looked like a
sparring session for Stevenson as he was much quicker and much more
accurate with his shots. He allways stood outside and was hurting Cloud
with his big left hand every time Cloud was trying to cut the distance.
Cloud had a
gameplan like this. Come closer and trade punches. He new that he can
absorb damage very well. Indeed that guy has a titanium chin. So many
clean shots and he was still on his feet till the end. But the problem
that he moved only straight, and Adonis was cathing him with his left
hand and quickly escaping without any trades.
Cloud missed many big right and left
hooks, they all went to the air. I beleve some of them if landed, might
have changed the situation. But Stevenson was just too fast. And his
defense plan was perfect. I can say that Stevenson was hurt only once in
second round when Cloud managed to connect one big right hand but he
felt on the floor when tryed to connect left hook afterwards.
And Clouds jab was totally useless. He
just threw it in the air all time. And even in those rare moments when
excahges happened Cloud was landing his shots just above Stevensons
head, or to the shoulder. Adonis was just too good for Cloud. Cloud was
outboxed by the puncher and that is sad.
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