[ Bell dings ]
Lennon: Fight fans, here we go.
It's time for the bout you've all been waiting for.
Announcer: This crowd going wild!
My God. Look at that.
He is in trouble! Look at his legs!
The crowd is electric!
Tyson bringing it on!
Down goes Bruno into the ropes!
A right by Barkley, and Hearns is down!
Oh! Down goes Chavez for the first time in his career!
What a shot by Evander Holyfield!
Castillo's in trouble!
What a fight!
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Ranallo: Here in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
we are set for what should be an explosive main event.
Let's go to the one and only, the classy Jimmy Lennon Jr.
[ Bell dings ]
Lennon: Madames and monsieurs, [speaks French]
All right, fans, here we go
with the main event of the evening.
12 rounds of boxing
for the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World.
And now, ladies and gentlemen in attendance
and boxing fans joining us around the world...
[ Speaks French ]
Live from Montreal,
I-I-It's showtime!
[ Bell dinging, cheers and applause ]
Introducing to you first, the challenger on my left,
fighting out of the blue corner.
[ Speaks French ]
Wearing black trunks, fighting out of Chicago, Illinois,
by way of Bialobrzegi in Poland.
He weighed in at 174 1/2 pounds.
His record stands at 25 wins, 2 losses,
1 no contest, with 15 wins coming by way of knockout.
He is ranked the WBC number three
light heavyweight contender in the world.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is the challenger
making his first attempt at a world title.
[ Speaks French ]
Known as the Polish Prince,
introducing Andrzej Fonfara.
[ Crowd booing, bell dinging ]
And his opponent across the ring on my right,
the defending champion tonight making his Showtime debut.
[ Speaks French ]
Wearing gold trunks, originally from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti,
now fighting out of Montreal, Quebec.
He weighed in at 173 1/2 pounds.
His hard-hitting record stands at 23 wins, 1 loss,
with 20 big wins coming by way of knockout.
Tonight he is looking
for his eleventh straight knockout victory
and making the third defense of his title.
Ladies and gentlemen,
here is the 2013 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
and the reigning WBC Light Heavyweight
Champion of the World...
[ Speaks French ]
Adonis "Superman" Stevenson.
[ Crowd cheering, bell dinging ]
Once again, here's our referee in charge
now to give instructions.
Frank Garza Jr.
Stay right here.
You got your mouthpiece? Let me see it.
You got your mouthpiece? Let me see it.
Let me see your mouthpiece. Okay.
Already went through the instructions.
Let's have a good, clean bout. Touch 'em up.
Come out at the bell. May the best man win.
Ranallo: So we are set for the main event.
Fonfara coming off
a highlight-reel, second-round knockout
against Samuel Miller in his last fight in December.
Meanwhile, Stevenson stopped Tony Bellew
in his last fight in November.
Took some time off to heal a shoulder injury,
but he says he is ready for this new stage of his career.
About to make the third defense
of the lineal Light Heavyweight Championship of the World.
And we are underway.
Mauro Ranallo, Al Bernstein, Paulie Malignaggi,
Brian Kenny, and Jim Gray,
along with the rest of our Showtime sports crew
and the showtime debut of "Superman" Stevenson.
Bernstein: Andrzej Fonfara not timid at all.
He came right out attacking Stevenson.
Ranallo: And for that matter,
it's the Showtime debut of Fonfara as well.
Bernstein: Yes.
Ranallo: And he goes to the body.
So no intimidation whatsoever.
Fonfara knows he earned the right to be here tonight.
Malignaggi: A lot of times, guys like Stevenson with heavy hands
have trouble showing that power when they're on the back foot.
So maybe Fonfara's trying to back him up
and keep him on that back foot.
Ranallo: He just got backed up with that overhand left
by the Southpaw Stevenson.
Break! No punching. Step back.
Bernstein: Fonfara has a very good double jab
and expect to use that to try to get the right hand in.
Ranallo: Stevenson attacking the body.
He has 10 first-round knockouts on his résumé.
Fonfara, conversely, has two first-round K.O.s.
Bernstein: Gabe Campillo, who, as you mentioned,
sparred with Fonfara.
He is a former champion.
Ranallo: And down goes Fonfara, courtesy of the left.
3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8.
Fight!
Ranallo: Fonfara down for the third time in his career.
Knocked down twice against Derrick Findley,
and now Stevenson going in for the proverbial kill.
Unloading a plethora of straight left hands.
Has Fonfara cornered.
Malignaggi: Fonfara doing the smart thing there,
in causing a clinch.
Ranallo: And Fonfara firing back.
Under a minute left in the first round.
Straight left through the guard by Stevenson.
Fonfara wanting to hold on for dear life.
Right uppercut and a left to the body by Fonfara.
Crowd: Superman! Superman! Superman!
Ranallo: Chants of "Superman"
ringing through the confines of the Bell Centre.
Malignaggi: Fonfara's got to give Adonis Stevenson
a reason to doubt himself,
and right now, he's not doing that at all.
He's got to at least land a counter shot
or some kind of potshot
in between those powerful punches Stevenson's throwing.
Bernstein: Ironically,
before all this bad stuff started for Fonfara,
he landed a nice left hook.
Ranallo: It has been nullified by the more lethal left hands
of the defending lineal light heavyweight champion.
But Fonfara coming back with a couple of lefts of his own.
A scintillating start
to tonight's main event here in Montreal.
Break. Break.
[ Bell dings ] Bell!
[ Cheering ]
Keep your hands up and throw that right hand down the middle.
If you have to grab him, grab him.
You hear me?
Bernstein: Sam Colonna with good advice.
Keep your hands up.
He didn't here,
and the straight left hand got in from Stevenson.
That was what began all the problems.
We'll take yet another look at it.
Stevenson with the jab as a range finder,
and then the straight left hand gets in.
Fonfara actually had his hands up fairly well,
but still got hit.
Malignaggi: The problem with Fonfara, he's not moving his head.
With a left-hander especially, you're gonna have this guard.
You got to be able to slip the left hand,
not keep your hands up like that.
Because if you don't slip the left hand
and you just keep your hands up,
it's going to penetrate and go right through
between the guard.
Let's go. Don't let this guy get off first.
[ Whistle blows ]
Garza: Round 2! Round 2!
Stay in your corner.
[ Bell dings ] Box!
Ranallo: Round 2 begins.
Fonfara on the attack.
Bernstein: Sam Colonna,
a very well known boxing figure in Chicago.
His Windy City Gym well known there.
He has guided Fonfara.
Fonfara has fought 26 of his 28 fights in Chicago.
He's built up a big fan base there.
Right now, he'd like to survive in the second round.
Telling Fonfara to get off with the right hand.
Ranallo: There's the right hand on cue, Paulie.
Bernstein: Fonfara threw it well twice.
And I think might have gotten
a moment of respect from Stevenson.
Malignaggi: Fonfara's team really believes
that their fighter also has a big punch, a big right hand.
Ranallo: Counter left by Stevenson.
Malignaggi: You see what Stevenson's doing?
He's throwing those counter shots
when Fonfara's throwing the right hand.
That's what Fonfara needs to do with Stevenson as well.
When Stevenson gets off his power shots,
Fonfara needs to create that doubt by throwing a counter.
Right now, he's just giving him this earmuff defense,
and that's why it was penetrated with the straight left hand
in the first round.
If Stevenson knows his counter punch is coming,
he won't be so excited to throw so many power shots.
Ranallo: Right hand connects by Fonfara,
who has regrouped following a disastrous opening round,
in which he went down for the third time in his career.
There's a left hook by Fonfara.
Bernstein: Fonfara's not, by nature, a left-hook artist,
but he's said that punch is important to use in this fight.
And you've seen flashes of it.
Crowd: Superman! Superman! Superman!
Malignaggi: Chants of "Superman" in the crowd.
No elbow.
Ranallo: A growing attraction.
Box!
Ranallo: As Emanuel Steward so eloquently put it,
knockouts sell,
and Stevenson and Fonfara, for that matter,
both looking for the K.O. here tonight.
60 seconds left in the second round.
That right hand is low for Stevenson.
Has a tendency to do that.
And there's that left hook.
Avoiding it, though, was Stevenson.
Malignaggi: We see again a counter shot by Stevenson.
It's just enough to at least create a little bit of doubt
in the offense of your opponent
if he knows that you're sharp with your counters.
Even if they don't land. As long as he's seeing them.
Ranallo: Lateral movement by Stevenson as they clinch.
Referee Garza Jr. Calls for the break.
30 seconds left in the frame.
Body shot by Stevenson.
Fonfara says, "Bring it on."
Final 10 seconds of another action-packed round
between Adonis Stevenson and Andrzej Fonfara
for the light heavyweight championship of the world.
[ Bell dings ]
Speaking of champions,
fellow Haitian Bermane Stiverne,
newly minted heavyweight champion,
stopping Chris Arreola in their rematch,
and now scheduled to face the mandatory challenger,
the undefeated Deontay Wilder,
who is not only undefeated,
but every one of his victories have come inside the distance.
That could be a very explosive contest
for another guy
who spent his formative years here in Montreal.
Now based in Las Vegas.
But who received a very raucous response
from the crowd
when he was introduced earlier tonight.
Bernstein: In that round, the left hand of Stevenson
became, again, a nemesis for Fonfara.
He's able to land that punch as a lead.
He's able to land it when he uses the jab.
In this case, it was a lead punch.
And then Stevenson getting out of harm's way.
So that's his punch of choice.
Round 3.
Stay back.
[ Crowd booing ]
[ Bell dings ] Box!
Ranallo: Smattering of boos before the opening bell.
I thought maybe Paulie was sporting
his New York Rangers jersey again.
Malignaggi: No, that was the other day,
and it didn't bring us any luck.
Ranallo: Left uppercut by Stevenson to the jaw of Fonfara.
Malignaggi: I'll wear it again tomorrow, nonetheless.
Bernstein: We know you'll be undeterred.
Ranallo: Thus far, Adonis Stevenson and Andrzej Fonfara
giving as good as they get.
Fonfara trying to rebound
from the knockdown in the opening round,
while Stevenson utilizing the footwork.
And that's something, Al.
Yes, he's known for his incredible knockout power.
But he's got many wrinkles to his game.
Bernstein: "Sugar" Hill, of course his trainer,
the nephew of Emanuel Steward, said to us,
"He's got a high boxing I.Q.
When I give him something,
he works on it that day, not three days later."
This fight has actually been
Stevenson kind of moving backwards,
looking to lay some traps for Fonfara.
There's the hook by Fonfara.
It's not his best punch.
But you can land it against Stevenson,
and he got it in there over a lazy jab.
Malignaggi: A lot of times
when Stevenson throws that check right hook going out,
he doesn't bring that right hand back.
And with a left-hander versus right-hander,
the left hook is closer on the way out.
Ranallo: Coming up on the midpoint of round 3.
Stevenson attacking the body with the left hand.
Stevenson got interested in the sport
after seeing the likes of Muhammad Ali
and Sugar Ray Leonard on TV.
Leonard, of course, winning a gold medal here in Montreal,
at the '76 Olympics.
Also tasted defeat for the first time as a pro.
In this area code,
getting out-pointed by chief rival Roberto Duran
in their first meeting
in front of over 46,000 fans at Olympic stadium.
Fonfara nursing a bloody right eye
with less than a minute remaining in the third round.
Another body shot by Stevenson.
Beautiful combinations.
Mixing it up upstairs
and then changing levels, going downstairs is the champ.
Bernstein: This fighting has been really interesting, you know.
Stevenson doing very good work in this round.
But Fonfara came out doing good work,
landing hooks and some other punches.
Ranallo: Borderline.
Malignaggi: Stevenson's ability to change range
is really bothering Fonfara.
'Cause he's following Stevenson around.
But it's Stevenson who gets off first every time.
Ranallo: And he's putting together
some crisp 1-2 combinations,
is the champion Stevenson.
Fonfara ducks under that left hand.
Malignaggi: He's keeping Fonfara out of punching range.
And then when he wants to get off,
Stevenson gets in punching range and is back out.
He's controlling the range,
and that way he's controlling the punch output.
Ranallo: We are through three rounds
here at tonight's main event
from La Belle Province.
[ Bell dings ] Bell!
Bernstein: Adonis Stevenson is able to use his jab.
Well, Fonfara will get hit with the jab
and the straight left hand
as he misses with the jab.
He counters very effectively.
Stevenson countering effectively with his own combination.
Fonfara, at some point,
was able to crank up this very good left hook.
It didn't do any serious damage to Stevenson.
But it was a punch
that may give us some foreshadowing
of something to come
if Fonfara can keep using it.
Yo, get out there first.
Don't let that man come over here like he own this shit.
You hear me?
Hey! Quit letting him come out there like that, man.
[ Whistle blows ]
Ranallo: As we get set for round 4,
Stevenson saying he wants to be
the Mike Tyson of the light heavyweight division.
In a sport that has produced so many murderous punchers,
in light heavyweight, you think of the likes of Bob foster,
a light heavyweight,
one of the division's best champions in history.
As Fonfara just caught Stevenson.
Bernstein: Again, the left hook got in for Fonfara.
You know, he can make something happen with that punch.
It's the one punch that Stevenson, I think,
is available against him.
Ranallo: When you mention legendary light heavyweights,
you can't forget Archie "Mongoose" Moore,
a record 131 knockouts.
And, of course, one of them
the best fights in Canadian and Montreal history
and one of the best fights of all time against Yvon Durelle
here in this city back in 1958
where he survived four knockdowns
before stopping the fighting fisherman
in the 11th, Al.
Bernstein: Yeah.
Archie Moore, that was a classic.
Ranallo: Stevenson tags Fonfara,
but then gets tagged with a counter shot
as they go toe-to-toe here in round 4.
Okay. Off his head. Off his head.
Step back. Off his head.
Bernstein: Fonfara got off to a very good start in this round,
but Stevenson has already really made up the difference.
Power punches landed round by round
gives you an indication of where Stevenson has been at.
Again, that's everything other than jabs that have landed.
Stevenson has landed more than his share.
Fonfara going low again.
He's done that on two or three different occasions.
Ranallo: And again the chorus of "Superman" chants
fills the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Stevenson unloading with a couple of lefts.
Sticks up the jab, countered by Fonfara.
Bernstein: Fonfara's faced --
two of the last two fighters he's faced have been lefties,
including Gabriel Campillo, the former champion,
who, as we said, sparred with him for this fight.
So the lefty style alone isn't the issue for him.
It's the power of Stevenson.
Ranallo: Body shot, and then a jab through the guard.
Fonfara smiling.
Paulie, playing the game here,
wanting to try to show that Stevenson can't hurt him,
although he is getting tagged.
Malignaggi: Yeah, he's trying to play the mind games,
but right now,
it's not about if Stevenson is hurting him or not.
It's about that he's giving away each and every round
to Adonis Stevenson.
So he's got to come up with an adjustment
to put Adonis on the back foot a little more.
And get him thinking a little bit.
Bernstein: Fonfara got a nice right hand in there
a moment ago.
He's losing these rounds. Paulie is right.
He's in this fight, though, and he's competing.
Malignaggi: He's a live guy.
That's why Adonis Stevenson is still sort of marinating him
and not going for the kill yet.
He sees that Fonfara is very alive,
he's still coming forward looking to throw a big shot.
Stevenson is boxing him intelligently.
He'll probably try to go for the kill later on in the fight.
Bernstein: Yeah, I agree.
Malignaggi: If he continues to have that success, obviously.
Ranallo: Round 4 comes to a close.
[ Bell dings ] Bell!
All right, let's go.
Hey, you throw one punch at a time,
that ain't gonna work. You hear me?
Close your eyes.
That ain't gonna work if you throw one at a time.
You got to throw combinations on this guy.
Hear me?
Throw a combination and you're gonna do fine.
Not one punch. You hear me?
Bernstein: Adonis Stevenson going downstairs.
Excellent combination to the body.
And then the lead left hand,
which has been such an important weapon for him.
Fonfara was able to get the right hand.
And this was a big part of his plan.
He used the jab to set this up
and was able to get the right hand in there.
It's part of the combination punching
that Sam Colonna just asked for.
[ Whistle blows ]
[ Bell dings ] Box!
Ranallo: The bell in round 5.
Fonfara, again, immediately goes on the attack.
But it's Stevenson backing up, trying to flash the jab.
Fonfara looking to emulate compatriots
Tomasz Adamek and Dariusz Michalczewski,
who both won titles in this division.
In fact, Michalczewski holds the record
for most successful title defenses at light heavyweight
with 23.
And now Stevenson upstairs,
but those punches blocked by Fonfara.
Bernstein: Fonfara's trainer, Sam Colonna,
actually was with the last fighter
to go 12 rounds against Stevenson,
Donovan George.
He was in his corner when, at 168 pounds,
George went the 12 rounds with Stevenson and lost,
but had a little bit of success.
Ranallo: Paulie, with all of Stevenson's success
at light heavyweight,
hard to believe that this is just his fourth fight
in this weight class.
Malignaggi: Yeah, he won the titles
and I guess that kept him out of light heavyweight
and kept him defending the title.
Once you win that,
kind of hard to where you're not looking to leave.
Ranallo: Good counter left by Fonfara.
There's a left hand downstairs by Stevenson.
Again digging away at the body.
Oh! The jab by Fonfara.
And there's a body shot.
2, 3,
4, 5,
6, 7, 8.
Give me your gloves.
Ranallo: And for the second time in the fight,
Fonfara ruled as being down.
1:30 left in the fifth.
Garza: Box!
Malignaggi: Fonfara needs to counter there.
Again, he's got to catch and shoot these body shots.
'Cause now Adonis is going to go down underneath again.
Step back.
Ranallo: Adonis Stevenson
beginning to tenderize Fonfara's body.
Left hook to the liver.
Countered with a right to the body by Fonfara.
Shelling up,
and now Stevenson Jacks his jaw with a beautiful left uppercut.
Malignaggi: At times, you can punch inside of Stevenson.
It's just Fonfara does not have
that counter punching mentality inside.
He just keeps those earmuffs high up.
He tried it there.
Bernstein: Yeah,
there was the hook that he's tried to land.
Fonfara is one tough customer in there.
Sucking it up in this round.
After going down with a body shot and still fighting back.
Malignaggi: There was an attempt at some catching and shooting
there by Fonfara.
And he's got to do a little bit more of that.
Ranallo: Fonfara remains in the pocket.
Remains coming forward.
Stevenson trying to keep him at bay with a jab.
Fires off another left hand to the body.
Under 30 seconds left in the fifth.
Bernstein: Stevenson very patient.
Not rushing it.
Ranallo: Good counter left hook.
Or make that left hand.
The Southpaw, of course, would be the right hook.
Final seconds of the fifth.
Another nasty shot to the body.
Another body shot.
Stevenson all over Fonfara as we go to round 6.
[ Bell dings ] Bell!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Bernstein: In what would turn out to be another 10-8 round,
that straight left hand, pretty early in the round,
there was at least 1:40 or so left in the round
when this happened.
And you thought maybe
this might be the beginning of the end for Fonfara
as we look at it again.
He goes down, but amazingly
was able to stay on his feet for the rest of the round,
even though Stevenson went back to the body.
And then Stevenson would rip this uppercut on the inside.
And showing us a complete arsenal, Stevenson.
And then getting away from that effort by a left hook.
Ranallo: Handling the commentary en Español,
"El Diamante" Raul Marquez
and Alejandro Luna.
Bernstein: Well, Marquez, a champion,
knows something about delivering and catching body shots.
He was a great body puncher.
Ranallo: Round 6.
Straight right hand by Fonfara.
Coming into this fight,
Stevenson Montreal's only current champion.
Bermane Stiverne now based out of Las Vegas.
The only current male world champion in Canada, in fact.
Jelena Mrdjenovich of Edmonton
currently holds the WBC female featherweight world title.
What adjustments does Fonfara have to make, Paulie.
Malignaggi: He's got to just stop walking straight in.
He's trying to cut distance on Stevenson.
He's got the right idea in cutting distance.
He's coming in at the same speed,
not changing the look at all.
He's got these earmuffs high up all the time.
Giving the same target, the same look.
He's got a little bit of head movement going on there.
And that's what he needs to do a little bit more of.
Then he's got to shoot some counters,
when Stevenson gets off.
At best, what he's doing is punching with Stevenson.
I don't even think he's doing that on purpose.
I think they just end up throwing at the same time.
Ranallo: Here he comes back with the right hand.
Stevenson acknowledges it.
Al, you talked about Stevenson's poise, his patience.
Is that what has impressed you the most thus far?
What is it about Stevenson that you like in this fight?
Other than the power.
Bernstein: That's a big part of it.
He landed 51% of his power punches in his last four fights.
He's landing 60% in this fight.
So his accuracy is special.
Ranallo: Another straight left to the body.
And Fonfara in trouble.
Malignaggi: This is happening
because Fonfara stays squared up.
He stays too square.
And the straight left hands get through that guard,
whether they're at the head or the stomach.
They continuously get through.
You can't be that square against a left-hander.
Ranallo: And Fonfara now on his bicycle.
Stevenson again attacking the body.
Left hook to the liver.
Crowd: Superman! Superman!
Ranallo: And a look at the show stats body shots landed.
He's more than doubled Fonfara, Al.
Bernstein: And so powerful,
and, of course, it's created a knockdown.
Ranallo: Making that wise investment to the body.
As the lineal light heavyweight champion just got tagged
with a combination from the very game.
Fonfara double jab.
Man, he is one tough hombre from Poland.
Andrzej Fonfara had his pro debut in Poland,
but the rest of his career has taken place in North America
making his Canadian and Showtime debut here tonight.
But in tough against the champ.
Malignaggi: He gets hurt,
he recovers and he keeps trucking along.
He's tough, but he's got to be more intelligent now.
Ranallo: 15 seconds remaining in the sixth.
Double right hand to the head by Fonfara.
Blocked that jab by Stevenson.
Referee telling them not to talk to each other, just fight.
We're going to round 7.
[ Bell dings ] Bell!
Got to keep touching that man up.
Make him bring his hands up.
I'm going to tell you a secret, okay?
Every time he's sitting right in the front of him, man,
you're giving him too much of a break.
As soon as y'all break, he go.
As soon as you break, go and break right back at him.
He opens it up for you.
You're waiting for him to close,
and then you want to start shooting the shots.
Bernstein: Stevenson has shifted his attack to the body.
Of course he created a knockdown with the body punch
a round or so ago.
That's almost a duplicate of what created the knockdown.
And Fonfara almost had to go to the canvas there.
And that was pretty early in the round.
Amazingly, Fonfara was able to have the resiliency
to come back from this.
He is as we said, a very resilient fighter for sure.
Though he's clearly behind in this fight.
Ranallo: As we head into the second half
of this championship fight,
round 7 here at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Someone watching with vested interest.
Father time's arch nemesis Bernard Hopkins,
the oldest man to win, defend, and unify the title.
The man who will most likely face
the winner of tonight's fight.
Fonfara with the lead right hand flashes the jab.
Stevenson again targets the midriff.
Watch the head. No.
Ranallo: Let's take a look at the unofficial showtime scoring
midway through this championship encounter.
Bernstein: Of course, very unofficial.
We all have a wide margin for Stevenson in this fight.
Clearly, when you sprinkle in the knockdowns,
that's why that margin is so wide.
Ranallo: Crowd wanting to rally Stevenson
with chants of "Superman."
You wonder, though.
They were very vociferous at the beginning
in the early rounds.
Are they maybe surprised
that Fonfara is still in there, Paulie?
As he comes back.
Malignaggi: He's in there, and he's a live dog.
He still is not ready to give up on his dream
of winning a world championship.
Bernstein: He has been stopped once before, Fonfara,
by Derrick Findley.
We talked about that.
But tonight, he's hanging in there against
this power-punching light heavyweight Adonis Stevenson.
Ranallo: Stevenson backing up.
Malignaggi: There's a right hand there by Fonfara.
Ranallo: Solid right hand.
Malignaggi: The changing of range by Stevenson.
He keeps it moving,
but when he's ready to punch, he plants and fires.
Fonfara just following him around.
Not surprising him with anything.
He's got to make some sort of adjustment.
Bernstein: The big issue is the right hand of Fonfara
has landed from time to time,
but it has done nothing,
and they were confident
that his power would at least affect Stevenson,
and it hasn't.
Ranallo: Stevenson landed a nice right hook to the body
and then targeted the head with a right.
And there's another jab.
30 seconds left in the seventh round.
15 seconds left in the seventh stanza.
Straight left through the guard by Stevenson.
Fonfara with a right hand.
We are through seven rounds at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
[ Bell dings ] Bell!
Hey, how bad do you want this fight?
Huh?
Be ready.
[ Whistle blows ]
Garza: Round 8. Round 8.
[ Bell dings ] Box!
Bernstein: Now, in the last round, according to ShoStats,
Fonfara landed 17 punches.
That's the most he's landed in the fight.
Yet still probably lost that round.
Ranallo: Fonfara blocking the jab.
Bernstein: Stevenson started this camp for the fight
in Germany.
They toured around.
They trained in several different locations.
But whatever they did is working,
'cause he looks very fit and very sharp.
Ranallo: Fonfara started in Chicago,
spent weeks in Big Bear,
and then came to Montreal.
Wanted to get that high-altitude training
in Big Bear, California.
Malignaggi: Fonfara at times tries to change the look.
Ranallo: Oh. Now he's working the body.
Good job by Fonfara. Stevenson along the ropes.
And then Stevenson delivers a stiff left to the midsection.
Bernstein: That was the best sequence for Fonfara
in a long time.
Combination punching,
which Sam Colonna has been asking him for.
Malignaggi: And he changed the look there
by bending his knees a little bit
and giving a different look.
He still had the high guard,
but at least he changed the look of the height
that he was standing at.
And it backed up Stevenson just a second,
and Fonfara jumped on him.
Bernstein: And got some leverage on the left hooks, did Fonfara.
Malignaggi: He sure did.
He's increased his output the last couple rounds, Fonfara.
It seems like Stevenson has slowed down just a little bit
this past round and a half or so.
Ranallo: Check hook by Stevenson.
Lead right to the body.
There's a straight left down the middle.
And there's the right hook to the side of Fonfara.
Now Stevenson picking up the pace.
Malignaggi: And that's the thing about that earmuff defense.
No punching back, no counters.
Bernstein: I'm gonna tell you something, though.
Stevenson's pushing his punches a little bit in this round.
Just a little. You can see him pushing them.
Not throwing them as crisp as he was.
Malignaggi: Maybe he's tiring.
Yep.
Ranallo: There's a right hand that connects for Fonfara.
He's definitely been the busiest we've seen him in a while
here in round 8.
Coming up on the final 30 seconds of the frame.
Bernstein: There's a subtle change happening in this round.
Malignaggi: I see it, Al. You're 100% right.
And it's been happening slowly since even the last round.
Bernstein: Yes.
Ranallo: Fonfara beginning to impose his will
ever so slightly on Adonis Stevenson.
Walking him down with 15 seconds left in the round.
[ Bell dings ] Bell! Stop!
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Bernstein: In his best round in the fight,
facing a -- Stevenson looks to me
like he's been getting a little tired.
Fonfara was able to get some things done in the last round,
throw combinations.
And we, for the first time,
saw some balance issues for Stevenson.
It's been something they've worked on.
Malignaggi: When you get tired,
your offense starts to look a little lazy,
your style starts to look a little lazy.
And Stevenson just starting to look a little lax here
as the fight goes on.
Ranallo: The bell goes to signal the start of round 9.
Lineal light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson
in the Kronk gold with blue and red.
The challenger Andrzej Fonfara in the black.
Right hand by Fonfara coming forward.
Stevenson bending over --
Stevenson goes down with a straight right hand!
Malignaggi: And there's the right hand that we're talking about.
Ranallo: The last time Stevenson was knocked down
was against Darnell Boone --
the only other time in his career --
and that led to his lone loss.
Things are now getting interesting
at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Malignaggi: Fonfara has got to raise the urgency right here.
Stevenson's got to be careful to keep it in tight.
Ranallo: Left hand by Stevenson.
A minute gone in the ninth.
And another solid right hand by Fonfara.
The tide is turning.
Malignaggi: Again, Stevenson's got to get neater here,
his defense getting a little sloppy.
Bernstein: He's very fatigued and can't get his hands up
and is getting nailed not just with the right hands,
but those hooks that Fonfara is getting some leverage in.
Malignaggi: Yep. And the fatigue ends up
making you not put your hands up.
And it also makes your defensive moves a little bit bigger
instead of keeping them short.
He's taking too big a move sometimes.
Bernstein: We said in the last round there was a change happening
and, boy, it turned out it came quickly.
Ranallo: 1:15 left in the ninth.
Bernstein: That number tells you a lot.
The power punches land in this round.
Ranallo: And Fonfara continues to attack Stevenson.
Malignaggi: Fonfara keeps landing
that last jab at the end.
He's throwing the one-two, Stevenson spins out,
and that laser left jab lands at the end every time.
Ranallo: Straight right hand connects again.
A terrific round for the challenger Andrzej Fonfara
who went down in round 1, down in round 5,
but has bounced back to knock down Adonis Stevenson
25 seconds here into round number 9.
Malignaggi: Good fight. A war of wills now.
Ranallo: High drama in Quebec.
Stevenson with the straight left through the guard,
and the jab connects.
Malignaggi: Right there,
Fonfara has got to throw those counter punches.
Bernstein: Clearly a round Fonfara is winning.
Does he have enough time to completely
turn this fight around, and can he get a knockout?
Malignaggi: Stevenson's nose is now bleeding.
Ranallo: Montreal has played host
to so many terrific boxing matches
throughout its rich boxing history.
This one is shaping up to be another one.
Adonis Stevenson -- the lineal light heavyweight champion
in tough against challenger Andrzej Fonfara.
...With your hands down all day.
Try stepping inside and slow the pace down.
And tie the man up. You hear me?
Look at me. You hear me?
Try stepping inside the man.
Quit pulling back
with that same old slow, lazy shit.
Try stepping inside, tying the man up.
Bernstein: Sugar hill trying to rally his man.
This is where Stevenson got in trouble --
those short left hooks and the right hand...
That sends him down.
Malignaggi: And again, he's too wide with the escape.
He's not tidy with the escape here,
and because of that, he gets caught on the follow-up
as he's making a defensive move.
Bernstein: And later on, they would clash heads
after this onslaught of Fonfara.
And, well, Fonfara kind of putting his head in there.
And that's because he's being helped by Stevenson.
Malignaggi: Yeah, he's looking to get free any way he can.
He knows he had his man hurt.
Bernstein: Shades of Broner and Maidana, right?
Ranallo: 10th round underway.
Adonis Stevenson's trainer, Javan "Sugar" Hill,
Emanuel Steward's nephew,
retired Detroit policeman after 12 years on the force,
also trains heavyweight contender Johnathon Banks
and super middleweight Anthony Dirrell,
he's definitely trying to rally his charge here.
And Adonis Stevenson coming off the worst round
of this fight, anyway.
Bernstein: And remember, now,
that was a 10-8 round for Fonfara.
There have been two 10-8 rounds prior to that
for Adonis Stevenson.
And, of course, Stevenson had controlled
most of the other rounds.
Ranallo: So, let's look at the unofficial scoring --
Stevenson lands a left uppercut
and a straight left through the guard.
Bernstein: We have -- It's an array of scores,
as Stevenson now has Fonfara in some trouble.
Ranallo: So, a great bounce-back round for Stevenson
as Fonfara waves to the crowd
but eats a straight left.
And now Stevenson putting the pressure on Fonfara.
Fonfara punching his way off the ropes
and then takes a shot below the belt.
Malignaggi: Fonfara wisely didn't take a break.
I think Stevenson needs the break more than he does.
Bernstein: Yeah, that's a good point, Paulie.
Malignaggi: Stevenson, going for that assault,
may have punched himself out a little bit.
Ranallo: Double left, and then the front face lock
with a little short right uppercut
hey, Fonfara can -- all about the gamesmanship.
Malignaggi: But a smart smother there by Stevenson.
Fonfara bit on it and grabbed him.
Bernstein: Stevenson doing a smart thing now,
going to the body, as well.
Remember, he hurt Fonfara early at the body and put him down.
Ranallo: Right hook to the body by Stevenson.
Follows up with sweeping left hand.
Another right hook to the body.
Short left uppercut by Fonfara.
They are in close quarters,
and they are imposing their will on each other,
trying to get the better of each other here
with a minute left in the 10th.
Bernstein: The light heavyweight division
has provided many great fights in the past,
and this is on its way to being one of them.
It's been so much fun
and with a lot of twists and turns.
Ranallo: 45 seconds left in the 10th.
Right hook to the body.
Left hand to the body by Stevenson.
Fonfara leaning in.
Bernstein: A great comeback round
for Stevenson, with all this body work.
Ranallo: This is what the left uppercut
countered effectively by the jab from Fonfara.
There's a straight left to the midsection by Stevenson.
Right hook to the body.
Left uppercut.
Plenty of action here in round 10.
Malignaggi: Fonfara may have been hurt again by that body shot.
Ranallo: Saturday night is indeed all right for fighting
here at the Bell Centre in Montreal,
shaping up to be a terrific
light heavyweight championship battle.
Finish.
You hear me?
Stop waiting for one shot.
Andrzej, listen to me.
You're waiting for one shot.
You got to throw combinations.
You hear me?
Believe in yourself.
Bernstein: Great advice from Sam Colonna.
That's what he did well in the previous round.
Here's where --
Stevenson working downstairs.
He did some great body work during the course of that round
with the left hand.
And then one would stray a bit low.
He was coming with the left hand.
And that one very, very low.
And Fonfara would take a short break.
And as Paulie pointed out, at the moment,
Fonfara probably thought,
"Maybe I need to get back in there
to get after Stevenson, who's tiring."
It didn't work out well for him.
Ranallo: We begin the championship rounds
here in Montreal.
Between the two of them,
25 of their last 26 combined wins
have come by knockouts --
Stevenson's last 13,
and 12 of the last 13 from Fonfara.
Bernstein: Fonfara again gets hit low.
Fonfara has found a home for that left hook in there.
His short, little, teensy left hook.
We're gonna see it again in this round.
Ranallo: Straight right by Fonfara.
Combination by the challenger.
Now Stevenson working the body before going upstairs.
Left hook as he walks in.
Now Stevenson begins to batter the body again.
Left hook by Fonfara.
Stevenson going to work.
The crowd on its feet.
But Fonfara very cool under fire.
Bernstein: And now it creates that little left hook in.
Give Stevenson credit.
He was so tired, and he has come back so long.
Ranallo: He hurt him with that left uppercut!
Ranallo: Opening minute of this,
the first of our two championship rounds.
Left hook downstairs by Fonfara.
Bernstein: And I'm not sure
body work by Fonfara wouldn't be helpful.
Ranallo: Man, Paulie, he's finding
that left uppercut inside, is Stevenson.
Malignaggi: Yes, he is. He's got to be careful, though,
not to punch himself out because he is a little fatigued.
And there he goes in the clinch again.
Fonfara not backing off
despite the heavy assault from Stevenson.
Bernstein: The last half of this round could be interesting.
Stevenson is tired.
Ranallo: The mid point of round 11,
looking at the ShoStats for total body shots landed.
Bernstein: Stevenson has done a great job downstairs.
He has created the knockdown and many issues for Fonfara.
Ranallo: And, again, Fonfara fighting off the ropes.
Flashing a jab repeatedly.
But doesn't follow up with the right.
And it's Stevenson putting together the combination
before he gets hit with a short right hand,
a minute left in the 11th.
Fonfara misses with the wild right.
Digs away with a short left hook.
Left uppercut again, grazing the chin by Stevenson.
Bernstein: What a pace here in round 11!
If Andrzej Fonfara needed any validation
as a light heavyweight contender,
I believe he's gotten it at this point.
Ranallo: Yes, he has.
Bernstein: He may lose this fight,
but he is validating himself as a good light heavyweight.
Ranallo: Only the second man to drop
the lineal light heavyweight champion.
He's been down twice, as well.
I know that, unofficially, Showtime's crew
has Stevenson comfortably ahead,
but, man, things have really picked up
and become more dramatic here down the stretch.
Stevenson again working the body.
10 seconds left in the round.
We should be in for a fantastic
closing three minutes
of what has been a terrific title fight.
Bernstein: Adonis Stevenson dominated this round
for the most part with the body work.
He is just trying to get to the body.
He's not even attempting to go upstairs.
And not getting countered by Fonfara
because Fonfara's hurt so much by those body punches.
Fonfara was in a position where he could have countered,
but it's just very tough at this point in the fight,
when you're that tired
and you're getting whacked to the body.
Let's listen in.
...Scooting to the man.
Letting him get too much of a break.
Start scooting to that man.
When y'all are breaking, slide to him quick.
And look for the slip and shoot.
Hear me? Let's go.
Everything you've got. You hear me?
Throw the hook, come back with the right.
Ranallo: Sam Colonna. Motivating Andrzej Fonfara.
Fonfara wanting to rally the crowd.
He's in hostile territory.
But they have to appreciate his heart and his courage
as we get set for the 12th and final round.
Adonis Stevenson's career mark
10-fight K.O. streak in jeopardy.
Malignaggi: And got to love Fonfara, the enthusiasm he's got.
Slipped there.
Ranallo: A slip.
Bernstein: Fonfara has never been 12 rounds.
Stevenson is 1-0 over 12.
Malignaggi: Fonfara slipping in his own corner.
There might have been water there
from the corner work they were doing between rounds.
Bernstein: Stevenson enjoying the crowd,
but he better be careful he doesn't get hit with something.
Ranallo: Not the time to acknowledge
his fan base here in Montreal,
as he is in the thick of a very tough fight.
And a lot of people heading into this fight
didn't expect Fonfara to be as strong as he is still
here in the 12th round.
He's been down twice,
may very well be behind on the scorecards,
but he is acquitting himself very well in the latter rounds.
Bernstein: And created a knockdown in this fight
and had Stevenson in some trouble.
He's still trying.
And Adonis Stevenson himself showed tremendous grit
to come back from being knocked down in round 9
and in serious trouble and tired.
Malignaggi: I'll tell you what Fonfara's done a few times
in the past couple rounds,
is not just take the left hands like that off the glove.
He's actually slipped them sometimes then came back.
Ranallo: And Fonfara comes back.
Left hook tags Stevenson.
Stevenson says, "More."
And Stevenson now goes to work.
A clubbing left hand on Fonfara.
These two courageous warriors putting it all on the line
here in the final minute and change in Montreal!
Malignaggi: War of attrition.
Ranallo: The final 60 seconds
of what has been a terrific championship affair.
Bernstein: There's still time in this round.
Ranallo: Both of them desperately
want to close the show.
A jab by Stevenson.
And the crowd becoming ever more vociferous
with chants of "Superman,"
wanting to power Stevenson through these last 30 seconds,
but Fonfara catches him.
Bernstein: Fonfara's landing some pretty nice punches here
toward the end.
I don't know if they're hurting Stevenson.
But Stevenson's a little fatigued.
He's holding.
Ranallo: With 15 seconds left, you can add another
terrific light heavyweight championship bout
to the annals of boxing history.
It's been another terrific fight here in Montreal,
as Stevenson and Fonfara go the distance.
Motherfucker.
That's why they fight, Al.
Bernstein: That was special.
And this man Adonis Stevenson was tired
and in a teensy bit of trouble at the end there.
But whether Fonfara won or didn't,
and it's unlikely he did, he earned the respect
of every boxing fan, I think, in the world.
That was really an impressive performance.
Ranallo: And you look at the numbers, Al,
well over 1,400 punches thrown
combined by these two
as they fight for the lineal light heavyweight championship.
Over 800 of those punches were power shots.
Bernstein: And so many body punches by Stevenson.
Three knockdowns created in the fight.
It was a special fight.
Malignaggi: Fonfara really acquitted himself well.
Stevenson finished the fight like a champion,
holding on to the title
despite a hungry surge by Fonfara.
A great fight tonight, guys.
Ranallo: Let's revisit some of the action
that closed this fight.
Revisit some of the 12th and final round
at regular speed, Al.
Bernstein: As we look at it, this was extraordinary action.
Stevenson, who had been tired, coming on in the round
and hurting Fonfara early in the round.
The early part of the round was really controlled
by Adonis Stevenson.
Then things really altered
in the last minute or so of the round.
Stevenson appeared to have punched himself out.
Fonfara came back,
and, Paulie, he was landing shots with a lot of power --
the right hands, the left hooks.
And Stevenson was tired.
Malignaggi: You saw Stevenson trying to smother the work,
trying to take the sting off the shots
by smothering and getting closer to Fonfara.
It looked as if, at the end, Stevenson just trying
to end the round and hold on to the title.
Bernstein: Remember when these fights were 15 rounds?
Malignaggi: Might have been a different story.
Bernstein: What would have happened in the last three?
Ranallo: Well, we're about to find out
the official decision from our main man
Mr. Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 12 rounds of action,
we have a unanimous decision.
Here are the score totals.
Décision unamine.
Judges at ringside John McKay and John Woodburn
both score the bout 115-110.
Judge Richard Decarufel scores the bout 116-109.
All three in favor of the winner and still champion
Adonis "Superman" Stevenson.
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