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Cloutier's Canada Corner
Gonzales: "Stevenson Is Slow
Like An Elephant"
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The American boxer Jesus "El Martillo" Gonzales
said that he has suffered a lot in the last two months in
his training camp, but Saturday evening, in the ring of the
Bell Centre Theater, it will the time of the Montrealer
Adonis Stevenson to suffer terribly.
Gonzales (27-1-0) and Stevenson (16-1-0) will fight in a
elimination bout for the second position in the IBF super
middleweight ratings.
"I had my training camp in Calgary," Alberta, said Gonzales
this morning, in the final press conference, hold at the
Houston Restaurant in Montreal downtown. "I was running
seven miles each morning in a very cold temperature. It was
the thing to do, because I will fight here in Montréal,
where the winter is like in Alberta. I suffered a lot in
training, but Saturday night, it will the turn to Stevenson
to suffer. He will live a very tough evening, I can promise
you that. If Stevenson believes that he will fight Lucian
Bute later one this year, or next year, for the IBF title,
he is mixing fiction and reality. I will be the one who will
challenge Bute."
Gonzales said that he was watching tapes of fights involving
Stevenson during his training camp. "Stevenson seems to be
strong physically, but he is slow and predictable," said
Gonzales, a boxer living in Phoenix, Arizona. "Stevenson is
moving like an elephant in the ring. My speed will cause him
a lot of problems, no doubt about it. When I will connect
him with my power shots, you will see, he will fall. If this
fighter has been unable to take Darnell Boone in 2010, do
you think seriously that he can take my punches? Come on!
Stevenson said that our fight will not go to the limit, and
I totally agree with him. The KO seems to be inevitable. But
Adonis is ridiculous when he is saying that he will the one
who will stay on his legs when the fight will be stopped."
Stevenson called Gonzales "big mouth".
"Gonzales said that I am a big mouth, but you know as I do
that HE is the big mouth," said Stevenson. "Believe me, he
will learn to respect me in the ring. I will hurt with all
my power shots. Look at his face. You will not recognized
him at the end of the bout."
Yvon Michel, the promoter of the GYM Group, said that the
Quebec boxing fans will see a memorable bout. "It is the 8th
show of our series "Rapides and Dangereux" (Fast and
Dangerous), and Jesus Gonzales is certainly the most
dangerous visitor fighter recruited for our series so far,"
said Yvon Michel. "Adonis knows that he it will be the
biggest test of his career. But, we know how much he is
determined to become IBF champion of the world this year."
Stevenson is NABA, NABO and IBF Intercontinental champion.
Gonzales was NABF champion last year. They are both
southpaws.
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