Bleacher Report - Boxing: Ranking the Best Matchups for Adonis Stevenson's Next Fight

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Ranking the Best Matchups for Adonis Stevenson's Next Fight Oct 1st 2013, 00:30, by Kelsey McCarson Adonis Stevenson proved his mettle Saturday night as one of the best boxers on the planet by dominating tough customer and former alphabet titlist Tavoris Cloud over the entirety of their seven-round encounter at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The bout was wisely halted after Stevenson had buzzed the usually durable Cloud more times than his corner could stomach. Stevenson is the first person to defeat Cloud by stoppage. The 36-year-old Haitian-born Canadian was defending the TBRB Light Heavyweight Championship he earned last June by spectacular one-punch knockout over Chad Dawson, as well as his WBC and Ring Magazine alphabet straps. After the shellacking of Cloud, a fighter expected to test the new champion, the fight world was abuzz with scintillating options for the light heavyweight king, Stevenson. While ESPN’s Dan Rafael reports his next fight is to be a mandatory alphabet defense against England's Tony Bellew, it’s clear the robust weight class has much more to offer the exciting boxer known as “Superman.” Here are the five best potential matchups for Stevenson, ranked by historical significance as well as overall general intrigue. Begin Slideshow

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