According to Dan Rafael the twice postponed Super Middleweight eliminator between Adonis Stevenson and Donovan George will now take place on October 12th and will be shown Live in America on Wealth TV.
“He was in the airport all day on Monday, but he’ll show up at the fight,” Warriors Boxing promoter Leon Margules said. “He couldn’t make it from Chicago but I was able to make it from South Florida out of a tropical storm (Isaac). Go figure.
“I saw Adonis at the press conference and he looks like he’s in good shape and he said that his hand is better. Don is excited about the fight. It’s a fight he’s wanted for a long time and it’s a fight that we believe he will win. After the Miranda fight, Don was back in the gym Monday morning.”
“We are very excited about this fight between Adonis and Don George. I believe that outside of a world championship fight that it is the best fight that can be made at 168 pounds,” Said Stevenson’s promoter Yvon Michel said. “Everybody (ahead of George in the IBF’s rankings) turned down the opportunity to fight Adonis Stevenson but Don took the fight. So we know he is confident. These guys are both bangers. They are both very confident. Adonis knows there is no tomorrow. It has been so difficult to get him a title fight and hard to get him an opponent for this fight, but the winner gets to fight for a world championship.
“I’m expecting Adonis to be at his best and that is not good news for Donovan George.”
As for Stevenson’s hand, Michel said he continued to train after the fight was postponed but did not use his left hand. He will begin to use it with authority this week.
“He was very determined and he worked every day at his physical therapy,” Michel said. “He did everything he had to do and now, starting at the end of this week, he will start using his left hand in training.”
