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By Luke Furman
WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson recently had the opportunity to get together with retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the Beach Club in Pointe-Calumet, Quebec, Canada.
The two fighters are both advised by Al Haymon. Mayweather retired last September after a decision win over Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Stevenson (28-1, 23KOs) retained his title on July 29th with a fourth round knockout of Thomas Williams Jr. at Centre Videotron.
Stevenson said he received some career pointers from Mayweather, who earned a record shattering $300 million from last May's pay-per-view fight with Manny Pacquiao.
"He's a living legend. This is a guy who is extremely intelligent. He has a lot to teach me. It is a privilege to speak with him because he's had 19 years in boxing, and there's a lot of stuff he knows I do not know yet. Certain I am going to listen to his advice. I'm learning from him. I'm like a child, I learn all the time, " said Stevenson in an interview with TVA Sports.
Up next for Stevenson is a likely mandatory defense against Eleider Alvarez (20-0, 10KOs) in the fall. Alvarez became the mandatory challenger last year with a close points win over Isaac Chilemba. He appeared on the Stevenson-Williams undercard and won a ten round unanimous decision over late replacement Robbie Berridge, who stepped in for the injured former world champion Chad Dawson.
Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org.
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