{"id":64201,"date":"2016-10-26T22:44:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T03:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64201"},"modified":"2016-10-26T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T03:44:59","slug":"curtis-stevens-vs-james-de-la-rosa-added-to-undercard-of-sergey-kovalev-vs-andre-ward-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64201","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Stevens Vs James De La Rosa Added to Undercard of Sergey Kovalev Vs Andre Ward &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64201\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=64201\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-63735 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CS.jpe\" alt=\"CS\" width=\"190\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a>The Kovalev vs. Ward \u201cPound for Pound\u201d HBO Pay-Per-View telecast on November 19 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. will now include the 10-round middleweight showdown between Curtis \u201cThe Cerebral Assassin\u201d Stevens (28-5, 21 KOs) and James &#8220;The King&#8221; De La Rosa (23-4, 13 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Stevens fought earlier this year on the Canelo-Khan HBO Pay-Per-View telecast and scored a spectacular second-round upset knockout of then-undefeated Brazilian Patrick Teixeira. When asked about the upgrade to the televised card Curtis replied, \u201cI know it is Kovalev-Ward but now it is Kovalev-Ward-Stevens. Time to show out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De La Rosa was in a similar situation when he defeated former title contender Alfredo Angulo on the undercard of Mayweather-Maidana. He said, \u201cD\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again. The same thing happened when I fought Angulo. I am happy to fight on the PPV telecast. I need this win so I\u2019ll leave it all in the ring come November 19.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Main Events\u2019 CEO Kathy Duva added, \u201cAfter we announced Curtis would be fighting on the untelevised portion of the Kovalev-Ward PPV card, we heard from a lot of fans asking that the fight be moved to TV so they could see Curtis. What the fans want, the fans get!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevens, 31, of Brownsville, Brooklyn returned to the ring this past May 7 and stopped previously undefeated Brazilian prospect Patrick Teixeira in the second round on the HBO Pay-Per-View\u00ae undercard of Canelo-Khan. The victory over Teixeira catapulted Stevens back into the ranking of all four sanctioning bodies, including Top 10 ratings in both the IBF and WBC. He is hoping to continue that momentum and secure another shot at the middleweight title.<\/p>\n<p>De La Rosa, 28, is originally from Mexico but now resides in San Benito, Texas. His most recent win was a unanimous decision upset over former title contender Alfredo Angulo on the undercard of Mayweather-Maidana. De La Rosa has suffered two back-to-back losses since his win over Angulo but both have come at the hands of two previously undefeated prospects in Hugo Centeno Jr. and Jason Quigley. Commonly, fighters in his position would prefer a tune-up to get back on a winning track but, in this case, De La Rosa opted out of that easy route and decided to test himself against another former title contender in Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>Kovalev vs. Ward \u201cPound For Pound\u201d, a 12-round mega-fight for the WBO\/IBF\/WBA Light Heavyweight World Titles, takes place Saturday, Nov. 19, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET\/6:00 p.m. PT. &#8220;Pound for Pound&#8221; is presented by Main Events, Roc Nation Sports, Krusher Promotions and Andre Ward Promotions and is sponsored by MGM Grand Hotel &amp; Casino, Rosneft and Corona Extra. Tickets are on sale now at AXS.com and the T-Mobile Arena Box Office.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7pJxnkLfKhg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kovalev vs. Ward \u201cPound for Pound\u201d HBO Pay-Per-View telecast on November 19 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. will now include the 10-round middleweight showdown between Curtis \u201cThe Cerebral Assassin\u201d Stevens (28-5, 21 KOs) and James &#8220;The King&#8221; De La Rosa (23-4, 13 KOs). Stevens fought earlier this year on the Canelo-Khan HBO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16126],"class_list":["post-64201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-curtis-stevens-vs-james-de-la-rosa-added-to-undercard-of-sergey-kovalev-vs-andre-ward-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64201"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}