Boone hoping history repeats itself against Stevenson

Boone hoping history repeats itself against Stevenson

Mark E. Ortega

RingTV.com
March 20, 2013

With greater exposure comes greater opportunity.

The last time Darnell Boone and Adonis Stevenson met, it was on a small untelevised club show in Salisbury, Md. Stevenson, then an undefeated but untested 13-0, was promptly knocked out by a single overhand right in the second round of the fight.

Due to the where and the when, the win garnered Boone little fanfare.

When the two meet Friday night in Montreal, it'll be the televised headliner of a WealthTV broadcast with Stevenson on the verge of a world title challenge.

Tough journeyman Boone (19-20-3, 8 KOs) told Boxing Monthly in their May 2012 edition that the biggest purse he'd ever earned was the $12,500 he'd received to fight Anthony Thompson in 2006.

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