KIRK Stevens, the fighter who seemed destined for a life of losses on the road, is an unlikely champion.
And the 33-year-old has done it through fitness, granite toughness and a refusal to backdown that would do any junkyard dog proud.
“I still can’t believe it,” Kirk told me. Neither can the majority of experts in the brutal business. Stevens is a man who steps up to the plate when needed. “I turned pro overweight after just coming out of lockdown. I should’ve waited six months, really, but I went straight in and got stopped by a middleweight.”
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