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MONTREAL -- Adonis Stevenson hopes hes shown his detractors that he is more than just a big puncher. The Blainville, Que., fighter certainly displayed some of the boxing skills he has picked up in two years of training at Detroits famous Kronk Gym as he stopped Tavoris Cloud in seven rounds to retain his WBC light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Bell Centre. But the power punches the left-hander landed on the former IBF champion also played a part in stopping Cloud before the limit for the first time in his career. Cloud (24-2), the former IBF champion, had been cut on the left eye in the opening round and did not answer the bell for the eighth after sustaining a cut over his right eye. "Im proud, because I worked hard and I showed I can box," said Stevenson (22-1), Canadas only boxer with a world title. "I did everything according to my game plan. "My corner said to go to the body. I knew the longer it went on it would be in my favour because I was wearing him down." Stevensons career was at an impasse two years ago when he decided to ask legendary trainer Emanuel Steward to take him in. Steward died last year of an intestinal ailment, but his nephew Jovan (Sugar) Hill has kept Stevenson on the same program. "We worked a lot on footwork, watching Ray Robinson who had beautiful footwork," said Hill. "Thats something Adonis showed tonight." Cloud was detained in dope testing after the match and opted not to speak to the media. His promoter Don King tipped his hat to Stevenson., "Superman was here and we didnt have any Kryptonite," said King referring to Stevensons ring nickname. "Tavoris did a great job of being able to take it, but not of being able to give it. "(Stevenson) used a bit of Ali and a bit of Tyson. I was truly entertained." The three ringside judges all had Stevenson winning all seven rounds before the stoppage. Cloud, a righty, hardly threw his right hand at all, which may have come from being cautious about leaving himself open against a power-punching lefty. That drew taunting from Stevenson, who twice stood before his opponent with his arms stretched out, daring him to throw a punch. Stevenson won the title with a spectacular first-round knockout of Chad Dawson in June. The HBO specialty channel arranged the bout with Cloud, hoping to see how he would do against a skilled opponent known for being able to take a punch. But Stevenson landed a stiff left in the first round, opening a cut on Clouds eyelid. He turned up the pressure starting into the fourth round and it appeared to be only a matter of time before the Tallahassee, Fla. native went down. His corner signalled to referee Michael Griffin that the bout was over after the seventh. Watching from ringside was Tony Bellew, the mandatory challenger for the WBC belt. The Englishman said he has a signed deal to fight Stevenson Nov. 30 in Quebec City, although promoter Yvon Michel said this week no firm date has been set. Bellew feels he can succeed where Cloud failed. "Im not five-foot-10 like Cloud and Im not scared or intimidated by Adonis Stevenson," said six-foot-three Bellew. "Ill come with a game plan and execute it. "Ill come as an underdog and leave with his belt. Ill fight on my strengths, not his. My 31st birthday is Nov. 30 and I plan to become world champion on that date too." It was Clouds second loss in a row after ceding his title to veteran Bernard Hopkins in March. In the co-feature, former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal stopped George (Honey Boy) Blades with three knockdowns in the fifth round. Pascal (28-2-1), who had not fought since December, was in a tune-up bout for his scheduled showdown in January with fellow Montreal fighter Lucian Bute, who also watched from ringside. Blades (23-5-2) never threatened Pascal. The 38-year-old has a bizarre record built up against C-level opponents. He has faced fighters with winning records only six times, and is 1-5 against them. Pascal was going for the knockout from the opening bell. He finally caught Blades with an upper cut and dropped him with a combination in the fifth. Twice Blades got up, only to be pummelled to the canvas again before referee Marlon B. Wright stopped the bout. "I was a little tight at the beginning," said Pascal. "I tried to beat him with power and it wasnt working. "We said use speed instead of power and it was speed and put him down." The Bell Centre crowd of 9,122 was evenly split in chanting the names of Pascal and Bute as the fighters entered the ring. Bute stood and applauded Pascal in a show of sportsmanship. He saw Pascal score his first KO since 2009. "This does me an enormous amount of good," said Pascal. "Im a guy with power but it had been a long time since I knocked anyone out. "Now Ill go into camp with more confidence." A matchup of Colombian light heavyweights saw Eleider Alvarez (13-0) of Montreal dominate veteran Edison Miranda for a 10-round unanimous decision in probably his toughest pro fight to date. Alvarez landed consistently with the right from the fourth round on, and scored a knockdown in the eighth with a right hook, but Miranda made it a hard-fought physical bout. It confused the ringside judges, producing scores of 99-90, 97-92 and 95-94. Another light heavyweight bout saw Artur Beterbiev, a Russian fighting out of Montreal, improve to 2-0 with a second round stoppage of veteran Rayco Saunders (23-23-2). Montreal welterweight Antonin Decarie (28-2) was back in the ring for the first time since his loss in Argentina in April to Luis Carlos Abregu and found himself in tough against Frenchman Salim Larbi (17-4-2). Decarie was cut over the left eye in the fourth round but did enough to earn a six-round unanimous decision. 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