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Light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson will turn 39 on Sept. 22 and he has not boxed in 10 months. That is not typically a good combination for a prize fighter.But Stevenson said he has no worries about rust in his ring return, which will come when he makes his seventh title defense against fellow explosive puncher Thomas Williams Jr. in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Friday (Spike, 9 p.m. ET) at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City.Last year, I think I did three or four fights. Now this year Im going to fight two times, so my layoff will be good for me, Stevenson said during a recent teleconference with reporters to talk about the fight. Its not a problem. I was in the gym every day. The layoff is not a problem for me because Im always training.Perhaps the layoff clouded Stevensons memory because he actually only had two fights in 2015 as well as two in 2014. He did fight four times in 2013. That was the year he took the title off Chad Dawson by devastating first-round knockout in just 76 seconds.Still, Stevenson, a Haiti native fighting out of his adopted hometown of Montreal, again reiterated his supposed busy 2015.I need to recover because in 2015 I fought like three or four times, he said. Everything is good now. Im ready to fight. I dont have injuries, so Im ready now. Sometimes its good to recover, to take a break and come back stronger.Even when Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) has fought he has not exactly been tested as he has been matched relatively softly during most of his title reign. His last three defenses have come against overmatched Dmitry Sukhotsky (fifth-round knockout) in 2014, faded former super middleweight titlist Sakio Bika (clear-cut unanimous decision) 15 months ago and journeyman Tommy Karpency (third-round knockout) in an epic mismatch in September.Williams (20-1, 14 KOs), a southpaw like Stevenson, brings something to the table those others did not -- tremendous punching power, which he used to blast out contender Edwin Rodriguez in the second round on April 30 in what was an unofficial eliminator to earn the shot at Stevenson.While Williams and Stevenson both have superb power, they are also viewed by many as having a shaky chin, which could make for a short, but fireworks-filled fight.I know hes hungry, but Im the champ and Im hungry too, Stevenson said. I know hell be ready, so Ill be ready for this fight. (Friday) will be awesome and it will also be my daughters birthday. Williams is a puncher and a good opponent.Stevenson and Williams were each knocked out in their only defeat. Stevenson was stopped on his feet in the second round by journeyman Darnell Boone in 2010 and Williams got knocked out by former world titleholder Gabriel Campillo in the fifth round in August 2014. Williams has also been visibly hurt multiple times, including against Rodriguez.Williams, 28, of Fort Washington, Maryland, said he knows what he is getting into against Stevenson.Adonis is the WBC champion and a strong puncher, Williams said. He beat everybody he had in front of him, but he has a real test (on Friday). Each time I fight, there are fireworks.Williams dismissed his fifth-round knockout loss to Campillo.If you watch this bout (against Campillo), I was winning before the stoppage, Williams said. And I improved a lot since. Look, this is a fight. It does not matter if Adonis has a bigger reach than me. Mike Tyson had less reach than most of his opponents.Williams also said he has not fear of fighting on Stevensons turf. In fact, he rather likes Canada.It wont be a distraction, Williams said. When youre focused, youre focused. It wont be a problem. Canada is nice. When I came to Canada for the press conference, I received a good welcome. People were friendly. I thought a lot of people in Canada like Adonis Stevenson because hes from there, but a lot of people were telling me knock this guy out. I dont even know why they were telling me this.Should Stevenson retain the title he said once again that he wants to fight the winner of the fight between unified titleholder Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and former super middleweight champion Andre Ward (29-0, 15 KOs), who are due to meet on Nov. 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas -- as long as Ward comes through a tune-up fight against Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 KOs) on Aug. 6.First of all, we will see if they will fight and if its true or not. If the fight is going to happen -- we dont know that, Stevenson said. Its (scheduled) for November but you dont know if the fight is going to happen because Andre Ward has a fight on Aug. 6, so well see after that. I will wait to see if it happens for real to predict a winner.Of course I need the winner of that fight. Im the lineal champion. I need all the titles. This is my goal, but I have to focus on Thomas Williams first.Of course, Stevenson has routinely said he wants to unify titles against Kovalev but his actions have spoken louder than his words. He is the one who walked away from a deal for the fight that was agreed to in 2014, a move that resulted in an avalanche of criticism, and done his best to avoid the fight while facing subpar opposition.In the 10-round co-feature, light heavyweight Eleider Storm Alvarez (19-0, 10 KOs), 32, the Colombia-born, Montreal-based mandatory challenger for the winner of the main event, will face New Zealands Robert Berridge (27-4-1, 21 KOs), a 31-year-old southpaw who took the fight on short notice when former world champion Chad Dawson dropped out because he suffered a shoulder injury while training last week.The fight is contracted at a catch weight of 180 pounds. If Alvarez wins, his world title shot should come before the end of the year and would be a major event if he faces Stevenson in Montreal. 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GLASGOW, Scotland -- Andy and Jamie Murray kept Britain alive in its Davis Cup semifinal against Argentina, winning the doubles match in four sets to reduce the titleholders deficit to 2-1 on Saturday.The Murray brothers beat Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in front of a rowdy crowd in Glasgow.The semifinal is extended to the reverse singles on Sunday, when Andy Murray is set to play Guido Pella and del Potro is down to play Kyle Edmund.Two-one down is a tough position to be in, Andy Murray said, but we are closer than we were at the start of the day and I still believe we can come back.Del Potro and Murray were back on court after an epic 5-hour, 7-minute opening singles on Friday, won by del Potro in five sets. Del Potro wasnt slated to play in the doubles andd was a surprise late change by Argentina captain Daniel Orsanic, especially given the players injury problems in recent years.ddddddddddddAs soon as we heard Juan Martin was coming in, they showed their cards, that they wanted to finish the tie today, Britain captain Leon Smith.The Murrays have a 6-0 record in Davis Cup doubles.The winner will play either Croatia or France in the final -- and its likely to come down to the final match, with Murray a heavy favorite to make it 2-2.Everyone is tired, its that stage of the season, Smith said. Its the same for their team but if theres somebody you want going out to get the first rubber on the board, its Andy Murray. ' ' '