By Steve Kim

The current plan for WBC light heavyweight titlist Adonis Stevenson (24-1, 20KOs) is for him to face Dmitry Sukhotsky in Quebec City. Then on the docket for 2015 is for him to take on his mandatory challenger Jean Pascal in a Montreal showdown.

Yvon Michel, the head of GYM (Groupe Yvon Michel) which promotes Stevenson confirmed:

"We have reserved an April 4th date at the Bell Centre. If Pascal chooses otherwise, then the WBC will find another mandatory contender and we will probably fight another optional( defense)."

But according to Michel, Stevenson has another fight squarely on his mind - Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23KOs), who is now the owner of the WBA, WBO and IBF belts after conclusively out-pointing Bernard Hopkins this past weekend in Atlantic City.

"This is his goal, he tells me at two in the morning after the fight - and I know he spoke to his manager Al Haymon, too - to fight Kovalev. So he asked us, 'I don't know about the politics of boxing by my goal is to fight this guy. I want to unify and the sooner would be better,'" recalled Michel, of his conversation with Stevenson.

The Canadian star was slated to face Kovalev in what would have been one of the more anticipated bouts of 2014 - until he changed course and decided to ink with Haymon and then switched networks and took on Andrzej Fonfara in May on Showtime and caught the ire of boxing fans for his decision.

"So things are changing pretty quick in boxing, a six-month span is almost lifetime so we'll see what happens. But definitely this is his goal to fight against Sergey Kovalev," stated Michel.

If Stevenson does face Pascal in April, with Kovalev slated to also return in the spring with what might have to be his IBF mandatory defense, the best-case scenario for this match-up to happen would be in the second half of 2015. Michel warns:

We'll see what will happen. We got a lot of surprises last year. We went from HBO to Showtime because Hopkins was there and was telling us that if were making the move that he wanted to unify against Adonis. Finally, he moved in another direction.

"So anything can happen but realistically it will be a little later but I know for Adonis sooner would be the better."

Kathy Duva of Main Events, which handles Kovalev has made it clear that Stevenson is no longer a priority but the reality is that a Kovalev-Stevenson fight is still the biggest fight to be made in the 175-pound division.

Better late than never, right?

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.