This evening WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly endeavours to become the first Welshman since the Second World War to win a world title fight on US soil when he defends his belt for a fourth time at the futuristic Staples Center in Los Angeles, with new friend Mickey Rourke and fellow Welshman Sir Tom Jones at ringside.
Initially, the maths graduate was tabled to defend a fortnight ago, against a little known but dangerous Ukrainian at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. However, that always represented a sideways step so we canned it in favour of getting ‘Clev’ the US exposure that could be crucial in elevating him into the unification fights that everyone is demanding against rival champions Chad Dawson (WBC), Tavoris Cloud (IBF) or Beibut Shumenov (WBA).
And make no mistake, I would unleash Nathan against any of the above, or Bernard Hopkins, and be fully confident that he’d emerge victorious whether those prospective fights took place in the US or the UK.
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Initially, the maths graduate was tabled to defend a fortnight ago, against a little known but dangerous Ukrainian at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. However, that always represented a sideways step so we canned it in favour of getting ‘Clev’ the US exposure that could be crucial in elevating him into the unification fights that everyone is demanding against rival champions Chad Dawson (WBC), Tavoris Cloud (IBF) or Beibut Shumenov (WBA).
And make no mistake, I would unleash Nathan against any of the above, or Bernard Hopkins, and be fully confident that he’d emerge victorious whether those prospective fights took place in the US or the UK.
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