Bellew: I'm Sick of Nathan Cleverly Talk, He Won't Fight

By Edward Chaykovsky

Tony Bellew (21-2-1, 13KOs) made his cruiserweight debut this past Saturday night, with a twelfth round knockout of Valery Brudov at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. The talk continues of a possible rematch with domestic rival Nathan Cleverly, who also plans to move up to the cruiserweight ranks.

Bellew doubts that Cleverly actually wants to fight. The fighter has withdrawn from several scheduled dates for his cruiserweight debut and remains inactive since his four round knockout defeat at the hands of Sergey Kovalev last August. Cleverly won a close twelve round decision over Bellew in October 2011. 

"He won't fight. He doesn't want to fight. I don't care what anyone says. He doesn't want to fight. He's pulled out [of several fights] in a span of two years. He doesn't want to fight. It's as simple as that. If [Cleverly] wants to fight, [he] knows where I am. Stop walking around and moaning and whinging and telling the whole world. Just fight. Get in the ring and fight, that's what you're supposed to do. I'm sick of talking about him," Bellew said.