Nathan Cleverly Continues His Domestic Domination
By Terence Dooley
Nathan Cleverly continued his domination of the domestic light-heavyweight ranks last Saturday night when adding the British title to his Commonwealth strap. Cleverly defused and then destroyed danger man Danny McIntosh, 29, over seven rounds at the historic York Hall.
Cleverly, 22, landed rights and lefts from the southpaw stance, flooring Norwich’s McIntosh twice in round two, once in the third, before stopping the Norwich man at 1:30 of the seventh round, referee Howard Foster intervening to save the tiring McIntosh from further harm. Wales’ Cleverly is now 17-0 (7).
Cleverly told the ITV4 team that he is proud to have added the Lonsdale belt to his Commonwealth title. “I've been waiting a long time for this,” he said. “I picked up the Commonwealth belt first by beating Tony Oakey - a top light-heavyweight in Great Britain - and it was only a matter of time before I picked up the Lonsdale belt.
“To keep the belt, I've actually got to defend it three times, but if a world title comes along I'm going to step up and take that world title. I feel unstoppable at the moment.”
Cleverly is known as a stylist, however, he has four stoppages in his last five fights, the Frank Warren-promoted fighter now hopes to move onto the European level, after beating every available domestic rival over the course of a fantastic year.
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