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Welsh hero Nathan Cleverly returns to action on Saturday 17th August when he headlines an action packed show at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. The unbeaten star will make the sixth defence of his title and he will have the added incentive of making a big impression in America as TV giants HBO will broadcast his fight. The show will be televised live and exclusive in the UK on the Channel Of Champions BoxNation (Sky Ch. 437/Virgin Ch. 546). Cleverly, 25, hopes that his challenger will be the sledge-hammer hitting Russian sensation Sergey Kovalev who is undefeated in 21 fights, 1 draw, and 19 knockouts - 18 of those coming inside three rounds. He latest victim was Cornelius White last Saturday night who he dropped three times on-route to a third round stoppage. Promoter Frank has agreed his side of the deal with HBO for Cleverly to fight Kovalev, but it is now down to Kovalev’s promoter Kathy Duva from Main Events to put pen to paper and sign for the fight with a confirmation either way expected later today. The Welshman last defended his title in April, blitzing mandatory challenger Robin Krasniqi at Wembley Arena and throwing in excess of a 1000 punches over the twelve rounds to win a unanimous decision. He’s thrilled to return to the Welsh capital to defend his title there for the second time as a world champion after defeating American challenger Tommy Karpency in front of packed crowd at the Motorpoint Arena in February last year. “It’s fantastic to come back to Cardiff in front of my home fans and defend my title. The atmosphere was electric last time against Karpency and I gave the fans a great show, but it will be even better against Kovalev if he agrees to fight me. I want Kovalev because he’s very dangerous, he can bang and the Americans are excited by him. I want challenges in my career and Kovalev will give me that, I’d be excited to go in against a huge puncher and test my chin and heart. But we’ll see if he fancies his chances or not.” Click Here To Read More]