Comments Thread For: Cleverly Hungry, Says Beating Kovalev Will Bring The Elite

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Nathan Cleverly is gearing up for the biggest test of his career when he makes the sixth defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title against Sergey Kovalev in Cardiff on August 17.

The 26-year-old Welshman believes victory over the highly-rated Russian, who has dispatched 19 of his 22 opponents inside the distance, will pave the way towards the super-fights he craves.

Cleverly said: "This is the kind of fight I've been looking for for a long time and it's a great chance for me to showcase my talent and show everybody what I'm all about.
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[ChestRockwell]

Goodnight Nathan.

[PureBoxingCEO]

In other words, no elite fights for Cleverly

[ddangerous]

I have a lot of respect for Cleverly taking this fight. Kovalev is a beast.

[Wqharris]

This article seems to have mixed Roy Jones Jr. up with Bernard Hopkins?

[Hougigo]

He'll join the elite sleeping club

[MDPopescu]

I have a lot of respect for Cleverly taking this fight. Kovalev is a beast.

I suspect Clev is just delusional.
Kovalev is no beast -- he's one of the best in the sport to date...

[Dirk Diggler UK]

It's interesting that Frank Warren made the comparison to Calzaghe-Lacy because judging by some of the comments in these threads, the LULZ are going to be even more epic if Cleverly wins this fight.

[El Angel]

KOvalev inside 6.

[Dr Rumack]

Kovalev is the elite, mate.