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

[MDPopescu]

The graduate in Pure Math doesn't have the slightest idea in just what he got into.

[layton]

how badly written is that, so now RJJ is Bernard Hopkins smh

[ddangerous]

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

Delusional or not, he's taking a fight no one else seems to want. And Kovalev is a beast. He's a killer.

[yoz]

I kind of sympathise with Nathan, he always wanted the BIG fights. His promoter, however, has served as a bulwark.

I hope he wins, I really do. I just think it's a big step up for him. He's never fought someone who can really ****.

[yoz]

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.

Totally. It's just a shame Nathan has been fed nobodies in preparation.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I kind of sympathise with Nathan, he always wanted the BIG fights. His promoter, however, has served as a bulwark.

No he has not. Its funny how you claimed Warren would never make this fight and now that it's signed, you're still having a go at him

Get off Eddie Hearn's ****. This is boxing, promoters shouldn't have fanboys.

[yoz]

No he has not. Its funny how you claimed Warren would never make this fight and now that it's signed, you're still having a go at him

Get off Eddie Hearn's ****. This is boxing, promoters shouldn't have fanboys.

Sure thing, Dirk.

Of course, Warren doesn't have a reputation for protecting fighters...

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Sure thing, Dirk.

Of course, Warren doesn't have a reputation for protecting fighters...

And Wladimir Klitschko had a reputation for having a glass chin and getting knocked out by bums. But everyone can change.

There's actual evidence which shows Warren has been trying to secure a big fight for Cleverly for a while.

Warren has taken far more risks recently. Ever since he put Maccarinelli in with Haye actually. He doesn't have a monopoly in the UK any more like he did in the Hatton/Calzaghe days. And he doesn't have a cash cow to milk.

The threat from Hearn has also encouraged him to make better fights. Haye-Chisora was the biggest fight in the UK last year and once again, he made it knowing full well that there was a good chance his man would be KO'd.

[yoz]

And Wladimir Klitschko had a reputation for having a glass chin and getting knocked out by bums. But everyone can change.

There's actual evidence which shows Warren has been trying to secure a big fight for Cleverly for a while.

Warren has taken far more risks recently. Ever since he put Maccarinelli in with Haye actually. He doesn't have a monopoly in the UK any more like he did in the Hatton/Calzaghe days. And he doesn't have a cash cow to milk.

The threat from Hearn has also encouraged him to make better fights. Haye-Chisora was the biggest fight in the UK last year and once again, he made it knowing full well that there was a good chance his man would be KO'd.

LOL, its over a decade since Sanders beat him and coming on a decade since the Brewster loss. Weak retort, Dirky Boy.

What's funnier, however, is that you use Maccarinelli as an example. Was he such a prized asset? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

We need to accept that Warren and Hearn aren't going to work together; they working with two different broadcasters.

[LacedUp]

And Wladimir Klitschko had a reputation for having a glass chin and getting knocked out by bums. But everyone can change.

There's actual evidence which shows Warren has been trying to secure a big fight for Cleverly for a while.

Warren has taken far more risks recently. Ever since he put Maccarinelli in with Haye actually. He doesn't have a monopoly in the UK any more like he did in the Hatton/Calzaghe days. And he doesn't have a cash cow to milk.

The threat from Hearn has also encouraged him to make better fights. Haye-Chisora was the biggest fight in the UK last year and once again, he made it knowing full well that there was a good chance his man would be KO'd.

I think you have to take Warren's offers with a grain of salt.

Didn't Hearn get an article removed from the sun about Warren's offer for Clev to fight Froch? He said it was an offer of fighting at 172, when it was really 174. He also said it was declined half an hour later, when it was really 24 hours. It also didn't mention that the fight had to be on BoxNation, when it's clear that Froch, they way way bigger draw, is not going to leave Sky, which is also a way way bigger platform.

I don't doubt that Warren makes some offers here and there. But they aren't realistic. For example, he's saying Nathan would fight at 168 - then offer it at 168 and offer to make it on Sky.

Now that would be a serious offer.