I'm telling you right now, Cleverly WILL defeat Kovalev

[WarMaidana]

not too familiar with either guy but from what i hear about kovalev i hope he takes it so we have another entertaining beast in the game

[BoxingGenius27]

My 5 T to all your points, Kovalev beats Cleverly.

I can't do all my points, but how's my 50 billy to your 150 billy since you just gave me like 3 to 1 odds

[El Angel]

I can't do all my points, but how's my 50 billy to your 150 billy since you just gave me like 3 to 1 odds

Accepted sir and confirmed

[Bushidō]

I don't think Cleverly will be able to keep Kovalev off him.

[Accountoffline]

Well, Cleverly does have the home advantage so him getting the close nod definitely wouldn't be surprising. Both guys are thinking KO though, and that'll favor the fighter with more power. If Cleverly comes out with a high work-rate, I think he'll get hurt in an exchange and stopped soon after. If he employs a stick-and-spoil strategy, I think he'll make it to the end. But, I'm not sure if he's capable of fighting like that.

I agree, either that or he'll play durex and do a Joe Calzaghe and get a nice home decision by jabbing and running (Not that there is anything wrong with it, you fight to win not to please). But if he trades... Kovalev will end the night very quickly, he is VERY VERY heavy handed, just underestimated in power on the forum.

[Los Zetas]

I think some people sleep on Cleverly, but the guy has skills. He is a very sound/sharp boxer with underrated power. Of course his power's not on Kovalev's level, but it doesn't have to be.

Cleverly via SD in a hard fought battle, but he WILL be victorious. Hell, he may even UD him. Trust me.

Cleverly is fast, has decent skills and workrate, but I think he is very limited. There's something about him that I think he just isn't special, or at least yet.

I haven't even seen Kovalev fight tbh, I have seen some rounds in a few fights and he looks to me quite slow on his feet, even if others say otherwise. He has power which is a game changer because some people have power that a human just can not take.

[Hougigo]

I agree, either that or he'll play durex and do a Joe Calzaghe and get a nice home decision by jabbing and running (Not that there is anything wrong with it, you fight to win not to please). But if he trades... Kovalev will end the night very quickly, he is VERY VERY heavy handed, just underestimated in power on the forum.

Cleverly doesn't have Calzaghe's hand speed

[HeroBando]

Cleverly is fast, has decent skills and workrate, but I think he is very limited. There's something about him that I think he just isn't special, or at least yet.

I haven't even seen Kovalev fight tbh, I have seen some rounds in a few fights and he looks to me quite slow on his feet, even if others say otherwise. He has power which is a game changer because some people have power that a human just can not take.

He's not fast on his feet, but he's very light on his feet, for LHW especially. And he gets a lot of power for not being flat footed

[Chrismart]

50/50 fight IMO.
I wouldn't be surprised if either guy got the win.

[ИATAS]

I wouldn't be shocked. Clev seems like he got a pretty decent chin if he can drag Kovalev into the later rounds he can get a decision, especially at home, but he needs to keep Kovalev off him and slow down his output somehow.