I'm willing to bet 3 trilion on Makabu if anyone's interested.
Poor Clev fights Makabu in order to get an interim WBA belt that would allow him to fight Guillermo Jones -- the 41 years old champ...
Clev thinks that if he literally survived Kovalev, he would get a better chance against the Congolese quiet monster... But Clev is far from being as strong as Eric Fields -- whom Makabu KOd in 5.
Wasn't Cleverly really considering retiring after Kovalev , if so this is basically a cash-out take the largest sum of money available at the time bcse he doesn't want to build himself up with a few fights to get used to the weight regain confidence.
Wasn't Cleverly really considering retiring after Kovalev , if so this is basically a cash-out take the largest sum of money available at the time bcse he doesn't want to build himself up with a few fights to get used to the weight regain confidence.
Yes, He's doing what a lot of other guys have done in and around the Cruiserweight Limit.
Move up, fight a bunch of nobody's, get paid then retire with 30 Wins and 2 Losses.
Cleverly has guts but thats about it hes very short on the talent side. He should honestly retire hes over achieved for his caliber. British, Commonwealth, European, World titles. A Math degree to move on after boxing and a model girlfriend i mean dude has it all no point taking brain damage.
If he really wanted to cash out Bellew rematch was perfect both guys coming off of title match losses
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