Comments Thread For: Fonfara-Cleverly Tops 10/16 PBC on Spike Bill In Chicago

[BodiesInFlight]

Bad decision by Cleverly.

He needs a couple of fights against softer opponents to regain his confidence, before facing a top ten contender like Fonfara.

I think Cleverly is at the point now where he just wants the big fights. He isn't building towards being a champion now.

Fonfara is decent but he isn't a monster to be scared of.
That being said i see a late stoppage for fonfara.

[Scipio2009]

Would be a decent undercard fight. Who is going to buy tickets to that as a main event? No one.

A Chicago-based, Polish fighter, fighting in Chicago isn't supposed to draw a crowd? lol

[sicko]

Very Solid Fight! Yeah I agree with some of the other comments, WTF is Cleverly thinking? I think Fonfara stops Cleverly

[Tom Cruise]

Good fight. Be interesting to see how Cleverly does. He went from fighting lowly ranked LHW's and winning easily to fighting the best in the division, and top 10 P4P as it turned out, and was subsequently written off. Cruiserweight move was obviously dumb from the start

[ramplamp]

There is a large Polish population in Chicago. Fonfara drew 4-5K for Karpency and Ngumbu.

That's a fair point, I guess. Still don't see this as being any sort of "success" as far as television goes. It's a meh, okay kind of fight. Fine as the opener on a card of three fights, like back in the 2013 Showtime days. As a main event it sucks.

[Hougigo]

It's were it's supposed to be ... also heard Glowvaki/Shumenov and Arreola/Spilzka possible for Newark, card placement is getting better

[Inoue Body Shot]

Would be a decent undercard fight. Who is going to buy tickets to that as a main event? No one.

Polish people.

[Chrismart]

Props to Cleverly for taking the fight.

And another chance for Fonfara to continue his good momentum.

[robbyheartbaby]

Hmm Fonfara is very good, might be a bit too much for Cleverly, but good fight and props to Cleverly for taking the fight in Chicago.

[alexKO]

I think Cleverly is at the point now where he just wants the big fights. He isn't building towards being a champion now.

Fonfara is decent but he isn't a monster to be scared of.
That being said i see a late stoppage for fonfara.

Can't see Cleverly getting stopped late. He has a good engine at light heavyweight and is considerably bigger than Chavez so won't be getting bullied around in a similar fashion.

He's also vaguely mobile, unlike Chavez who has made a career out of walking through smaller men - not so effective against light heavyweights.