Who do you rate higher? bellew or cleverly?

[Sadiqkingofko]

The title was vacant, nobody was avoiding Makabu, he just never brought anything to the table for anyone.

Drozd was 40-1 when he vacated due to injury, i hardly think Makabu was being avoided

You don't half come out with some barn-storming ****e sometimes you..

Drozd ducked Makabu, and Bellew jumped on the chance to fight for a title, and he was dropped and got off the floor to give a KO of the year contender, it was truly like a rocky movie

[PRINCEKOOL]

Nathan Cleverly technically is probably a more naturally gifted fighter! but he lacks the punching power of Bellew. Tony Bellew has found his perfect operating window at 200 pound division! and is less drained at the weight. But their rematch proved that they are quite close in fighting abilities! If Cleverly had more punching power? he would probably still be fighting at CW....

I would probably have to rate Tony Bellew a little higher than Nathan Cleverly, due to some of the fighters he has beaten! Fighters like Edison Miranda, Ovill Mckenzie and Isaac Chilemba are quite decent wins! (Even though he was drained at the weight)...

[-Kev-]

Yeah they're pretty equal, both are decent, both lost, both came back to win titles against decent opponents they could've lost to if they were really that bad. Bellew probably went through the tougher resume and fighting Haye is his most dangerous opponent yet. Kovalev is just as dangerous as Haye though, as far the danger they pose. If Bellew dosn't look like a complete bum against Haye, or even upsets him he will the obvious best of the two. Most fans are going in with the mindset that Bellew is probably getting stopped vs Haye so if he does anything better than that it would be a respectful performance.