
Cleverly: Karpency, Toughest Distance Foe of My Career
Nathan Cleverly praised the toughness of Tommy Karpency after his emphatic successful WBO light-heavyweight title defence against the American at his homecoming in Cardiff.
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Nathan Cleverly praised the toughness of Tommy Karpency after his emphatic successful WBO light-heavyweight title defence against the American at his homecoming in Cardiff.

Promoter Frank Warren hopes to set Nathan Cleverly up with a big summer bout against Bernard Hopkins in Cardiff.

Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales - WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11KOs) dominated Tommy Karpency (21-3-1, 14KOs) over twelve rounds, winning every round clearly. All three judges had it scored 120-108.

WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly hopes to use his latest title defence against Tommy Karpency as the springboard for a high-profile unification bout this summer.

Some boxing fans were less than impressed with Nathan Cleverly’s WBO light-heavyweight victory over Tony Bellew in October, especially given Cleverly’s desire of unifying the light heavyweight divisions. However, there were circumstances neither known nor recognised that need to be aired before we can look at his next fight in the proper light.

Nathan Cleverly is planning on bringing the glory days back to Welsh boxing when he faces Tommy Karpency in the latest defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title in Cardiff on Saturday night.

Welsh hero Nathan Cleverly weighed in today under the light-heavyweight limit at 12st 6lb for his WBO World title defence tomorrow night at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena.

WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly insists talk of life bans for Dereck Chisora and David Haye is "way over the top" despite their shocking press conference brawl on Saturday.

After a four year, 12 fight road trip, Cefn Forest light-heavyweight Nathan Cleverly receives a well earned homecoming this Saturday when he defends his WBO belt for a third time against American toughie Tommy Karpency.

Some of the biggest names in British Boxing are shocked with last Saturday's brawl between David Haye and Dereck Chisora. The incident took place during the post-fight conference to Chisora's bout with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. The two boxers exchanged words, punches, and their camps were involved in the violence.