Nathan Cleverly: record, next fight and profile →
WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly has no issue with facing WBA king Beibut Shumenov on his home turf of Las Vegas in a unification clash. Preliminary negotiations have taken place between the two camps and Cleverly is targeting Shumenov's title belt. Cleverly would prefer to stage the fight in Wales, but Shumenov is pushing for a Las Vegas battle.
Enzo Maccarinelli has targeted a world title shot at fellow Welshman Nathan Cleverly as he starts his invasion of the light heavyweight division. On Friday Maccarinelli made his light heavyweight debut in London with a first round knockout over Hungarian Gyorgy Marosi. With the win, Maccarinelli takes another step towards a possible fight for Cleverly's WBO title.
The WBO has approved Dmitry Suhotsky (18-1, 13KOs) for a mandatory shot at the full light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11KOs). No orders were given regarding a negotiations period or a purse bid date, but the fight is being pushed by Suhotsky's side for the first quarter of 2012. Suhotsky captured the vacant WBO Intercontinental light heavyweight title in October 2010 and made two defenses of the title.
Nathan Cleverly has revealed he went toe-to-toe with Tony Bellew for 12 rounds despite nursing a cracked rib.
Nathan Cleverly wants a unification fight against new WBC light-heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in his native Wales.
Welsh star Nathan Cleverly says he would like a unification fight against new WBC World Light-Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson in Wales.
TONY 'BOMBER' BELLEW 16-1 (10 KO's) believes he will bounce back from his hard-fought defeat to WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly 23-0 (11) to become a world champion in the future.
After a protracted build up, months of talk and a thrilling twelve round battle it was Nathan Cleverly who heard the words he wanted as the dream start to the BoxNation era continued. Hot on the heels of the fantastic Liam Walsh vs Paul Appleby scrap, the Welshman and heated rival Tony Bellew served up a fight which exceeded many expectations – a feat in itself considering the anticipation surrounding the clash.
WBO light-heavyweight titlist Nathan Cleverly makes the first defence of his crown against British and Commonwealth boss Tony Bellew at Liverpool’s Echo Arena live on BoxNation, Sky channel 456, tonight in a domestic showdown that has bubbled away ever since the two exchanged words at the presser for their aborted May 21st meeting.
Echo Arena, Liverpool - In a war of wills, Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over previously undefeated Tony Bellew (16-1, 10KOs) to retain the WBO light heavyweight title. The scores were 114-114, 116-113, 117-112.