Nathan Cleverly vs Tony Bellew: Official Poster
by Scott Christ on Oct 4, 2011 3:20 PM EDT
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PrintHere's the official fight poster for the October 15 double-header in Liverpool at the Echo Arena. Nathan Cleverly defends the WBO light heavyweight title against Tony Bellew:
James DeGale challenges Piotr Wilczewski in the co-feature for the European super middleweight title, jumping right back into relevant fights after his close loss to George Groves on May 21. The card will be televised in the United Kingdom by BoxNation, and a good crowd is expected in Liverpool, as Bellew (16-0, 10 KO) is a local favorite and will have plenty of support behind him for this major challenge, which could be the first and last world title shot of his career. Bellew is wildly limited, and will be a huge underdog. The real question is which Tony Bellew will we see? Will it be the wild, reckless Bellew who gained such a fanbase, or the safety-first Bellew we saw last time out against Ovill McKenzie? He cannot outbox Cleverly, and it would seem his only chance is to out-slug him. Is he going to throw caution to the wind and risk getting knocked out?
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Cleverly is a paper champ.
I would like to see Cleverly step it up and fight Diaconu or Skillah ,these 2 can both knock him out.
Have you ever seen Cleverly fight? You make it seem like he’d be “stepping up” to Sillakh, as if Sillakh has beaten such a host of good fighters.
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by Oli Goldstein on Oct 4, 2011 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Is right Oli.
Clev is skilled and has had some good training in the past with Joe Calz.
He is fast, ok he can be hot headed, but he’s no muppet. He’s young and still a work in progress.
Cleverly is no chump, I agree that much.
by The Twillness on Oct 5, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn. That’s just a terrible poster
All of it. Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie. I want it all.
by Eugene Banks on Oct 4, 2011 6:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Cant get excited by this at all. Warren giving us his usual blue print for success yet again,.Fights against domestic nobodies, followed no doubt by bouts against faded paper champs or failed old contenders . Regardles of how good Cleverly might be and that is a huge might.How are you going to convince real boxing fans of the guys merit with bouts like this ,even with the so called needle between them. That poster is terrrible as well.
by GT BOX the real McCoy on Oct 4, 2011 7:37 PM EDT reply actions
Paul Smith
His name is at the bottom of the poster but I thought he was fighting George Groves next? Is that fight on this card? Surely Groves name would be there too. Still Don’t understand his decision to sign with Frank Warren
by Perks4ever on Oct 6, 2011 7:12 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Smith was moved off this card and to the Groves fight. Groves was originally supposed to fight Kenny Anderson again. Groves signed with Warren because he wasn’t actually being promoted by “Hayemaker Promotions” and Warren does well with young fighters on the rise.
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by Scott Christ on Oct 6, 2011 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions
But does anyone really think Warren will do anything with Groves but get him a couple of wins against Paul Smith and similar fighters while Degale is pushed as the superstar. He will then put the two together and hope that Degale wins so he can ride the Degale wave to a world title and leave George Groves behind in the distance
by Perks4ever on Oct 6, 2011 2:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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