Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun View Post
I think I'm going to fall somewhere between fenster and the OP on this one. I think Cleverly has been looking good in his last four bouts, though only one of them (Tony Oakey) was of any real quality.

He does appear to be developing his power from his SMW days early in the career, where he really didn't pack that much of a punch. As someone else has mentioned, I'd like to see him go the more traditional route of European title (if he gets through the mooted British title fight) before considering World honours.

No doubt he's one of the brightest prospects around at the moment, but wait and see where he gets to over the next 12-24 months before passing any judgement either way is what I intend to do.

The basic technique is clearly there and he has the power to back it up.

Sure he hasnt been caught properly on the chin yet but thats surely a good thing as if he was struggling 16 fights in it`d be a bit of a worry. You can only beat whats put infront of you and though his last 2-3 outings have been against average joes his been mighty impressive with putting them away.

Carl Froch barely got a mention at a similar stage in his career because much like cleverly he was quite content to slip under the radar until he`d been in with some decent level opponents and im pretty sure if warren wanted to he could line up a top opponent like a woods/johnson tommorow.