It was a poor performance from Tony. He looked for the big shot too much without even trying to set it up. He really needs to get back to basics and not try and rely on blasting people out.
At the same time I don't think people should totally write him off after one poor performance, he was fighting a trickyish southpaw with a bit of power and fighting out of the Ingle gym, so he has got good people behind him, but I never to be totally honest saw Bellew as much of a threat to Cleverly.
I think Cleverly in 2-3 years will be a world class fighter but now he needs to start picking his opponents carefully and learn his trade against good opponents who can be beaten but people that will make him use his skills on the outside instead of people like Murat who will stand and trade but not really punish him for getting into brawls.
I see the future of the British 168-175 divisions being very bright with fights between the likes of Cleverly, Groves, De Gale, maybe Froch if he's still about and if he can improve a lot Bellew. One thing for certain is British boxing certainly looks very bright.
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