Cleverly fights Vyacheslav Uzelkov because Hopkins and Froch bottle it. Fact.

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This highlights everything that is WRONG with boxing. Genuine world champions like Cleverly get disgracefully ducked by old frauds like Hopkins and Froch because they have made a name for themselves by beating the best.

You have to feel sorry for Clev and Frank Warren.

"The main target was American great Bernard Hopkins but after I agreed terms with his promoter Golden Boy, he pulled out. We’ll look to resurrect the fight next year.
IBF world supermiddleweight champion Froch turned down a huge purse to step up a division to take on Cleverly."


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Most bizarre statement ever! Froch was literally Begging JC for a fight yet he ducks cleverley! Froch who has fought reid, pascal, taylor, direll, abraham, kessler,johnson, ward and bute is ducking a part time welsh student? Froch has his career path set from here onwards and cleverley is not a part of it...Froch and cleverley is not really a much asked for fight anyway!

Hopkins is done i think, although i still think he'd be a tough ask for anyone. I don't want to watch hopkins fight anymore though. He's cringeworthy at times...

Cleverley needs to get someone like campillio or diaconu, hell even jurgen braehmer under his belt because first. His best win is tony bellew in which he boxed a very mature fight, but both bellew and cleverley are untested (both very talented though) Both need to get a decent win before calling out the likes of froch. Mack is just froch keeping active and his fans happy until the contracted bute rematch...i think bute would beat cleverley and carl certainly would.

So sorry but Cleverley hasn't earned the right to fight any of the big gun's yet...Edison miranda or allan green would garner him a little more attention and he'd beat both but walk before u can run nathan, and get fuckin rid of frank warren!!!

P.S Let's not forget uzelkov did beat tomas adamek so he's not a bad fighter, just not the adamek id have liked though...lol