Quote Originally Posted by Wallace View Post
I think you are all underestimating Cleverly. He has a solid chin, excellent workrate, is aggressive and throws a lot of punches. I'd take him to beat Chad Dawson now fairly easily and as for Ward I think he would give him a hard night. I'm not convinced he would win but it would be a close decision in my opinion. Assuming Cleverly proves how good he is against some top 10 ranked opponents I would have no problem throwing him in with Ward in a couple of fights.
You're probably right about all the pluses for Cleverly, but some very knowledgeable boxing fans are telling you he's not at the same level as Ward.
I haven't seen Cleverly much--just Bellow--so I'm going with the "experts" this time.
Don't forget that Ward has made some excellent fighters look bad.