Anybody giving Cleverly a chance on Friday?

[superheavyrhun]

Very impressive effort on both sides, and while Fonfara went for volume, as the stats show he wasn't landing as frequently with what he threw, with the total landed being nearly the same. Personally, I thought it could have gone either way, and home advantage and the broken nose probably edged it for Fonfara.

Nonetheless, it was great to see Cleverly actually fighting with relish and enthusiasm again, he just seemed to have lost his way a bit. If Fonfara goes after Kovalev or a Stephenson rematch, then Cleverly v Braehmer would be a nice fight.

[ruthless rocco]

Fonfara showed he's the better and smarter fighter. He was able to adapt to Cleverly's style while Cleverly fell into Fonfara's trap.
After the 2nd round , whenever Cleverly started to score on Fonfara, Fonfara would back up until Cleverly was at the end of his punches and just walking into his power shots. Cleverly took a lot of punishment by staying on the inside when his best chance of winning was to keep Fonfara on the end of his jab. Instead Fonfara flipped the script and kept Cleverly on the end of his punches and when Cleverly covered up he just destroyed him on the inside. Cleverly showed he's tough, but not very smart or adaptive.

[beenKOed]

Fonfara showed he's the better and smarter fighter. He was able to adapt to Cleverly's style while Cleverly fell into Fonfara's trap.
After the 2nd round , whenever Cleverly started to score on Fonfara, Fonfara would back up until Cleverly was at the end of his punches and just walking into his power shots. Cleverly took a lot of punishment by staying on the inside when his best chance of winning was to keep Fonfara on the end of his jab. Instead Fonfara flipped the script and kept Cleverly on the end of his punches and when Cleverly covered up he just destroyed him on the inside. Cleverly showed he's tough, but not very smart or adaptive.

Cleverly wins that fight without the broken nose, there is no question about that in my mind. His punch output went down, in the second half, because he was protecting that broken nose. Did he get the broken nose on the inside or the outside?
Even with the broken nose, one of the most painful and bothersome injuries a fighter can fight through, he was still involved in a record breaking fight. Three winners in that fight, Fonfara, Cleverly, and boxing fans in my opinion.

[Tam Seddon]

Fonfara showed he's the better and smarter fighter. He was able to adapt to Cleverly's style while Cleverly fell into Fonfara's trap.
After the 2nd round , whenever Cleverly started to score on Fonfara, Fonfara would back up until Cleverly was at the end of his punches and just walking into his power shots. Cleverly took a lot of punishment by staying on the inside when his best chance of winning was to keep Fonfara on the end of his jab. Instead Fonfara flipped the script and kept Cleverly on the end of his punches and when Cleverly covered up he just destroyed him on the inside. Cleverly showed he's tough, but not very smart or adaptive.

Cleverly wins that fight without the broken nose, there is no question about that in my mind. His punch output went down, in the second half, because he was protecting that broken nose. Did he get the broken nose on the inside or the outside?
Even with the broken nose, one of the most painful and bothersome injuries a fighter can fight through, he was still involved in a record breaking fight. Three winners in that fight, Fonfara, Cleverly, and boxing fans in my opinion.

Im sure it was a right uppercut on the inside that did the damage.