Juergen Braehmer v Nathan Cleverly - WBA Light Heavyweight Title - Saturday 1 October

[superheavyrhun]

One of the most boring title holders in boxing is fighting again - this time against Welsh former champion Nathan Cleverly. Having held the WBA belt for three years, his biggest bouts have been to fight Enzo Maccarinelli, as much as I'm a fan, and Robin Krasniqi, who also lost to Cleverly. In what is a fairly strong division, that is not exactly the signs of a champion who wants to fight the best. I can see the attractions of this match-up for Braehmer, Cleverly is a relatively big name without a significant win in over two years, although he showed plenty of heart and desire against Fonfara. For me, this fight goes one of two ways - either peak Cleverly shows up and outboxes Braehmer to a strong away win, or Cleverly's fade continues, and Braehmer wins a pretty dull fight. Personally, I hope its the former!

[Primo Carnera]

I hope Cleverley can do it too!

[p4pking]

I'd forgotten he was a title holder, goes to show why the WBA are probably the worst of the alphabet bodies now. How can you have a "regular" champion with no obligation to fight the "super" one, shouldn't that be enforceable just as a mandatory slot would be? Of course Braehmer would never fight Kovalev and nobody would want to see that, but just in theory it's such a farce. I'm pretty sure that no hoper Muhamadandijihad or whatever was a mandatory for Kov's WBA title to boot, does Braehmer not have any then? Who cares.

[superheavyrhun]

I'd forgotten he was a title holder, goes to show why the WBA are probably the worst of the alphabet bodies now. How can you have a "regular" champion with no obligation to fight the "super" one, shouldn't that be enforceable just as a mandatory slot would be? Of course Braehmer would never fight Kovalev and nobody would want to see that, but just in theory it's such a farce. I'm pretty sure that no hoper Muhamadandijihad or whatever was a mandatory for Kov's WBA title to boot, does Braehmer not have any then? Who cares.

Isn't Ahmadinijad the leader of Iran? Is the guy you mean the one that lost to Cleverly a few years ago? French - Moroccan guy (boxrec tells me Nadjib Mohammedi - lost to Kovalev last year). Yeah, the WBA is making the good ole WBO look like they're edging into third place in terms of the bodies.

[p4pking]

I'd forgotten he was a title holder, goes to show why the WBA are probably the worst of the alphabet bodies now. How can you have a "regular" champion with no obligation to fight the "super" one, shouldn't that be enforceable just as a mandatory slot would be? Of course Braehmer would never fight Kovalev and nobody would want to see that, but just in theory it's such a farce. I'm pretty sure that no hoper Muhamadandijihad or whatever was a mandatory for Kov's WBA title to boot, does Braehmer not have any then? Who cares.

Isn't Ahmadinijad the leader of Iran? Is the guy you mean the one that lost to Cleverly a few years ago? French - Moroccan guy (boxrec tells me Nadjib Mohammedi - lost to Kovalev last year). Yeah, the WBA is making the good ole WBO look like they're edging into third place in terms of the bodies.

He hasn't been in power for a few years to my knowledge, but tongue in cheek my man All of their names are probably the result of white supremacy anyways, after all. Didn't realize he'd fought Cleverly, but his facing Kovalev was one of the more pointless fights in recent memory.

[Master]

It would be great to see Cleverly champion again but even he would not fight Kovalev again.