Cleverly wants Chad Dawson next, thinks he can beat him
October 17th, 2011
By Scott Gilfoid: After struggling badly to beat his number #13 ranked contender Tony Bellew last Saturday night by a 12 round majority decision, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is now targeting the WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) for his next fight.
Let me get this straight. Cleverly barely beats his #13 ranked contender Bellew, and gets what I consider a gift decision, and now he thinks he can beat Dawson? I don’t mind a fighter to have a little confidence but Cleverly is off the charts. He’s not thinking rational. Barely beating Bellew doesn’t translate into having the skills to beat Dawson.
What it means is Cleverly is good enough to lose every round against Dawson, and not get knocked out. That’s the best I can say for Cleverly in a fight against Dawson. I’m sorry but Dawson would have a field day against a guy with no defensive skills like Cleverly. It would be embarrassing. Dawson is used to fighting guys that are good and know how to fight. He hasn’t faced an inexperienced guy who leads with his face like Cleverly for ages. It would be a massacre if Dawson were to take this fight.
Cleverly will need to put a sock in it for a while because Dawson doesn’t plan on fighting Hopkins next. Actually, Dawson doesn’t want to go over old ground and waste time on Hopkins again. Dawson is looking to fight former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal next and Pascal has already agreed to take the fight. Cleverly is a little behind on the news. It’s not Hopkins, it’s Pascal that Dawson will be fighting next.
As far as Dawson coming to the UK to fight Cleverly in 2012, that’s not going to happen either. Dawson isn’t crazy. He’s not going to go to the UK, where he’d likely be in a situation where he’d have to knock Cleverly cold to ensure he got the win. He’s not going to go there, dominate every round and find himself on the losing end of some crazy score like 117-112, which just happened to be one of the scores that was handed down in Cleverly’s win over Bellew last Saturday. I could see that happening.
Dawson makes Clevelry look silly and then he loses the fight. So Cleverly needs to put that idea out of his head about Dawson coming to the UK. If Cleverly is so lathered up for fighting Dawson, then he needs to come to the U.S to take the fight otherwise don’t even bother talking about the fight. Dawson, a three-time champion, is the more established fighter and there’s no reason he should have to travel to the UK to fight a guy that isn’t considered to be the best of the champions.
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cmon scott start with the excuses already true champs fight young undefeated challengers …. unless your american
Dont quite think clev is there yet, another few fights against top rated opponents and possibly yes, but for now its a no. Think bellew has been his toughest opponent upto now and this should be a wake up call when calling out bigger names, dont think dawson is that bigger name but he will be a tough guy to beat.
that imitation of the Bear Cat was pretty good. nice job.
Haha… AGREED, Clev didnt work enough at the weekend but he is a lot better than that. Ask for all of the comments about ‘BRIT’ boxers! Do you remember a little Brit called Joe calzaghe doing a job on Jeff Lacey? B-Hop and Roy Jones? ha!
cleverly couldn’t beat prince charles
Anon , its not the power you should look at when it comes to cleverly, its his workrate, stamina and pressure. Dawson is a thinker in the ring plays it safe alot, Cleverly will not give him that time and comfort in the ring.
gilfoid ur a joke u dont have a clue about boxing and ur little boyfriend silvercat dosnt either. with ur anti-british articles and his snide little digs.
Cleverly is more of a human stick figure than a fighter. no muscles no shape. looks like a human toothpick ready to fall. not a contender but just a rail thin brit.
silvertwxt your funny because you go on this site looking for attention . was your mum fxxxxxx by a brit . are you just a mummys boy looking for friends online . i watched hopkins v dawson fight what a fxxxxxx joke . like all yank fighters no heart no balls . only fight in america for dodgy decisions .
Again, Gilfraud looks way past the facts.
Chad is very hittable and Cleverly will hit him for sure. problem is, can nathan hit Chad with enough authority to make Chad think twice … I’m not so sure, but if Clev aims to box and move all night he can win on points.
i dont think cleverly would beat dawson mite pull it off against b-hop , haha scott gilfoid was wrong on his prediction of bellew blasting cleverly out of there not like u 2 be wrong scott bellew looks good though only had cleverly a point up going into the final round
Dawson would beat Cleverly and take the sad cleverly’s wife and kids and girlfriend also. cleverly is a wimp.
cleverly shut up you lost the fight vs bellew this was a robery by the 2 ju…….
could there be a sorrier looking fighter ever than the wimp Cleverly??? Is he sick??
Dom I completley agree with you. Cleverley was being peppered by punches all night long. I couldn’t work out what his game plan was as he completeley neglected his own jab. The fight could have gone either way. Cleverly was very disappointing. Still, it was a great fight.
Silvertw@t with a name like your! i would shush dumbo.
Cleverly could’nt handle Tony Bellew’s jab…..
He has 0 chance against Chad Dawson.
No Nostradamus are you Scott.
Scott, Perhaps you need to start watching the sport more rather than worry about what your going to rant about in the articles following the fight’s. you are clearly clueless as far as predictions go and have no idea of the capabilities Cleverly has, every boxer he has fought, he as ALWAY’s stepped up to the mark no matter who he has fought. Put Cleverly in the ring with Dawson and Cleverly will come out champ AGAIN.
Cleverly won the fight, this was no gift. Bellew pushed him hard but Clev clearly won this fight. As for Dawson for once I agree that Clev is not quite ready for him yet. But he will be. Cleverly is getting better with each fight and fights like Bellew will only help him.
So Dawson doesn’t want to go over old ground by giving bhop a rematch yet wants to fight pascal who hes already fought. Isnt that going over old ground. As for dawson not coming to the uk because of bad decisions thats a bit rich seeing as the usa is the king of home town decisions.
I dont agree with gilfoid much but cleverly is a terrible fighter,i honestly dont think that Dawson or Hopkins would ever fight him anyhow,who would want to watch cleverly get beaten around the place like a rag doll..He should give Bellew a rematch,he was hard done by.
Cleverly is still a work in progress, but improving with every fight. He showed his grit in clearly winning the fight against Bellew (a fight, in which you Scott predicted Cleverly would get a bad beating and knocked out!)
Bellew came closer to being stopped during the middle rounds!
Nathan Cleverly would give any Light Heavy a lot of trouble, his work rate is clearly superlative due to outstanding physical fitness and he can take the heaviest shots and shrug them off.
When Dawson and Cleverly meet, as they inevitably will, you will have to eat your words again, all fight fans laugh at your crazy notions and delerious predictions.
Nathan Cleverly has not lost a fight because he is good, very good and getting better!
hang on scott didnt u say bellew was gunna nock cleverley out cold!! lol scott how did u get this job?? your like the san marino of boxing writters!!