Nathan Cleverly Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) says he’s not overlooking his scheduled opponent Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) whom he’ll be meeting on February 25th at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) will be making his third defense of his title on February 25th against #10 World Boxing Organization ranked contender Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s), who was only recently in the past couple of weeks pushed to the No.10 spot by the WBO.

A trio of hot Welsh prospects feature on Nathan Cleverly’s world title undercard next month, aiming to prove that they are future world champions in the making.

Wales’ only world champion boxer Nathan Cleverly believes he won’t be alone for much longer and he’s backed Barry’s Lee Selby to join him.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) world light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly expects the Welsh and British boxing fans to be at their very best when he makes his long awaited homecoming on February 25th.

Boxing brainbox Nathan Cleverly met his match when he came head-to-head with former Countdown queen Carol Vorderman in the ring.

By Scott Gilfoid: As I predicted earlier, the World Boxing Organization has responded and given challenger Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) a ranking in the top 15 for his February 25th fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 10 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) shut the traps of WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly and a few of his followers that have been harping about wanting a Cleverly vs. Froch fight. Froch doesn’t see any point in fighting Cleverly when there are other guys out there [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) has put himself in a no win situation by picking little known fringe contender Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) to defend his title against on February 25th in Wales.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is busy trying to make a name for himself on the boxing world and wants to fight the biggest stars in game and become a star in his own right.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is supposedly going to be stepping it up a couple levels after his mismatch with Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) next month on February 25th and start facing some good fighters for a change.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is upset that former two-time WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) won’t step up a weight class and challenge him for his World Boxing Organization belt after the 24-year-old Cleverly made open challenge to the 34-year-old Froch following his loss [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) didn’t look at all good in his last fight against Tony Bellew and looked about as bad in his fight before that against Aleksy Kuziemski. So this time, Cleverly is facing an arguably even weaker opponent in Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) has high hopes of landing a nothing to lose fight against former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in June in a fight that would be taking in Wales rather than Nottingham, where Froch lives.

Promoter Frank Warren has planned a big year for Welsh star Nathan Cleverly that could include a title defence at Cardiff City’s ground in the summer followed by a unification showdown in September. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight Champion from Cefn Fforest must first defends his title for the third time on Saturday [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In a move that could mean an interesting fight down the road, former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (33-5, 26 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of the February 25th fight card headlined by WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly vs. Tommy Karpency at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (12-1, 8 KO’s) is interested in facing WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) in a unification bout in Las Vegas, Nevada after Cleverly gets through with his title defense next month against American Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) on February 25th at the [...]

By William Mackay: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe doesn’t think 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins is really serious about wanting to fight WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly in 2012.

By Sean McDaniel” The February 25th match-up between WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) and #10 WBA ranked challenger Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) will reportedly be televised by EPIX in the United States. According to the latest news, the reason why Karpency was selected is because he’s an American and EPIX [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn asked the question that was on the tongues of a lot of boxing fans today when upon hearing the news that WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 Ko’s) will be facing Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) next on February 25th, Hearn said on his twitter [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier today it was announced that WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) would be making his next defense against #11 World Boxing Association ranked contender Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) in a fight on February 25th at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales Karpency hasn’t fought in over a [...]

LAS VEGAS (January 3, 2012) – Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin, advisor for World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov, has responded to a press release issued by Frank Warren Promotions that claimed Shumenov turned down a unification offer to fight World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) titlist [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly will make his homecoming title defence against American Tommy Karpency on Saturday 25th February. The unbeaten Welshman has his first fight in Wales for over four years when he takes on Karpency at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson might not be too pleased to read WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins’ interview today with RingTV where the 46-year-old Hopkins is saying he wants to unify the division by facing WBO champion Nathan Cleverly and WBA champ Beibut Shumenov.

By Scott Gilfoid: According to promoter Frank Warren, a rematch between Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) and Tony Bellew (16-1, 11 KO’s) is possible for 2012. It won’t be happening in his next fight on February 25th, though. Cleverly will be defending his belt in Wales and it’s not likely he’s going to get much [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 29-year-old Tony Bellew (16-1, 10 Ko’s) has been left in the dust by WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 Ko’s) after losing a controversial 12 round majority decision to him last October. Cleverly won the fight by the scores of 116-113, 117-112 and 114-114.

By Scott Gilfoid: Vince Cleverly, the trainer and father of WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s), refuses to give up on the idea of matching Nathan against aging 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) in 2012.

The UK’s only fight dedicated TV channel BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456, Virgin 546) has lined up a strong schedule for early 2012 featuring FOUR world title fights all live and exclusive on the New Home of Boxing.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) says former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (33-5, 26 KO’s) has to earn a shot at his title by proving himself at light heavyweight despite Maccarinelli being the much more proven fighter and having faced much better opposition than Cleverly has fought before.

By William Mackay: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) isn’t expected to face a very serious threat in his next fight on February 25th in Wales. However, once this fight is out of the way, Cleverly wants to up his competition by facing 47-year-old Bernard Hopkins in the summer and then finish [...]