By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) defeated challenger Aleksy Kuziemski (21-3, 5 KOs) by a quick stoppage in the 4th round on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. The stoppage came after Kuziemski was cut over the left eye in the 4th. The referee pulled the trigger quickly rather than letting the fight go on.
Aleksy Kuziemski
Groves will shine early against DeGale and then get destroyed; Cleverly will dominate Kuziemski
By Scott Gilfoid: For the most part, tomorrow’s fights between James DeGale vs. George Groves and Nathan Cleverly vs. Aleksy Kuziemski will be mismatches. The DeGale-Groves fight will be decent early on, but once DeGale gets warmed up around the fourth or fifth round, Groves is going to be getting slaughtered. Groves is just too rigid.
Cleverly- Bellew off, Kuziemski to step in and fight Cleverly
By Dallan o’ Donnell: In an article published on Eurosport.com it is claimed that the Stand in opponent for Nathan Cleverly’s World title defence, Tony Bellew has been forced to pull out as he could not make the weight. He is the second fighter to pull out after Jurgen Brahmer the former WBO light heavyweight champion pulled out due to an eye injury.
Braehmer stripped of WBO title, Cleverly to face Kuziemski after Bellew fails to make weight
By Sean McDaniel: WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Braehmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) was stripped of his World Boxing Organization title on Thursday by the WBO for failing to fight WBO light heavyweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) on Saturday and for having only defended the title once in the past two years. Cleverly, 24, was set to face Braehmer replacement Tony Bellew.
Balzsay vs. Stieglitz, Jurgen vs. Kuziemski this Saturday
By Erik Schmidt: This Saturday night, unbeaten World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay (21-0, 15 KO’s) will be defending his WBO title against German based challenger Robert Stieglitz, (35-2, 21 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the SYMA Sport & Leisure Center, in Budapest, Hungary.
Brähmer Stops Kanfouah, Kuziemski Defeats Dollinger
By Erik Schmidt: Light heavyweight Jürgen Brähmer (32-2, 26 KOs) stopped Rachid Kanfouah (29-7, 23 KOs) in the 5th round last night to win the vacant EBU (European) light heavyweight title. The fight was stopped due to a closed left eye of Kanfouah at 2:30 of the 5th by referee Richard James Davies. At the time of the stoppage, Brahmer was having his way with Kanfouah and pounding him with combinations. However, Brahmer hardly looked impressive in the fight despite other reports, as he was hit far too many times in the head and sustained a blood nose and badly swelling around his right eye.