Bellew-Cleverly 2

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s putting the finishing touches on rematch between former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (28-1, 14 KOs) and former WBC Silver 175 pound title holder Tony Bellew (22-2-1, 14 KOs) for a date and a venue still to be determined.

The original date Hearn was looking at was for December 6th in Sheffield on the same card as IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s first title defense. However, with Brook out of commission after being stabbed recently while on vacation in Spain, Hearn is looking for a new date and location for the Cleverly-Bellew fight.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (28-1, 14 KOs) and former WBC Silver 175 pound strap holder Tony Bellew (22-2, 14 KOs) will square off in a WBO cruiserweight title eliminator on December 6th in Sheffield, UK, according to Fightnews.com.

The Cleverly-Bellew 2 fight will take place on IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook’s fight card, and it might actually live the card up if Brook is matched against a soft job instead of a talented fighter.

It’s thought by some boxing fans that Hearn won’t take any chances with Brook in order to keep him from getting beaten before he gets a big money fight against Amir Khan next year. Brook didn’t look good in beat Shawn Porter last month. He didn’t show the kind of talent needed to where you could pick him as a rock solid lock to defeat the likes of Devon Alexander and certainly not at all against a talent like Keith Thurman.

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By Tom Berridge: Having watched both Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew for a very long time, I believe this fight is guaranteed entertainment when it finally happens.

The Bellew-Cleverly 2 fight will take place later this year and it will take place in Liverpool England, Bellew’s home town, just like there first altercation in 2011 that ended in a close decision in Cleverly’s favor and deservedly so, in my opinion.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew (21-2-1, 13 KO’s) didn’t have much good things to say about former WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly’s cruiserweight debut last night against 39-year-old Shawn Corbin (17-5, 12 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Cleverly did what he had to do in stopping the hapless Corbin in 2 rounds after nailing him with a flurry of punches. Bellew got on his soapbox and went into a long monologue about Cleverly and Johnny Nelson just let him yap away for a good 6 minutes of air time without stepping on his speech.

As far as Cleverly’s performance goes, he looked decent against a guy that basically had no chance of beating him. Bellew, who was working as one of the boxing commentators for Sky, took the opportunity to bad mouth Cleverly after the fight.

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