By Scott Gilfoid: After an easy 12 round unanimous decision win over #11 WBO ranked contender Tommy Karpency last Saturday night, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KO’s) will be back in action in two months on April 28th at the Royal Albert Hall in London in what would be the first boxing match in there since Danny Williams fought Julius Frances in 1999.
Cleverly-Karpency
Cleverly: Karpency was probably the toughest opponent I ever faced
By Scott Gilfoid: After easily beating a badly overmatched Tommy Karpency (21-3-1, 14 KO’s) by a lopsided unanimous decision on Saturday night, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (24-0, 11 KO’s) was pouring buckets of compliments all over the head of Karpency, saying he was not only the hardest hitter he’d ever been in with but also the toughest opponent. Is Cleverly for real here?
Cleverly defeats Karpency in a pathetic mismatch: The win highlights Nathan’s lack of power
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly easily beat his hand-picked rusty fringe contender opponent Tommy Karpency by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.The final judges’ scores were 120-108, 120-108 and 120-108. It was one of those fights that just shake your head and make you wonder why in all that’s good a mismatch of this kind was put together for Cleverly. This was embarrassing.
Karpency hasn’t fought in over a year; still gets title shot against Cleverly
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly’s management sure knows how to pick out his challengers, don’t they? Cleverly faces #11 WBO ranked contender Tommy Karpency (23-2-1, 14 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales.
Cleverly faces Karpency tomorrow
Cleverly could face the best, just not yet
Cleverly: I’d have too much speed for Froch
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) faces another lower ranked contender on Saturday night in Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) instead of a top five contender. Cleverly faced #13 WBO ranked Tony Bellew in his last fight last October, and now facing #10 Karpency. Now telling when Cleverly will finally face a top five opponent. He says he wants super middleweight Carl Froch, but not sure how he would be allowed to take the fight given that Froch isn’t even ranked in the light heavyweight division.
Cleverly hoping for a big summer fight if he can beat Karpency on Saturday
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is already looking past this Saturday’s opponent Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Cleverly, 25, is hoping to face one of the big names in the light heavyweight division – Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson, Jean Pascal, Beibut Shumenov or Tavoris Cloud – if he can beat Karpency.
Nathan Cleverly vs. Tommy Karpency on Saturday: Nathan will struggle in this one
Cleverly won’t impress against Karpency
By Scott Gilfoid: Let me be the one that tells it before it happens: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) WILL NOT impress against recently promoted #10 WBO ranked contender Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) on February 25th and that’s not because Karpency is a good fighter.