Cleverly to fight on April 28th, then possibly against Hopkins-Dawson winner in Summer

Image: Cleverly to fight on April 28th, then possibly against Hopkins-Dawson winner in SummerBy 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.

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Cleverly: Karpency was probably the toughest opponent I ever faced

Image: Cleverly: Karpency was probably the toughest opponent I ever facedBy 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?

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Cleverly defeats Karpency in a pathetic mismatch: The win highlights Nathan’s lack of power

Image: Cleverly defeats Karpency in a pathetic mismatch: The win highlights Nathan's lack of powerBy 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.

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Cleverly faces Karpency tomorrow

Image: Cleverly faces Karpency tomorrowBy William Mackay: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) defends his title for the third time on this Saturday against #11 WBC contender Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 Ko’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

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Cleverly could face the best, just not yet

Image: Cleverly could face the best, just not yetBy Jonathan Watkins: Nathan Cleverly faces the relatively unknown Tommy Karpency this Saturday in a bout which should pose few problems for the World Champion. The main focus on this fight however, will be Cleverly’s performance following a string of mediocre fights.

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Cleverly: I’d have too much speed for Froch

Image: Cleverly: I'd have too much speed for FrochBy 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.

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Cleverly hoping for a big summer fight if he can beat Karpency on Saturday

Image: Cleverly hoping for a big summer fight if he can beat Karpency on SaturdayBy 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.

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Cleverly won’t impress against Karpency

Image: Cleverly won't impress against KarpencyBy 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.

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