Nathan Cleverly will face Ryan Coyne.

How anyone can take this Clev fellow seriously,is beyond me.atsch

 

Been waiting for a matchup like this for a long time, two undefeated blueprintless fighters in their prime facing off giving the fans what they want to see, reminds me of when Joe Calzaghe faced off against human wrecking ball and undefeated German superstar Mario Veit.

If Clevs can get through this test even bigger fights await! Clevs vs Allan Green?????? OMG OMG OMG.

 

in all fairness he aint that bad...hes just getting a lot of abuse for the lack of top-end fighters he facing. Personally i think ward should get abuse for never leaving oakland but hes american so it wont happen.

 

frank w_arren calls out bernard hopkins, chad dawson, travoris cloud and jean pascal for a whole year and gives the boxing fans coyne

 

For **** sake

 

And a few yrs from no his fans will say well Cleverly tried to get the big fights ..Sounds all too familiar.

 

Seems to be his SOP.

 

He's number 2 with the WBA

 

He was supposed to face Guillermo Jones for his title at one point too, but I believe the card got cancelled and that fight got scrapped with it.

That said, Coyne isn't even close to being world class. Reminds me of Brian Minto.

 

Coyne is not a bum as some suggest.. Guillermo Jones apparently came up with some non-descript injury (fell out of a ring if i recall correctly) to avoid Coyne. Don king then had Coyne tied to a contract which stagnated his career - he is newely free of that and i think he will surprise a lot of people against Clev

 

He's tough and he tries hard, but he's physically limited, isn't great technically, and this will only be his second fight at 175 (where he's never faced anyone I'd even call a journeyman).

The good news for Coyne is that Clev has struggled against a couple of pretty limited fighters, and he doesn't have much experience dealing with southpaws.

 

Hopefully this won't be on HBO

 

Don't count on a rematch...
According to Cleverly he "schooled" Bellew over the distance and he's way above him. atsch

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Another Cleverly classic;
"At only 25 it's a dream come true to defend my world title in America on such a big show and it takes my career to a whole new level, it's a golden opportunity to make a big statement

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Further proof that Andre Ward is avoiding 175 just to duck him.

Bailey, break out the boxrec.