I rarely back against British fighters but...

your a racist

 

Seems like a fair and unbiased critique from Nathan there and apparently his promoter agrees so it must all be true! What's the problem?

 

I've always said it, but Cleverly's a knockout waiting to happen and he really grates on me with the Hopkins 100x a day bull**** he talks. Seriously hope he loses on Saturday.

 

He makes a valid point about Froch being outclassed against Ward and strugglilng against fighters who box and move.

In saying that i'd love to see Froch move up and fight Cleverly. It'd be Froch by decapitation and early.

 

People dislike Cleverly because of Frank. Take away Frank and Cleverly would be a popular fighter.

 

Froch has no ambition to be a two weight world champ to enhance his legacy so not going too happen

 

I back against British fighters all the time, some i like and some i don't.

I'd be the first to say Cleverley's level of opposition recently has been terrible and he certainly shouldn't be regarded of being called a "World champion" although i could say the same of 40 other present world champions too including Ricky Burns and Carl Froch.

At the same time he's only just turned 26 years old and still a work in progress, the tag of world champion came way too soon and is just a nice marketing tool to bring along the casuals to his fights especially in Wales. Robin Krasniqi is no joke and probably the best opponent he's faced as the WBO Light Heavyweight Champion, it's a fight that i have as a 60-40 fight in Nathan's favour so certainly one he could lose if he isn't 100% on the night. There is also talk he could face Bernard Hopkins later in the year so i'm not quite ready to give him pelters till we see who he fights for the rest of 2013.

 

This is a fair comment. He needs to step up his game inside and outside the ring as he is likeable but a tad dull.

 

Based on what?

 

Does Ricky Burns have a more interesting personality than Cleverly? Not really. But he is able to sell 5,000+ tickets in his hometown for fringe level fights. Something Cleverly can't do for World title defenses. Kell Brook, Carl Frampton, Darren Barker none of them particularly interesting but can sell more tickets than Cleverly.

 

He has only had one fight in Wales!

 

I am happy to root against British fighters but I like Nathan and I actually think he has real potential, but he is just surrounded by morons.

 

When you put it like that... I think the way that Cleverly won his World Title has a lot to do with the apathy around him and his title defences haven't sent him to another level either.