Other than his own claims, why were people saying Cleverly had a granite chin coming in to this fight? Did he take bombs from any other big punchers? Obviously Kovalev has real power, and I'm not saying Cleverly has a weak chin, but I don't think it's anywhere close to granite.
I think his chin actually looked pretty good cause he took some brutal shots and kept getting right up
He don't have a good chin .. it's pure British. This granite talk was the same like when Wlad said Pianeta was the strongest puncher he faces or that Mormeck is better than Mike Tyson.
there's nothing wrong with Clev's chin, though now it may never be the same again, Kovalev is just a beast with super-natural power in both hands
I agree he took the shots ok, but to me a granite chin means you can take those kinds of shots and carry on. Not get buckled or dropped by every one.
Brit media said it so it became truth to alot of their public. That's how things works over there. That said i don't think his chin is bad, probably above average.
the worst thing was that bellend on boxnation with bunce was still crowing on about cleverly's granite chin AFTER he'd been smashed around the ring like he stole something, and AFTER he wobbled down the steps and trotted off to his dressing room like a kid who just got his teeth knocked out by falling off his skateboard doing tricks he saw on telly to impress some local girls "we know cleverly's chin is granite, maybe his gameplan was to eat bombs all night then wait until the russian tired out" yes thats right you moron, what a great gameplan. I'm so enraged I'm going to write an article on the front page. look me up.
I can't speak for those who said it was "granite", but you cannot say with a straight face that it wasn't tested, mainly because Cleverly isn't particularly hard to hit Kovalev looked demonic tonight though and he made a definate believer out of me, I knew he could hit, but I didn't expect him to bully Cleverly like that
Typical British hype! This is why Brit fighters get so much hate, time and again they are hyped to **** and time and again they fail to deliver. Add to this the arrogance many of them seem to display, and it is no wonder they get derided when they get outclassed like we Cleverly did tonight.