Is there anyone he can beat there? I don't get it. Is he struggling to make 175? The guy can't punch at light heavyweight - what is he going to do at a division even higher?
Lets put it this way if he was feeling punches down at 175 then those at 200 will feel like bullets. I like the kid but he needs to leave his father and get a good world class corner.
Clev has no power and relies on workrate while literally every top CW is a puncher Wlod, Lebedev, Huck, YPH, Drozd, Jones, Alekseev, Kucher, Makabu, Afolabi, Chakhkiev. He'll make Enzo look iron chinned in comparison to what they'll do to him.
What a stupid decision, unless he can't make the weight which is strange since he doesn't look all that big.
He never relied on power anyway so I don't think that will matter. He mainly relied on speed and he should be even quicker compared to CWs. I'm not really a Clev fan so I don't know a lot about him but I don't remember him being chinny so I'm not sure that will be a problem.
he got destroyedby the first decent guy he fought at lhw. he might not even need a decent guy to get destroyed at cw.
I think Clev needs a reality check if he's really fallen hook line and sinker for the idea of boxing as a cruiserweight.
I think Clev competed in the Welterweight division in the amateurs? He is not a cruiserweight. Why is the knee jerk reaction to losing a fight to move up a division?