Most people thought Jurgen jacked that fight because he was scared of Clev. I think Clev would of won this fight personally but what do most people think would of happened had they met on 21st may 2011?
Clev would have beaten him by UD. If you look at Braehmer's two losses against Mario Veit and Hugo Hernan Garay they are both similar type of fighters to Clev and even though i don't rate Nathan Top 3 material i think he would have out landed and out speeded a fairly predictable fighter like Jurgen.
I still think Clev would have had the right style to beat Hopkins who doesn't cope well with quick athletic movers who throw high volume. I'd still fancy him to beat any Light Heavyweight in the division apart from Kovalev, Stevenson and maybe Dawson depending on how he looks when he comes back. I just don't see moving to Cruiserweight as being a good stategy unless he was struggling with the weight which by all accounts he wasn't.
I think he would have beaten Braehmer, but it would have been a tough fight in Germany. Kovalev IMHO would beat everyone at 168lbs, 175lbs and he could win a title at 200lbs.
