daneil comes to fight, he was supposed to be a stepping stone for nieman but ended up handing him his first loss is a pretty typical and tough performance, big respect for the doberman, i dont think cleverly has much at all to bring to cruiserweight. Whose performance was worse butes against froch or cleverly's against kovalev?
Kovalev is a huge banger and Nathan got caught, there's nothing surprising about the outcome after that. He may not end up a world beater at cruiser, but he will still easily beat all your Australian fighters. That's not a dig, its about levels. Billy Joe Saunders is not a big puncher, until he fights an undefeated Australian. Too many of your guys stay too long feasting on mediocre opponents, then its a massive shock when they step up. It happens here too, but the step up is not as severe. Green and Mundine could make money at home so you can't blame them. But Katsidis was infinitely better because he left and was tested regularly.