Fight where Cleverly comes in 200lbs and Kovalev in 175 lbs. How you see the fight going? The chin is still same and Kovalev has mental advantage. Would Cleverlys weight be too much to beat Sergey or will the result be same when they fought first time?
think kovalev still does him. the speed advantage would of gone, okay he might have better punch resistance at cw, but he would still standright infront of kovalev waiting for punches and thats not good.
Nope, he was just fighting a guy one or two classes above and against who a good chin doesn't matter. Boom, down you go.
its nothing to do with the weight Cleverly fought the wrong fight and chose to stand toe to toe (because Cardiff lads think theyre the dogs bollocks) instead of using lateral movement and boxing Kovalev but noooo he had to show what a big man he was . . . . not so big when terry o connor had to help him back to his corner
What I'll never forget is Vince telling Nathan in the corner (at the end of first if I recall) something like 'great lateral movement son!' when Nathan had none - literally no lateral movement at all... atsch - yeah... thanks dad.
