cleverly at crusier

[Darcy Delaney]

how can Nathan cleverly get a fight for the commonwealth cruiserweight title even though he's never boxed at the weight, I can think of loads of fighters that should be in front of him, in fact every cruiserweight in the commonwealth should be in front of him, is it a move to stay away from enzo ? it's out of order for the commonwealth council to even allow the fight to go ahead

[azzman]

Good question. I suppose if the defence is not mandatory then the promoters will select a fighter that will generate maximum interest and money. That fighter is Cleverly.

[magnus]

The criteria for commonwealth board seems to be:

a) title fights must involve at least one British fighter, preferably two
b) mandatory challengers can expect to wait ages for a shot, especially if African
c) if all else fails (and it will) just let promoters make their own bouts between their fighters for the title (see W.Limond)

[DavidPayne]

Just a few suggestions:


Cleverly v Olafabi at 200 pounds - what happens?

[citybluechris]

Just a few suggestions:


Cleverly v Olafabi at 200 pounds - what happens?

depends what olafabi turns up on the night for me

[expe]

Cleverly was British, Commonwealth, European and world champion at light heavyweight, he's now decided to move up and it isn't uncommon for fighters of his level to move up a division and straight into a title fight, I don't really see the issue.