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It was Warren who in fact rejected the catchweight saying it would be 'unfair on Nathan', bad move from Warren IMO

I think he rejected the catchweight, after SKY told him no title, no PPV.

That's what it came down to.

Not impressed. Bellew is at fault here, but a catchweight should have been made.

Cas wrote:Not impressed. Bellew is at fault here, but a catchweight should have been made.

Massively disagree - the right call has been made, IMO.

Cas wrote:Not impressed. Bellew is at fault here, but a catchweight should have been made.

Why should Cleverly fight at catchweight??

Cardiff-Lad1 wrote:Why the hell should Nathan go for a Catchweight???

What next? Bend over and let Bellew give him a dry one.... FFS

if he didnt fancy it then that's his perogative...but is that what happened?

apophenic wrote:

Cardiff-Lad1 wrote:Why the hell should Nathan go for a Catchweight???

What next? Bend over and let Bellew give him a dry one.... FFS

if he didnt fancy it then that's his perogative...but is that what happened?

Bellew was the one who could not make the LH limit, he has always struggled and always will. Go the CW where he belongs.

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

Cas wrote:Not impressed. Bellew is at fault here, but a catchweight should have been made.

Massively disagree - the right call has been made, IMO.

agree with your disagree. catchweight only favours the last minute sub.

How is Bellew at fault? He was in training for a fight weeks in front. He stepped up to box at very short notice; if it's not safe to box then that's that but Bellew is not at fault. I've not heard of the man that Nathan is to box. Is he in with any chance at all? How safe is that?

The polish guy has no chance, absolutely ZERO.

This is all geared for Nathan to win the belt, at all costs.

Nothing against Nathan, he is a good fighter and seems a good lad.

simon fox wrote:How is Bellew at fault? He was in training for a fight weeks in front. He stepped up to box at very short notice; if it's not safe to box then that's that but Bellew is not at fault. I've not heard of the man that Nathan is to box. Is he in with any chance at all? How safe is that?

By telling his manager he was only 4lb over, then coming into a press confrence knowing full well he was 13lb over and acting like a mad man knowing the fight would never happen, Bad form

I always imagined that a fighters weight was checked daily, at the gym. I'd have thought that when the call went out and Bellew stepped up that there'd be others that would vouch for his weight.

The benefit for Clev to take Bellew at catchweight is that he is not left without a fight or a payday.
For FW though it will mean that it is not a night of world championship boxing etc so he would have to give refunds

A good, solid fight between 2 men up for it is better than a nondescript world title bout.

Coco wrote:The benefit for Clev to take Bellew at catchweight is that he is not left without a fight or a payday.
For FW though it will mean that it is not a night of world championship boxing etc so he would have to give refunds

Instead we get this joke of fight with a Polish lemming!

simon fox wrote:I always imagined that a fighters weight was checked daily, at the gym. I'd have thought that when the call went out and Bellew stepped up that there'd be others that would vouch for his weight.

Absolutely. To think that they couldn't get a third party to check the lad's weight is simply crazy. Or maybe everyone just hoped he'd manage to do it, regardless, or that the Board would pass him.

Cleverley was obviously worried that a heavier 'Bum' might have got the better of him.

Rules are rules and Cleverly is better off fighting a ranked LH than a rival in a catchweight. Plenty of time to make the Bellew fight as a defence.

13lb over eh?

A cynical man, such as I, may well conclude that all of this has been a ploy, to build a furore around a future matchup between the two, and that they were never intended to fight this weekend. The alternative, that Bellew intended to to gamble his image and reputation on Cleverley and co. accepting a catchweight fight at short notice, well, such an act of brinkmanship is out of place in our noble sport, surely?

Final round wrote:Cleverley was obviously worried that a heavier 'Bum' might have got the better of him.

One of the saddest quotes to date Why not go ask a Middleweight to fight a heavy hitting Light heavyweight because that is what the difference in weight would have been.

@matt___s wrote:13lb over eh?

A cynical man, such as I, may well conclude that all of this has been a ploy, to build a furore around a future matchup between the two, and that they were never intended to fight this weekend. The alternative, that Bellew intended to to gamble his image and reputation on Cleverley and co. accepting a catchweight fight at short notice, well, such an act of brinkmanship is out of place in our noble sport, surely?

That is suspicious and cynical; it won't be long before F W arren is linked to The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion by some posters on here.

taffytoon wrote:

Final round wrote:Cleverley was obviously worried that a heavier 'Bum' might have got the better of him.

One of the saddest quotes to date Why not go ask a Middleweight to fight a heavy hitting Light heavyweight because that is what the difference in weight would have been.

Which part of his quote do you disagree with?

simon fox wrote:

@matt___s wrote:13lb over eh?

A cynical man, such as I, may well conclude that all of this has been a ploy, to build a furore around a future matchup between the two, and that they were never intended to fight this weekend. The alternative, that Bellew intended to to gamble his image and reputation on Cleverley and co. accepting a catchweight fight at short notice, well, such an act of brinkmanship is out of place in our noble sport, surely?

That is suspicious and cynical; it won't be long before F W arren is linked to The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion by some posters on here.

I wouldn't go that far. Aylesbury's quite far enough.

Seriously though, I consider the second scenario the more likely.

Boxing is becoming a laughing stock here first the Khan fiasco now this. I assume thats its still PPV what an utter disgrace!