Nathan Cleverly suffered a points defeat to Poland's Andrzej Fonfara in Chicago as his bid to earn a world title fight took a major blow. The 28-year-old Welshman looked to suffer a broken nose midway through the contest, and the impressive Fonfar...
CHICAGO - Hometown-favorite Andrzej Fonfara (28-3 16 KOs) outslugged former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) over 12 grueling rounds on his way to a unanimous decision on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike from the UIC Pavilion in C...
The days of Andrzej Fonfara sneaking up on the best fighters in and around the light heavyweight division are long gone. The all-action boxer from Poland – who now calls Chicago home – turned in a pair of impressive performances in a close loss to Wo...
CHICAGO, UIC Pavilion - In the televised main event for Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike, a high stakes light heavyweight showdown saw Andrzej Fonfara (28-3, 16 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over former world champion Nathan Cleve...
CHICAGO - The weights are in and they are ready for battle as Andrzej Fonfara, Nathan Cleverly, Kohei Kono and Koki Kameda stepped on the scale and made weight for their Premier Boxing Champions on Spike showdowns from UIC Pavilion. Tickets for t...
Nathan Cleverly thinks Friday night's light-heavyweight clash with Andrzej Fonfara in Chicago will be even bigger than the world title fight he turned down. Former WBO champion Cleverly ended up rejecting a chance to face WBA champion Juergen Brae...
Nathan Cleverly says beating Andrzej Fonfara will be the biggest win of his career as the clash at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Friday night, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on Spike in the US. Cleverly is back at Light Heavyweight to face the...
CHICAGO - Two days before they enter the ring, Andrzej Fonfara, Nathan Cleverly, Kohei Kono and Koki Kameda hosted a final press conference at DoubleTree By Hilton Hotel Chicago as they near their Premier Boxing Champions on Spike showdowns from UIC...
CHICAGO - "Chicago's Polish Prince" and top light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara (27-3, 16 KOs) and his opponent, former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-2, 15 KOs); along with reigning super flyweight world champion Kohei Kono (30-8-1, 13 K...
Nathan Cleverly says his upcoming bout with light heavyweight contender Andzrej Fonfara will be his toughest since he fought Sergey Kovalev. But while Cleverly lost to Kovalev by fourth-round technical knockout back in 2013, he believes the result wi...
From the moment the scores were announced in his brave but failed bid to unseat World light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, perennial contender Andrzej Fonfara knew there was no turning back. While coming up short, the Chicago-based Polish-pro...
Nathan Cleverly is in unfamiliar territory heading into his Oct. 16th showdown with Andrzej Fonfara at UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The former light heavyweight champion has been in situations where he was viewed as the underdog. He’s also had...
Nathan Cleverly’s return to light heavyweight wasn’t merely meant to be a retreat from the cruiserweight division with his tail between his legs — it also was initially intended to put him back in the mix at 175. That’s because Cleverly was origin...
Nathan Cleverly knew from the moment he moved up to cruiserweight that he was going to be a fish out of water. After having suffered a 4th round knockout loss to Sergey Kovalev in Aug. ’13 to end his 2 ½-year stay as light heavyweight champion, howev...
Nathan Cleverly’s last cup of coffee at light heavyweight had him losing his world title with a fourth-round technical knockout against Sergey Kovalev. But his next opponent won’t be taking Cleverly lightly. “We know Cleverly can fight,” said Sam...