Nathan Cleverly retires after losing to Badou Jack

By Daily Sports on August 29, 2017

Following his 5th round knockout loss to Badou Jack (22-1-2, 13 KOs) last Saturday night, Nathan Cleverly (30-4, 16 KOs) announced his retirement on his social media site.

Cleverly, 30, said he had “Too many miles” on him from his 12-year pro career. Cleverly lost his WBA World light heavyweight title in the defeat to Jack.

The odds of Cleverly winning another world title are quite low. He couldn’t make 168, and he already tried and failed in fighting at cruiserweight.

With the talented champions now holding belts at 175, he wouldn’t have had any luck against them. When Andre Ward gives up his IBF, WBA and WBO belts, dangerous punchers Dmitry Bivol, Artur Beterbiev, Sullivan Barrera and Oleksandr Gvozdyk will scramble for the vacated titles.

Cleverly and Jack fought on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The fight was televised on Showtime pay-per-view. Jack, 33, punished Cleverly with shots to the head in the 5-round beat down he gave the Welsh fighter. Cleverly’s nose started bleeding badly in round 4, and he looked a mess by the 5th.

Cleverly took a lot of hard punishment in his losses to Andrzej Fonfara and Sergey Kovalev. In Clevery’s previous fight against Juergen Braehmer, he was hit with a number of hard shots from the 38-year-old Braehmer. Cleverly was losing the fight through 6 rounds by a 58-56 score on all 3 of the judges’ scorecards. The only reason Cleverly won the fight was because of Braehmer suffering an arm injury. (Boxingnews24)

•Photo shows Nathan Cleverly.

Source Daily Sports

Posted August 29, 2017


 

You may also like...
Canelo Alvarez agrees to May 5 rematch against...

DeGale, Hearn react to Mayweather's post-fight speech

Klopp Issues Mane And Keita Injury Update

FIFA Lodges Criminal Complaint Against Blatter Over Museum...

Italy Hammer Turkey In Opening Game Of Euro...

A Bouquet Of Roses For Justice Mary Ukaego...

 

Latest News David Moyes returns to Everton as manager Wilder predicts huge Joshua comeback FA Cup: Bartlett backs United to beat Arsenal Yobo, Martins tip Osimhen for United move Barcelona eye Manchester United’s Rashford NPFL Future: We 've Put To Bed, Rest All The Doubting Thomases ---- GTI's Abubakar Lawal Moyes in talks with Everton over return to club City confident of Aina signing I was ‘poisoned’ before 2022 Australian Open deportation-Djokovic Adesanya gets UFC rival’s backing EPL: West Ham appoint ex-Chelsea boss, Graham Potter, head coach Simon welcomes Chelle

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,229 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,381 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,421 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,064 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,002 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (43,976 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (43,808 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,371 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,447 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,107 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,557 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (38,983 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media