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Cleverly vs. Bellew: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Nathan Cleverly defends his WBO light-heavyweight title against Tony Bellew (Bomber). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

24
Jul 23, 2005
22-0
1
11 (50%)
187 cm
193 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
May 21, 2011
4m, 24d
22
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Oct 6, 2007
16-0
0
10 (62.5%)
191 cm
188 cm
-3 cm
Orthodox
Jul 16, 2011
2m, 29d
16
WBO
lHV
e1
d1
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 15 Oct 2011
Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
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Nathan Cleverly vs. Tony Bellew I

Date

This fight between Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew took place on at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Tony Bellew is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Nathan Cleverly is 187 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Cleverly has longer reach of 193 cm, which is 5 cms longer than Bellew's 188 cm. Cleverly also has a 9 cm ape index advantage over Bellew.

Cleverly is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 22-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 24 days ago against Aleksy Kuziemski, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Bellew also comes in with an undefeated record of 16-0 (10 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 29 days ago against Ovill McKenzie, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Cleverly will be 24 years and 7 months old. Bellew will be 28 years and 10 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Cleverly vs Bellew.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Tony Bellew wins?

Result

Nathan Cleverly defeated Tony Bellew via 12 round MD to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. Bellew's undefeated record of 16 wins comes to an end, and Cleverly advances his win streak to 23. Cleverly is now 23-0, and Bellew 16-1.

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