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

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

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25
Jul 23, 2005
23-0
2
11 (47.8%)
187 cm
193 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Oct 15, 2011
4m, 10d
23
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
26
May 19, 2006
21-2-1
0
14 (58.3%)
184 cm
185 cm
1 cm
Southpaw
Feb 12, 2011
1y, 13d
2
WBO
lHV
e1
d2
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 25 Feb 2012
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales
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Nathan Cleverly vs. Tommy Karpency

Date

This fight between Nathan Cleverly and Tommy Karpency took place on at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

Tale of the Tape

At 187 cm, Nathan Cleverly is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Tommy Karpency is 184 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 193 cm, Cleverly also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Karpency's 185 cm. On top of that, Cleverly also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Karpency.

Cleverly is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 23-0 (11 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Tony Bellew, which he won via 12 round majority decision.

Tony Bellew's boxing career

Karpency comes in with a record of 21-2-1 (14 KOs). His last fight was 1 year and 13 days ago against Andre Hemphill, which he won via 1st round KO.

Nathan Cleverly fights out of the orthodox stance, while Tommy Karpency fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Cleverly will be 25 years old. Karpency will be 26 years and 1 month 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 63-37 in favor of Nathan Cleverly. Here is the prediction for Cleverly vs Karpency.

Nathan Cleverly is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Tommy Karpency puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Nathan Cleverly defeated Tommy Karpency via 12 round UD to retain the WBO light-heavyweight title. Karpency's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and Cleverly advances his win streak to 24. Cleverly is now 24-0, and Karpency 21-3-1.

Fight Recommendations

  1. Gilberto Ramírez stops Tommy Karpency in the 4th round
  2. Nathan Cleverly stops Jürgen Brähmer in the 6th round
  3. Andrzej Fonfara defeats Nathan Cleverly via 12-round unanimous decision
  4. Adonis Stevenson knocks out Tommy Karpency in the 3rd round
  5. Tony Bellew defeats Nathan Cleverly via 12-round split decision in their 2nd fight
  6. Tommy Karpency defeats Chad Dawson via 10-round split decision
  7. Karo Murat defeats Tommy Karpency via 12-round unanimous decision