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Nathan Cleverly defends his WBO light-heavyweight title against Sergey Kovalev (Krusher). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
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This fight between Nathan Cleverly and Sergey Kovalev took place on at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales.
At 187 cm, Nathan Cleverly is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Sergey Kovalev is 183 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 193 cm, Cleverly also has a good reach advantage of 9 cms over Kovalev's 184 cm. On top of that, Cleverly also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Kovalev.
Cleverly is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 26-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 28 days ago against Robin Krasniqi, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.
Kovalev also comes in with an undefeated record of 21-0-1 (19 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 3 days ago against Cornelius White, which he won via 3rd round TKO.
Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.
On the day of the fight, Cleverly will be 26 years and 6 months old. Kovalev will be 30 years and 4 months old.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 53-47 in favor of Sergey Kovalev. Here is the prediction for Cleverly vs Kovalev.
Sergey Kovalev defeated Nathan Cleverly via 4th round TKO. Cleverly's undefeated record of 26 wins comes to an end, and Kovalev advances his win streak to 6. Kovalev is now 22-0-1, and Cleverly 26-1.