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Total Fights | 34 |
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Wins | 30 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 16 |
KO Losses | 2 |
WBA | WBO |
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lHV w1 | lHV e1 d5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and one month, Nathan Cleverly fought 34 times with 30 wins and 4 losses.
Cleverly retired from professional boxing with a record of 30-4, which included one world-championship elevation, one world-title win, and five successful title defense fights at the light-heavyweight weight division. He had a 47.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 16 of his total 34 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Cleverly lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 5th round TKO defeat to Badou Jack on August 26, 2017. Cleverly lost the light-heavyweight WBA (Regular) title to Jack in this fight.
Some of Cleverly's best fights and notable victories include wins over Jürgen Brähmer, Aleksy Kuziemski, Shawn Hawk, Tony Bellew, Karo Murat, Tommy Karpency, and Robin Krasniqi.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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34 | Aug 26, 2017 | 30 | Badou Jack | Loss * | TKO5 |
33 | Oct 1, 2016 | 29 | Jürgen Brähmer | Win * | RTD6 |
32 | Oct 16, 2015 | 28 | Andrzej Fonfara | Loss | UD |
31 | May 30, 2015 | 28 | Tomas Man | Win | KO1 |
30 | Nov 22, 2014 | 27 | Tony Bellew | Loss | SD |
29 | Jul 12, 2014 | 27 | Alejandro Emilio Valori | Win | TKO4 |
28 | May 17, 2014 | 27 | Shawn Corbin | Win | TKO2 |
27 | Aug 17, 2013 | 26 | Sergey Kovalev | Loss * | TKO4 |
26 | Apr 20, 2013 | 26 | Robin Krasniqi | Win * | UD |
25 | Nov 10, 2012 | 25 | Shawn Hawk | Win * | TKO8 |
24 | Feb 25, 2012 | 25 | Tommy Karpency | Win * | UD |
23 | Oct 15, 2011 | 24 | Tony Bellew | Win * | MD |
22 | May 21, 2011 | 24 | Aleksy Kuziemski | Win * | TKO4 |
21 | Dec 11, 2010 | 23 | Nadjib Mohammedi | Win | UD |
20 | Sep 18, 2010 | 23 | Karo Murat | Win | RTD9 |
19 | Feb 13, 2010 | 22 | Antonio Brancalion | Win | TKO5 |
18 | Oct 9, 2009 | 22 | Courtney Fry | Win | TKO8 |
17 | Jul 18, 2009 | 22 | Danny McIntosh | Win | TKO7 |
16 | May 22, 2009 | 22 | Billy Boyle | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Feb 13, 2009 | 21 | Samson Onyango | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Dec 12, 2008 | 21 | Douglas Otieno Okola | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Oct 10, 2008 | 21 | Tony Oakey | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 19, 2008 | 21 | Antonio Baker | Win | UD |
11 | Nov 3, 2007 | 20 | Joey Vegas | Win | PTS |
10 | Jul 21, 2007 | 20 | Ayitey Powers | Win | KO6 |
9 | Apr 7, 2007 | 20 | Nick Okoth | Win | PTS |
8 | Nov 18, 2006 | 19 | Varuzhan Davtyan | Win | PTS |
7 | Oct 14, 2006 | 19 | Tony Quigley | Win | TKO5 |
6 | Jul 8, 2006 | 19 | Mark Phillips | Win | PTS |
5 | Jun 1, 2006 | 19 | Brendan Halford | Win | PTS |
4 | Mar 4, 2006 | 19 | Jon Foster | Win | PTS |
3 | Dec 4, 2005 | 18 | Lance Hall | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Sep 10, 2005 | 18 | Darren Gethin | Win | PTS |
1 | Jul 23, 2005 | 18 | Ernie Smith | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Nathan Cleverly is a 37-year old retired Welsh professional boxer. He was born in Caerphilly, Wales on February 17, 1987. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 2005 to 2017.
Cleverly made his professional boxing debut against Ernie Smith at the age of 18 on July 23, 2005, defeating Smith via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 25 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.
He got elevated as the light-heavyweight world WBO champion at the age of 24 after 21 professional fights, and had his first title defense fight against Aleksy Kuziemski on May 21, 2011, and won via 4th round TKO.
Cleverly has won one world title at light-heavyweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Cleverly's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Cleverly had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a light-heavyweight title defense bout against Swedish boxer Badou Jack on August 26, 2017. Cleverly lost the fight via 5th round TKO — and lost his WBA (Regular) title. It's been 6 years, 7 months, and 2 days since this fight.
Cleverly had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and five successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost two.
Nathan Cleverly fought for a light-heavyweight world title once, which he won via RTD. He won one light-heavyweight belt. He was elevated as world champion once, by WBO.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 1, 2016 | Jürgen Brähmer | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | RTD |
Nathan Cleverly had seven light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won five of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 20, 2013 | Robin Krasniqi | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Nov 10, 2012 | Shawn Hawk | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Feb 25, 2012 | Tommy Karpency | Light-heavyweight | WBO | UD |
Oct 15, 2011 | Tony Bellew | Light-heavyweight | WBO | MD |
May 21, 2011 | Aleksy Kuziemski | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Nathan Cleverly lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Aug 26, 2017 | Badou Jack | Light-heavyweight | WBA (Regular) | TKO |
Aug 17, 2013 | Sergey Kovalev | Light-heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Cleverly fought a total of 34 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
September 18, 2010: Nathan Cleverly puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Karo Murat via 9th round RTD.
May 21, 2011: Cleverly gets elevated as the WBO light-heavyweight champion and has his first world-title fight, and successfully defends the title against Aleksy Kuziemski winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
October 15, 2011: Cleverly successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Tony Bellew, winning the fight via 12 round majority decision.
February 25, 2012: Cleverly successfully defends the WBO light-heavyweight title against Tommy Karpency, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
October 1, 2016: Cleverly wins the WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title from Jürgen Brähmer, by beating Brähmer via 6th round RTD.
Cleverly knocked out 16 of his 34 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 47.1%. Of his total 30 wins, 16 of them were via KO (53.3%).
Cleverly's first world-title win was the WBA (Regular) belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Jürgen Brähmer via 6 round RTD to win the title.
Cleverly won one world title at light-heavyweight.
Cleverly had a total of seven title defense fights. He was successful five times and lost two times.