Bitter rivals Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew finally get it on in the ring tonight when they fight for the WBO light-heavyweight championship of the world in Liverpool, and native Liverpudlian Bellew insists that unlike the maths graduate Cleverly, he is the man with the better boxing brain.
Cleverly (6/4 to win on points) is one of a rare breed in that he is a university graduate and a world boxing champion, but Bellew is adamant that fact will make no difference once the pair get into the ring.
“I don’t think my brain can touch his when it comes to arithmetic, but when it comes to boxing I have got a very good brain on my shoulders,” said Bellew (10/3 to beat Cleverly).
“I’m from the street, we all know that. I’ve come from nothing and I’ve still got nothing, but at the end of the day it’s a fight, and if there is one thing I can do, it’s fight.”
Genuine dislike
Cleverly and Bellew seem genuinely dislike each other, so fireworks are expected. However Cleverly is keen to distance himself from what he considers to be Bellew’s ‘trash talking’.
“At the very first press conference he said something to me and I responded with verbals myself, but since then I’ve thought it better to tone it down, keep silent and leave Tony to do the talking.
“Ultimately he is going to be a very disappointed man.”
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