Nathan Cleverly
Career, Record, Stats
Nathan Cleverly is a 37-year-old retired Welsh professional boxer. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 12 years, 1 month, and 3 days, Cleverly amassed a record of 30-4, which includes 16 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Nathan Cleverly's Boxing Career
Nathan Cleverly was born in Caerphilly, Wales on February 17, 1987. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on July 23, 2005 against Ernie Smith. Cleverly defeated Smith via 4 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Cleverly got elevated as the WBO light-heavyweight champion at the age of 24 after 22 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Aleksy Kuziemski on May 21, 2011. He stopped Kuziemski in the 4th of the 12-round fight.
He then went on to successfully win the WBA light-heavyweight world title as well.
Cleverly's last fight was a 5th-round TKO loss to Badou Jack at age 30, on August 26, 2017, in which he lost his WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title.
Some of Nathan Cleverly's best fights have been against Jürgen Brähmer, Tony Bellew, Karo Murat, and Tommy Karpency. For a complete list of Cleverly's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Nathan Cleverly".
Cleverly has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Nathan Cleverly Losses".
Nathan Cleverly's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34 | Aug 26, 2017 | 30 | 
Badou Jack 33 21-1-2  | loss | TKO 5 |
33 | Oct 01, 2016 | 29 | 
Jürgen Brähmer 37 48-2 | win | RTD 6 |
32 | Oct 16, 2015 | 28 | 
Andrzej Fonfara 27 27-3 | loss | UD 12 |
31 | May 30, 2015 | 28 |  Tomas Man | win | KO 1 |
30 | Nov 22, 2014 | 27 | 
Tony Bellew 31 22-2-1 | loss | SD 12 |
29 | Jul 12, 2014 | 27 | Alejandro Emilio Valori | win | TKO 4 |
28 | May 17, 2014 | 27 | Shawn Corbin | win | TKO 2 |
27 | Aug 17, 2013 | 26 | 
Sergey Kovalev 30 21-0-1 | loss | TKO 4 |
26 | Apr 20, 2013 | 26 | Robin Krasniqi | win | UD 12 |
25 | Nov 10, 2012 | 25 | Shawn Hawk | win | TKO 8 |
24 | Feb 25, 2012 | 25 | 
Tommy Karpency 26 21-2-1 | win | UD 12 |
23 | Oct 15, 2011 | 24 |
Tony Bellew 28 16-0 | win | MD 12 |
22 | May 21, 2011 | 24 | Aleksy Kuziemski | win | TKO 4 |
21 | Dec 11, 2010 | 23 | Nadjib Mohammedi | win | UD 12 |
20 | Sep 18, 2010 | 23 | 
Karo Murat 27 22-0 | win | RTD 9 |
19 | Feb 13, 2010 | 22 | Antonio Brancalion | win | TKO 5 |
18 | Oct 09, 2009 | 22 | Courtney Fry | win | TKO 8 |
17 | Jul 18, 2009 | 22 | Danny McIntosh | win | TKO 7 |
16 | May 22, 2009 | 22 | Billy Boyle | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Feb 13, 2009 | 21 | Samson Onyango | win | TKO 1 |
14 | Dec 12, 2008 | 21 | Douglas Otieno Okola | win | TKO 4 |
13 | Oct 10, 2008 | 21 | Tony Oakey | win | UD 12 |
12 | Apr 19, 2008 | 21 | Antonio Baker | win | UD 8 |
11 | Nov 03, 2007 | 20 | Joey Vegas | win | PTS 8 |
10 | Jul 21, 2007 | 20 | Ayitey Powers | win | KO 6 |
9 | Apr 07, 2007 | 20 | Nick Okoth | win | PTS 8 |
8 | Nov 18, 2006 | 19 | Varuzhan Davtyan | win | PTS 4 |
7 | Oct 14, 2006 | 19 | Tony Quigley | win | TKO 5 |
6 | Jul 08, 2006 | 19 | Mark Phillips | win | PTS 4 |
5 | Jun 01, 2006 | 19 | Brendan Halford | win | PTS 4 |
4 | Mar 04, 2006 | 19 | Jon Foster | win | PTS 4 |
3 | Dec 04, 2005 | 18 | Lance Hall | win | TKO 3 |
2 | Sep 10, 2005 | 18 | Darren Gethin | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Jul 23, 2005 | 18 | Ernie Smith | win | PTS 4 |