A chance for you American's to watch Nathan Cleverly

Light heavyweight titlist Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KOs), who will make his third defense Feb. 25 at home in Cardiff, Wales, against American Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KOs), can be seen by viewers in the United States.

Premium cable network Epix picked up American rights to the bout and will broadcast it live (4:30 p.m. ET, also available on EpixHD.com) as part of a doubleheader that will also feature live coverage of heavyweight titleholder Alexander Povetkin defending against cruiserweight titlist Marco Huck from Stuttgart, Germany.

Cleverly, who turns 25 on Friday, celebrated with a taste from the boxing-glove-shaped cake he was presented with.

"My weight is spot-on and my training is going great, so I couldn't help but have a slice of cake," Cleverly said. "But all other partying and celebrating are on hold until after [the fight] and I've knocked out Karpency. For my birthday meal, I'm looking forward to tucking into a plate of boiled chicken and rice with a bit of veg and a protein shake to wash it down with.

"Going through the sacrifices makes it all worthwhile in the end when I'm the winner, so I'm just concentrating on making sure that I win in style."

dmar5143 wrote:ill pass on this fight.untill he actualy fights someone who doesnt have a padded record and is a real top fighter like cloud or dawson or pasqual then im not interested in watching him fight another stiff with a padded record.

captainanddew wrote:Karpency is a step back for Cleverly. Even if he isn't fighting Cloud or Dawson, etc..., he is to the level that he needs to face guys who are top 10 (or just outside that).

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:

captainanddew wrote:Karpency is a step back for Cleverly. Even if he isn't fighting Cloud or Dawson, etc..., he is to the level that he needs to face guys who are top 10 (or just outside that).

They claim that an offer was made to Carl Froch but he's not interested in moving to LHW yet.