Nathan Cleverly To Defend Boxing Title Against Vyacheslav Uzelkov
 By SecondsOut, special to Doghouse Boxing (Sept 3, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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By or provided from SecondsOut.com on Doghouse Boxing. Welsman Nathan Cleverly will make the fourth defence of his WBO Light-Heavyweight title against Ukrainian Vyacheslav Uzelkov.
Undefeated Cleverly returns to Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on Saturday
27th October where he last defended his title against Tommy Karpency in
February for his Welsh homecoming with a dominating performance.
Vyacheslav, who’s nickname is Steel Power, is based in Vinitza and is
currently ranked number nine by the WBO, four by the WBA and seven by
the IBF.
As a professional he’s amassed a record of 27 wins from 29 fights
with 16 stoppages - ten going inside the first three rounds - and is the
current WBO Intercontinental champion.
He challenged current WBA World Champion Beibut Shumenov for his
title in July 2010, flooring him in the second round with a big left
hook, although Shumenov recovered to beat Uzelkov on points.
As a stand-out amateur he faced David Haye at the 2001 World
Championships in Belfast, taking the future world heavyweight champion
the distance in the semi-final to lose on points.
Cleverly is looking to put on sparkling performance against Uzelkov
to make up for lost time after he had to withdraw from a title defence
in April because of illness.
The 25-year-old from Cefn Forrest, who’s made title defences against
Aleksy Kuziemski, Tony Bellew and Karpency, said, "I had a brilliant
reception at the Motorpoint Arena in February which was my first fight
in Wales for over four years and the fans came out to support me so it’s
great to return again for another big fight night in the capital,”
“Uzelkov’s ranked in the top ten of three of the major governing
bodies and has already mixed it with Shumenov for the world title so I
know he’ll be a hard defence for me. I’ve seen some of his fights
already and he looks strong and come forward which will be perfect for
me,”
“Every defence of my title is vital as I build towards a unification fight so I can’t afford to slip up against Uzelkov.”
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