The Wba and former Wbo light-Hw champion Juergen Braehmer entered this fight with a professional record of 48-2-0 (35 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 light heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Sergey Kovalev). He suffered his last defeat in 2008, against Hugo Hernan Garay, since then he has won 17 consecutive bouts beating Konni Konrad (=Braehmer vs Konrad) and Eduard Gutknecht in his last two (=Braehmer vs Gutknecht 2).
His opponent, the former Wbo light-Hw champion Nathan Cleverly, has a mma record of 29-3-0 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three bouts, against Tony Bellew in 2014 (=Cleverly vs Bellew 2) and Andrzej Fonfara in 2015 (4-stars fight, Fonfara vs Cleverly). Between these two bouts he beat Tomas Man (=Cleverly vs Man). Braehmer vs Cleverly is valid for the WBA World light heavyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-10-01
Where: Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Title: WBA World light heavyweight title
Braehmer’s previous fight: Juergen Braehmer vs Eduard Gutknecht 2
Cleverly’s previous fight: Andrzej Fonfara vs Nathan Cleverly
Cleverly’s next fight: Nathan Cleverly vs Badou Jack
Braehmer’s next fight: Juergen Braehmer vs Rob Brant
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good fight; not sure whyt ending… so…
Very high pace fight! Nathan was so relentless and reckless even though he was losing the fight. I really wonder how this fight would have ended if it went on. And for that, we need a rematch.