NATHAN CLEVERLY has been warned of the dangers of getting involved in a toe-to-toe battle with KO specialist Sergey Kovalev. Cleverly makes the sixth defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title against the big-punching Russian, at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on Saturday night. And Kovalev’s trainer John David Jackson, a former two-weight world champion himself, believes the Welshman is likely to become his man’s latest quick-fire victim. Kovalev has put 19 of his 21 victims out on the canvas and Jackson is convinced Cleverly will be No.20. He said: “Sergey can match Nathan for boxing – but no way can Nathan match Sergey’s punching power. “If Cleverly’s dumb enough to stand with us, he’ll get knocked out. Once Sergey lands a big punch, I expect Nathan to go on the retreat and attempt to outbox us off the back foot. “He talks about having Plans A to Z but, come Saturday, he’ll have just one plan – survival mode. He won’t stave off Sergey by flicking jabs.
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