Who won Fonfara vs Cleverly?
Andrzej Fonfara beat Nathan Cleverly by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday 16th October 2015 at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 116-112, 116-112 in favor of winner Andrzej Fonfara.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).
Fonfara vs Cleverly stats
Back in October 2015, Andrzej Fonfara stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Nathan Cleverly made his way to the ring with a record of 29 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Fonfara had a slight advantage in power over Cleverly, with a 59% knock out percentage over Cleverly's 52%.
Andrzej Fonfara was the younger man by 1 year, at 28 years old.
Fonfara had 3-inch reach advantage.
Both Andrzej Fonfara & Nathan Cleverly fought out of an orthodox stance.
Fonfara was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2006, 10 months later than Cleverly, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 77 less professional rounds, 140 to Cleverly's 217.
Fonfara vs Cleverly form
Nathan Cleverly had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tomas Man on 30th May 2015 by technical knockout in the 1st round at The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Tony Bellew on 22nd November 2014 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool.
Going into that contest, he had won against Alejandro Emilio Valori on 12th July 2014 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.
Before that, he had beat Shawn Corbin on 17th May 2014 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.
He had lost to Sergey Kovalev on 17th August 2013 by technical knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.
Activity check
Fonfara's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.3 rounds on average.
Cleverly's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.
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