Nathan Cleverly Vs Robin Kransniqi - Fight Preview

By Jack Sumner @Jack_Sumner_

On a huge weekend of boxing that sees two televised cards from the Western side of the Atlantic, London hosts a big bill of it’s own on Saturday night with world title action from Wembley Arena.

WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverley (25-0, 12 KO) makes the fifth defence of his world crown against mandatory challenger Robin Krasniqi (39-2, 15 KO), after originally being scheduled to fight the German-based Serbian on Frank Warren’s ill-fated Rule Britannia show on March 16^th.

In fact, the 25-year-old Welshman was first scheduled to meet Krasniqi at the Royal Albert Hall in April of last year, before illness sidelined the champion and sent him on a different path, to defeat American Shawn Hawk on the Mares-Moreno undercard in Los Angeles in November.

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Danny Connor steals the show!

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We were expecting fireworks and excitement from Matchroom Boxing's London's Finest show on March 9th at Wembley Arena, but there was only really one fight and one man that caught the attention of the fans. And that was actually in the first fight of the night; A highly anticipated rematch between Danny Connor and Chris Evangelou for the Southern Area light-welterweight title.

The champion Connor won a controversial unanimous decision when the two fighters met for the first time back in September of last year and he was desperate to prove that it wasn't a fluke. This showed throughout the fight as he never stopped battling and looked like the man who wanted it that tiny bit more.

Evangelou, looking to avenge the only loss of his career, started well but lacked the speed and sharpness that we have seen from him in previous outings. Connor, urged on by his army of fans, took advantage of his opponent's lack of urgency and upped his work-rate from the 2nd round onward. Evangelou was rumored to have struggled to make the weight and this did seem to be the case as the 27-year old just didn't seem to have it in him to pick up the pace and bring the fight back to Connor.

Ndiaye: Groves hasn't impressed me, I will KO him!

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

Mohamed Ali Ndiaye meets highly-rated British middleweight George Groves for the vacant EBU title next month and the tough Senagali believes he will cause a major upset and become the first man to stop the unbeaten Londoner.

"I want to be world champion so I have to beat George Groves to do that," said Ndiaye. "I hear that Groves is looking past me at a world title next against Abraham and Stieglitz. He is wrong and this is being disrespectful to me, but he will find out on March 16th."

"I've never been stopped and he says he can knock me out, but it will be the opposite, I will knock him out."

Billy Joe Saunders to defend title against Fletcher...

British prospect Billy Joe Saunders will be defending his commonwealth middleweight title against Australian rival Jarrod Fletcher in a battle of the undefeated at Wembley Arena on September 14th. 

It will be Saunders, 22, second defence of his title. The hard-hitting Hatfield traveller picked up the title in just 30 seconds against Tony Hill back in April. He then made a successful first defence against Bradley Pryce with a unanimous decision victory. 

Saunders, who was Great Britain's youngest representative at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, has had a perfect career as a pro so far. 28-year old Fletcher is also undefeated with a record of 12-0 with 7 KO's. 

Saunders claims that he is very excited to be facing a dangerous talent like Fletcher in what no doubt will be the toughest test of his career so far.

"This is a good test for me at this stage of my career before I move up to another level," said Saunders. 

"When I've got a test in front of me it makes me train harder and brings the best out of me like you saw against Hill who was a top amateur and had never been stopped as a pro and I went straight through him." 

"Fletcher has got me excited with his unbeaten record and he looks like he can punch a bit. I'm looking forward to seeing if he'll be able to take my shots. I want to be the first to make a black mark on his record." 

"He's also an Aussie, that's adds a bit of spice to our fight with England's rivalry against Australia coming up in big sporting events, but I'll never lose to an Aussie and the title is staying here."

The action pack card is completed by a super-showdown between George Groves and Kenny Anderson (If Groves' cut is healed), Bradley Skeete Vs Chas Symonds for the vacant Southern Area welterweight title, undefeated super-middleweight prospect Frank Buglioni, Gary Corcoran and Mitchell Smith. 

The show will be shown live on BoxNation (SKY 437, Virgin 546). Tickets are priced at £40, £50, £75 and £100 and are available from the Wembley Arena Box Office (0844 815 0815) or online at www.wembleyarena.co.uk.

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