This blog was set up to be a bit odd, whether it was the oddities in the ring, out of the ring or just odd things to do in boxing. Well tonight we had the perfect example of something odd happening in the arena. As Sadam Ali and John Revish were coming out to begin round 5 of their bout which was televised on ESPN Friday Night Fights the lights cut out. For 16 minutes the fighters and the audience were left in near darkness. The fight did continue, eventually, when the lights were fixed. It wasn't quite what people were expecting when they thinking of “Lights out” though it was a talking point and an oddity that brought back memories of similar sorts of breaks.
It wasn't the only oddity of the week though the other oddity was the strange case of Nathan Cleverly's opponents. Firstly it was Juergen Braehmer, who until mid-week seemed to be coming over to London to fight Cleverly, then he failed to get on the plain. Did Braehmer bottle it? Was he, as one rumour stated, arrested, again? Was he cut as the official line said? Whatever it was Braehmer had given just a few days noticed that he wouldn't be making the date. This is the second time THIS YEAR that Braehmer has pulled out of a fight with less than a weeks notice (the previous time was against Beibut Shumenov).
After Braehmer's pull out Englishman Tony “Bomber” Bellew seemed to be stepping into the breach to save the show. Bellew had done the press conference along with Cleverly though late on Thursday was forced out of the bout having been unable to make a check weight. Aleksy Kuziemski a Polish 35 year old would step in to replace Bellew and this will be the fight we will be seeing live on Sky Box Office. The title, that had been Braehmer's at the start of the week has been passed onto Cleverly, who has now found himself going from a challenger and slight under-dog to champion and heavy favourite. That's rather odd.
A preview of the Kuziemski v Cleverly fight can be found here
It wasn't the only oddity of the week though the other oddity was the strange case of Nathan Cleverly's opponents. Firstly it was Juergen Braehmer, who until mid-week seemed to be coming over to London to fight Cleverly, then he failed to get on the plain. Did Braehmer bottle it? Was he, as one rumour stated, arrested, again? Was he cut as the official line said? Whatever it was Braehmer had given just a few days noticed that he wouldn't be making the date. This is the second time THIS YEAR that Braehmer has pulled out of a fight with less than a weeks notice (the previous time was against Beibut Shumenov).
After Braehmer's pull out Englishman Tony “Bomber” Bellew seemed to be stepping into the breach to save the show. Bellew had done the press conference along with Cleverly though late on Thursday was forced out of the bout having been unable to make a check weight. Aleksy Kuziemski a Polish 35 year old would step in to replace Bellew and this will be the fight we will be seeing live on Sky Box Office. The title, that had been Braehmer's at the start of the week has been passed onto Cleverly, who has now found himself going from a challenger and slight under-dog to champion and heavy favourite. That's rather odd.
A preview of the Kuziemski v Cleverly fight can be found here
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