Ultimately, light heavyweight contender Sergey Kovalev elected to challenge titlist Nathan Cleverly rather than press for a higher-profile mandatory shot against Bernard Hopkins. To some, it might sound like the wrong decision. Why would Kovalev agree to go to Cleverly's home country of Wales on Aug. 17 to face a titleholder in his prime rather than stay in the United States, where the Russian Kovalev is now based, and face the 48-year-old Hopkins, who can't defy Father Time forever and who is a much bigger name than Cleverly ever will be?
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