When light heavyweight titlist Nathan Cleverly of Wales came to Los Angeles and stopped Shawn Hawk in the eighth round of a one-sided title defense on a Nov. 10 Golden Boy Promotions undercard, it was supposed to be an audition for a possible fight with former champ Bernard Hopkins. However, when Hopkins passed on Cleverly (25-0, 12 KOs) to instead take a likely March 9 fight against titlist Tavoris Cloud, it left Cleverly in a position where he had to make a mandatory defense against Germany's Robin Krasniqi (39-2, 15 KOs) after the WBO ordered a purse bid -- minimum offer $300,000.
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