Panel: Jury out in Germany?

There is always talk of scorecards on foreign soil being questionable so we asked The Panel if Nathan Cleverly should be worried as he takes on Juergen Braehmer out in Germany.

And after three of them fought for world titles abroad, who better to give us their points of views?

Cleverly (29-3-KO15) challenges Braehmer (48-2-KO35) for the WBA world light-heavyweight title in Neubrandenburg, Germany, live on Sky Sports 2 this Saturday from 8pm.

Matthew Macklin

It has been bad. Mine against Felix Sturm was bad and there have been several over the years but that happens. Some people said to me after the Sturm fight, ‘you didn’t need to win the early rounds’ but I felt like I had to, to make sure. It does affect your gameplan and it will make things a little awkward for Cleverly but it might work in his favour.

He could just go in there and fight his fight but because the scoring always crops up and there are so many debatable decisions when you’re fighting away from home, I am sure he will do more than just nick the rounds. He wants to make sure. 

Carl Froch

I always kept an eye on Arthur Abraham’s fights because he was in my division. When I went up against him in the Super Six, I made sure the fight happened on neutral territory so we ended up in Finland. And even then, I made sure I worked for every …

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