Ask the man in the street to name a current British boxer and they'll probably cite David Haye, Amir Khan or even Ricky Hatton. But this weekend two British boxers battered their way to impressive knock-out victories and in doing so earned the right to dine at world boxing's top table.
Dagenham's undefeated lightweight Kevin Mitchell needed less than two rounds to dispose of Ignacio Mendoza at Wembley on Saturday night (you can watch the fight here) to take his professional record to 31-0 (23 of those victories coming inside the distance). In doing so he set himself up for a mouth-watering world title fight against the Australian Michael Katsidis this summer, perhaps at West Ham's Upton Park.
Meanwhile, former Calzaghe stablemate Nathan Cleverly (pictured) added the European light-heavyweight title to his British and Commonwealth belts with a fifth round stoppage over Italy's Antonio Brancalion. Cleverly is a heavy-handed boxer who's looked pretty comfortable during his 19 fight, spotless career. At only 22 years of age he's still got a long way to go in the sport but before he defends his European title this summer he's going to complete his university finals. Clever lad (pun intended). After that, it's on to bigger and better things.
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