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Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack vs Nathan Cleverly

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack and Nathan Cleverly met once (2017). Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack won in 2017 by ko.

SOURCE·Badou Jack and Nathan Cleverly — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Badou Johannes Gabriel JackNathan Cleverly
73″ (185.4 cm)Reach76″ (193 cm)
73″ (185.4 cm)Height74″ (188 cm)
0%Reach advantage+2.66%
29–4Record30–4
59%Finish rate53%
18Longest unbeaten run25
35Recorded bouts34
—StanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack

200020102020win v Aleksandrs Taputs, 2009, kowin v Vadim Chromych, 2009win v Dmitry Gavrilov, 2009win v Maxim Nikonorov, 2009win v Aliaksandr Paluyanau, 2010, kowin v Adam Collins, 2011, kowin v Eddie Caminero, 2011, kowin v Timothy Hall Jr., 2011, kowin v Hajro Sujak, 2011, kowin v Alexander Brand, 2012win v Grover Young, 2012, decisionwin v Rogelio Medina, 2013, kodraw v Marco Antonio Peribán, 2013, drawwin v Farah Ennis, 2013, decisionwin v Michael Gbenga, 2013, kowin v Don Mouton, 2013, decisionwin v Jonel Tapia, 2013, kowin v Francisco Sierra, 2014, kowin v Jason Escalera, 2014, decisionloss v Derek Edwards, 2014, kowin v George Groves, 2015, decisionwin v Anthony Dirrell, 2015win v Lucian Bute, 2016win v Nathan Cleverly, 2017, kodraw v James DeGale, 2017, decisiondraw v Adonis Stevenson, 2018, decisionloss v Jean Pascal, 2019, decisionloss v Marcus Browne, 2019, decisionwin v Blake McKernan, 2020, decisionwin v Samuel Crossed, 2021, kowin v Dervin Colina, 2021, kowin v Richard Rivera, 2022, decisionwin v Hany Atiyo, 2022, kowin v Ilunga Makabu, 2023, koloss v Noel Mikaelian, 2025, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2009–2025
2010 2020 win vs Aleksandrs Taputs (2009)win vs Vadim Chromych (2009)win vs Dmitry Gavrilov (2009)win vs Maxim Nikonorov (2009)win vs Aliaksandr Paluyanau (2010)win vs Adam Collins (2011)win vs Eddie Caminero (2011)win vs Timothy Hall Jr. (2011)win vs Hajro Sujak (2011)win vs Alexander Brand (2012)win vs Grover Young (2012)win vs Rogelio Medina (2013)draw vs Marco Antonio Peribán (2013)win vs Farah Ennis (2013)win vs Michael Gbenga (2013)win vs Don Mouton (2013)win vs Jonel Tapia (2013)win vs Francisco Sierra (2014)win vs Jason Escalera (2014)loss vs Derek Edwards (2014)win vs George Groves (2015)win vs Anthony Dirrell (2015)win vs Lucian Bute (2016)win vs Nathan Cleverly (2017)draw vs James DeGale (2017)draw vs Adonis Stevenson (2018)loss vs Jean Pascal (2019)loss vs Marcus Browne (2019)win vs Blake McKernan (2020)win vs Samuel Crossed (2021)win vs Dervin Colina (2021)win vs Richard Rivera (2022)win vs Hany Atiyo (2022)win vs Ilunga Makabu (2023)loss vs Noel Mikaelian (2025)
winlossdraw / NC2009–2025

Nathan Cleverly

20002010win v Lance Hall, 2005win v Darren Gethin, 2005, decisionwin v Ernie Smith, 2005win v Varuzhan Davtyan, 2006, decisionwin v Tony Quigley, 2006, kowin v Mark Phillips, 2006, decisionwin v Brendan Halford, 2006, decisionwin v Jon Foster, 2006, decisionwin v Joey Vegas, 2007, decisionwin v Ayitey Powers, 2007win v Nick Okoth, 2007, decisionwin v Douglas Otieno Okola, 2008, kowin v Tony Oakey, 2008, decisionwin v Antonio Baker, 2008win v Courtney Fry, 2009, kowin v Danny McIntosh, 2009, kowin v Billy Boyle, 2009, kowin v Samson Onyango, 2009, kowin v Nadjib Mohammedi, 2010, decisionwin v Karo Murat, 2010win v Antonio Brancalion, 2010, kowin v Tony Bellew, 2011win v Aleksy Kuziemski, 2011, kowin v Shawn Hawk, 2012, kowin v Tommy Karpency, 2012, decisionloss v Sergey Kovalev, 2013, kowin v Robin Krasniqi, 2013, decisionloss v Tony Bellew, 2014win v Alejandro Emilio Valori, 2014, kowin v Shawn Corbin, 2014, koloss v Andrzej Fonfara, 2015, decisionwin v Tomas Man, 2015, kowin v Jürgen Brähmer, 2016, koloss v Badou Jack, 2017, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2005–2017
2010 win vs Lance Hall (2005)win vs Darren Gethin (2005)win vs Ernie Smith (2005)win vs Varuzhan Davtyan (2006)win vs Tony Quigley (2006)win vs Mark Phillips (2006)win vs Brendan Halford (2006)win vs Jon Foster (2006)win vs Joey Vegas (2007)win vs Ayitey Powers (2007)win vs Nick Okoth (2007)win vs Douglas Otieno Okola (2008)win vs Tony Oakey (2008)win vs Antonio Baker (2008)win vs Courtney Fry (2009)win vs Danny McIntosh (2009)win vs Billy Boyle (2009)win vs Samson Onyango (2009)win vs Nadjib Mohammedi (2010)win vs Karo Murat (2010)win vs Antonio Brancalion (2010)win vs Tony Bellew (2011)win vs Aleksy Kuziemski (2011)win vs Shawn Hawk (2012)win vs Tommy Karpency (2012)loss vs Sergey Kovalev (2013)win vs Robin Krasniqi (2013)loss vs Tony Bellew (2014)win vs Alejandro Emilio Valori (2014)win vs Shawn Corbin (2014)loss vs Andrzej Fonfara (2015)win vs Tomas Man (2015)win vs Jürgen Brähmer (2016)loss vs Badou Jack (2017)
winlossdraw / NC2005–2017

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