Bellew is a fighter with limited ability. The reason he gets the fights he does is because he is 'box office'. Those who support him will pay to watch (that goes without saying) but also those who hate him because of his antics will pay to hopefully see him get knocked out. Tyson Fury plays this game as did Haye in his day.
I can only imagine you are referring to the 2 Cleverly fights and the Stevenson fight that you reckon his box office credentials have gotten him.
Whilst he might be of limited ability, there aren't many boxers who are not, the first fight with Cleverly came about because Bellew was the natural challenger to the title holder.
Again, with Stevenson, Bellew deservedly earned a mandatory shot at the title, despite a couple of dodgy performances, through fighting in the ring, nothing to do with anything away from the ring, thats why I thought his behaviour in Canada was stupid and unnecessary. He could have come across better when on the world stage.
The fight tomorrow was always going to happen, but again, the only thing that would have stopped it was either of them being beaten early doors at the new weight, so it was his fighting in the ring that got this second fight in place. Fair enough he is doing more than Cleverly to hype it but I just wish he'd tone it down a bit, he's not coming across great at times and its become quite boring listening to him now this last week ahead of the fight.
I hope he does the business tomorrow night though, hard for the loser to come back from defeat ,more so Bellew given his age.
