Boxing: Nathan Cleverly convinced he can defeat Tony Bellew again in Sky Box Office cruiserweight fight

Nathan Cleverly is convinced he can defeat Tony Bellew in their Sky Sports Box Office cruiserweight fight on November 22 and propel himself back into the world title picture.

The Welshman beat Bellew via a majority decision in the same city in October 2011 but went on to lose his WBO light-heavyweight title in a knockout defeat to Sergey Kovalev last year.

Bellew also suffered a jolting loss at the hands of Adonis Stevenson in Quebec last November but the pair now campaign at the division above where they hope to muscle back on to the world stage.

The British duo return to the Liverpool Echo Arena for a second time next month and Cleverly said: "Many people have asked me why I am going back to Liverpool to fight Tony Bellew again and the answer is simple - I don't like him.

"He talks too much and although I've beaten him before in front of his home fans, I am going to KO him this time around. He will not hear the final bell, I can guarantee you that. I will deal with him.

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"The is my fifth time in Liverpool, hopefully it's going to be my fifth success. I've been here four times before, victorious four times before, and I'm going to make it five times in a row.

"This fight has been three years in the making, since the first fight. In 2011 myself and Bellew, we went to war, put on a great fight and, in all honesty, it was a close fight and it was too close for comfort. I won the fight but it was a close fight.

"This rematch - he's whinged, he's moaned, he's cried. He's wanted this rematch and now he's got it.

"Let's get it on. He says this is his weight and it suits him better. Let's find out. I'm up for it. I'm ready for war. It's a grudge match, a rivalry, I can't wait."

Bellew was equally vocal about how he was going to gain revenge for the previous defeat on home territory.

He said: "We're finally here. It's been a long time coming because it's the fight I wanted.

"Every single close fight I've ever had, I've given immediate rematches. I'm known for doing it. This is happening now because he's got absolutely nowhere left to go. I'm the money fight in the division.

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"He's come back here to Liverpool because he can't fill a phonebox in Cardiff, and because Liverpool is the best option - the best fight city in the country.

"After you've fought me you're not going to want to box anymore. At the end of the day, you are the most boring person people could wish to promote. 

"You're not that bright because you're facing me in the rematch. I hope I don't put you out with one shot. I want it to be painful.

 "I have been waiting for this fight for three years and now it is here revenge is the only thing on my mind. This is a chapter in my life that I need to close and I will do that by ending Nathan Cleverly's career on November 22.

"I am in the sport to be successful and win titles but this fight means more to me than any of that - this is personal, and he will not want to enter a boxing ring after I have finished with him."

Cleverly v Bellew II will be live and exclusive on Sky Sports Box Office, on November 22. Anthony Joshua and world champions Scott Quigg and Jamie McDonnell are defending their titles on the same bill.