Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Warren claims purse bid for WBO mandatory bout Light-heavyweight world champion Nathan Cleverly will have home advantage for his next defence of the WBO title after promoter Frank Warren won the purse bid for his mandatory clash with Robin Krasniqi next year. The pair are set to meet on March 16 at a venue in the UK following Warren’s success in gaining the rights to stage the bout - which will take place almost a year after the two were originally scheduled to face-off. Cleverly, 25, pulled out of their April 28th headliner at the Royal Albert Hall through illness weeks before the fight and was ordered by the WBO the rearrange Krasniqi’s title chance as the Welshman pursued a high-profile fight with Bernard Hopkins. Former pound for pound star Hopkins is now hoping to be given the all clear by the IBF to challenge their champion Tavoris Cloud on March 9 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. That leaves Cleverly free to deal with his ob...