In the PBC on Spike (9 pm EST) main event from the Windy City, local favorite Andrzej Fonfara looks to continue a strong run when he faces former titleholder Nathan Cleverly. This is a fight that seems likely to produce a 2016 challenger for Adonis Stevenson, something that Fonfara badly wants after coming up short in a competitive bout with Stevenson last year.

Fonfara, 27, has won two straight since falling to the lineal champion of the division, beating Doudou Ngumbu and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, the latter a huge win for for the Warsaw-born fighter. Fonfara didn't just pull an upset or scrape past Chavez, didn't get surprisingly fair scores, he annihilated Chavez and forced him to quit after nine rounds of one-sided action in one of the most dominant performances we've seen this year.

Fonfara (27-3, 16 KO) is now standing firm as one of the more serious contenders out there, and under the PBC/Haymon banner, WBC titleholder Stevenson is the most logical target. The division's other three belts (IBF, WBA, and WBO) are all held by Sergey Kovalev, who is with Main Events and HBO.

Cleverly (29-2, 15 KO) was a bit of a surprise opponent for this fight, as it wasn't expected he would come back to the United States to face a serious opponent on that opponent's home turf. Doing so suggests that the 28-year-old Welshman is hungry and willing to take the risk to get back into the race at 175, after a failed stint as a cruiserweight. Cleverly hasn't beaten anyone legitimate since he was wiped out in four rounds by Sergey Kovalev in 2013, but he is 3-1 since then, his loss a decision defeat to rival Tony Bellew in November 2014.

Most recently, Cleverly beat Czech club fighter Tomas Man in 24 seconds on May 30, so Fonfara is a big leap back into the realm of real fights.