Denis Lebedev

Denis Lebedev
Lebedev (left) and Enzo Maccarinelli
Statistics
Nickname(s)	The White Swan The Old Man Killer
Rated at	Light heavyweight Cruiserweight
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality	Russian
Born	14 August 1979 Stary Oskol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	28
Wins by KO	21
Losses	2
No contests	1

Denis Lebedev (born 14 August 1979), is a Russian professional boxer. He is the current WBA cruiserweight champion.

Professional career

Lebedev turned pro in 2001. In 2009 he beat Cuban Eliseo Castillo who holds a win over Michael Moorer but was not highly regarded. Lebedev then managed to KO former WBO titleholder Enzo Maccarinelli. In 2010 he also KOd 2005 amateur world champion Alexander Alexeev by one-punch knockout KO2. This guaranteed him a shot at Marco Huck's WBO title.

Lebedev vs. Huck

Lebedev lost to Huck on the 18th of December 2010 in Berlin by a very controversial split decision, when both the Dutch and Spanish judges had Huck with 115-113 in front, while the US judge scored it 116-112 for Lebedev. Many experts at ringside thought Lebedev had deserved the decision.^[1] After the fight, Marco Huck claimed that he was boxing with a broken rib from the 4th round on.

Lebedev vs. Jones Jr.

In May 2011, Denis knocked out Roy Jones, Jr. with 2 seconds left in their 10 round bout. The controversy arose when Lebedev punched Jones, when it was, to some, clear that Jones was not responsive and was out on his feet. The final punch put Jones out cold on the canvas and he did not regain his senses for more than 5 minutes amid active medical help.^[2] After the bout, Lebedev said that he had nothing to be sorry about.^[3] The referee was also accused of incompetence because he did not stop the fight even though Jones could no longer defend himself which lead to Jones taking unnecessary damage.^[4] Roy Jones when asked about his feelings on the punch responded "I forgive him".^[5]

Lebedev vs. Guillermo Jones

Denis Lebedev was left with a shocking eye injury after losing his WBA world cruiserweight title to Guillermo Jones. By the end of the bout, he could not see out of the injured eye but two judges had him winning 96-94 while the third had scored the bout 97-93 before he was knocked out in the eleventh round. According to most experts, Jones should have been winning clearly, and the suspicion is that the Russian Federation had fixed the bout. This would also explain the fact that the bout was not stopped, even after Lebedev's eye was grotesquely disfigured. However, Jones was stripped of his title later in the year for failing a drug test for this fight, resulting in Lebedev being reinstated as Champion by the WBA. The fight has now been reversed to a No-Contest after originally being ruled a TKO.^[6]

Professional boxing record

References

1. Huck defeats Lebedev by controversial decision
2. "Roy Jones Jr Gets Brutally Knocked Out By Denis Lebedev In Russia". ThisIs50.com. 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
3. "Спорт: Тренировочный день". Lenta.ru. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
4. "Спорт: Рефери рассказал о нокауте Роя Джонса". Lenta.ru. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
5. "Спорт: Рой Джонс простил Лебедеву последний удар". Lenta.ru. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
6. http://www.boxingscene.com/lebedevs-loss-jones-finally-reversed-says-hryunov--92182. Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. Professional boxing record for Denis Lebedev from BoxRec

External links

• Boxrec Pro record