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Roy Jones Jr. heads to Moscow to take on Denis Lebedev

May 16, 2011 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO) and Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KO) will meet in the ring on Saturday night, May 21 at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe, in Moscow, Russia. This non-title cruiserweight bout will not be available on American television.

Roy Jones, once regarded as the best in the sport in the 1990’s, will be making his return to the cruiserweight division, following last April’s lopsided loss to Bernard Hopkins in the light heavyweight division. Only 5 months prior, Jones traveled to Danny Green’s native Australia, only to be knocked out in the 1st round. Since back-to-back brutal KO losses to Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in 2004, Jones has gone 5-4, with all 4 losses coming to prime, world class competition.

The hard-hitting Lebedev began his career as a light heavyweight, and has settled in nicely as a cruiserweight. Fighting almost exclusively in his native Russia, Lebedev worked his way up to last December’s title shot against WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck, losing a close split decision in Germany. Lebedev is now trained by former undisputed junior welterweight champion and hall of famer, Kostya Tszyu.

— Tim Harrison

 



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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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