By Fox Doucette Riddle me this, Batman. If I stood at the door of a nursing home and told you that for $50 you could get a seat to watch a Russian guy beat the ever loving crap out of the old folks therein housed, you'd have me and the Russian both arrested, right? Beating up helpless senior citizens, no matter how badass some of those guys might have been when they were … [Read more...]
Denis Lebedev takes on a slim James Toney, Friday November 4
Former 3-division champion James “Lights Out” Toney (73-6-3, 44 KOs) will travel to Russia, to take on top-rated cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KOs), on Friday, November 4. This 12-round cruiserweight bout will take place at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow. Lebedev challenged WBO cruiserweight titlist Marco Huck last December, losing a split decision in … [Read more...]
4-Round Boxing News Brief (The Latest on Ward-Froch, Mares-Agbeko, James Toney, and Felix Sturm)
- Undefeated WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KOs) has reportedly suffered a cut while sparring, forcing the postponement of his October 29 Super Six Finals showdown with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KOs). - The rematch between IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) and former champion Joseph Agebko (28-3, 22 KOs) … [Read more...]
Focus on The Cruiserweights
by Paul Magno The cruiserweight division in boxing has been compared to purgatory-- neither hear nor there, neither heaven nor hell. Lost between the glamor divisions of heavyweight and light heavyweight and with a disproportionate amount of talent coming from Eastern Europe, the cruisers often get overlooked in the US. However, no other division features as many top 20 … [Read more...]
Lebedev scores scary KO win over Jones in 10th
Tim Harrison Reporting-- Moscow, Russia – Roy Jones Jr. (54-8, 40 KO) surpassed expectations against cruiserweight title contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO) on Saturday, but merely surpassing expectations was not enough. Fighting in front of a pro-Lebedev crowd and with the odds stacked against him, Jones showed he would not fall as easily as most predicted. Lebedev fought … [Read more...]