Denis Lebedev
| Denis Lebedev Денис Лебедев |
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Lebedev in 2015
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| Real name | Denis Aleksandrovich Lebedev |
| Nickname(s) | The White Swan |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born |
14 August 1979 Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 32 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 22 |
| Losses | 3 |
Denis Aleksandrovich Lebedev (Russian: Денис Александрович Лебедев; born 14 August 1979) is a Russian professional boxer. He is a former unified cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA title since 2012 (promoted to Super champion in 2016), and previously the IBF title from May to December 2016. As of August 2016, Lebedev is ranked as the world's best cruiserweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB); second best by The Ring magazine; and fourth by BoxRec.
Lebedev turned pro in 2001. In 2004, Lebedev won the vacant Russian light heavyweight title in a shut out 10-round decision win against Artem Vychkin. Following this victory, Lebedev took four years out and returned in 2009 fighting at cruiserweight.
In 2009, having a record of 16 wins, 11 by knockout, Lebedev beat Cuban Eliseo Castillo who held a win over Michael Moorer, but was not highly regarded. Lebedev then managed to knockout former WBO titleholder Enzo Maccarinelli. In 2010 he also stopped 2005 amateur world champion Aleksandr Alekseyev by one-punch knockout. This guaranteed him a shot at Marco Huck's WBO title.
Lebedev challenged Marco Huck for the WBO World cruiserweight title on 18 December 2010 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin. Lebedev lost 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. After the fight, Marco Huck claimed that he was boxing with a broken rib from the 4th round on.
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