Denis Lebedev vs Youri Kalenga

[TheBeast]

Kalenga down in round 7 with one minute left! Hls posted

[diddy]

This is all academic at this point.

[ikorolev]

Work with Roach clearly made Lebedev a better boxer. Kalenga is so juiced. He just takes everything thrown by Denis.

[TheBeast]

This card had it all... lots of great KOs, an upset for those who didn't knew about Duhaupas and a good main event with trade KDs

[Dennis]

I had Lebedev winning 117- 109.

[Blodhemn]

Good card. Lebedev fought through some adversity against a good opponent in Kalenga. I think Kudryashov would make things mighty tough for Lebedev though, as he's got the power/size and skill. Tough matchup.

[Dennis]

I just don't see how Kalenga won so many rounds. It appears that the judges may have scored the KD of Lebedev as a 10-9 round which I understand as he was off balance and not hurt.
Official scores: 115-112, 115-112, 116-111

[diddy]

Very curious scoring again. Just like Adonis-Bika. Cant believe these fights were this close in these guys backyards or maybe this is just a way of getting people to stop talking about corruption - get ppl to stop talking about corruption by making the cards deceptively closer but with the same result.

[Blodhemn]

Very curious scoring again. Just like Adonis-Bika. Cant believe these fights were this close in these guys backyards or maybe this is just a way of getting people to stop talking about corruption - get ppl to stop talking about corruption by making the cards deceptively closer but with the same result.

Scoring has always been fair in Russia. Rarely ever see a bad card.

[Baby Face Finster]

I just don't see how Kalenga won so many rounds. It appears that the judges may have scored the KD of Lebedev as a 10-9 round which I understand as he was off balance and not hurt.
Official scores: 115-112, 115-112, 116-111

Those are not bad scorecards. You have to score it a 10-8 round because of the knockdown of Kovalev. Yes he was winning the round but it wasn't total domination so 10-8 is completely legit.

[ikorolev]

I want to see Kalenga vs Kudryashov. Kalenga obviously has a good chin, but Kudryashov's needs to be checked.

[Boxing Writer]

Good fight! Both fighters deserve respect. Lebedev will probably have an easier fight with Janik next.

As for Kalenga's future, I'd like to see Kudryashov's power tested against Kalenga's chin. I think Dmitri can KO him, but Kalenga can really test him. Another good option for Kudryashov would be Afolabi - Ramirez winner.

[Freedom2013]

Full fight here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R9LlWG3p4k

[Lennox]

Tmrw. Anyone know anything about this guy Lebedev is fighting? Surprised that Lebedev is not a bigger favorite. Is his opponent any good or much of a threat?

He is just better than any of Lebedev's victims since his questionable loss to Huck. The only top-20 fighter whom Lebedev faced since December 2010 was Guillermo Jones and he knocked Lebedev out.

Lebedev beat Pawel Kolodziej the #12 ranked by the IWBR in September 2014.