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

This is all academic at this point.

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

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

I had Lebedev winning 117- 109.

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.

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

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.

diddy wrote: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.

Dennis wrote: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.

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

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.

Full fight here:

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

Boxing Writer wrote:

diddy wrote: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.