The former Ibf and Wba champion Denis Lebedev entered this fight with a record of 30-2-0 (22 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since July 9, 2017 when he defeated Mark Flanagan (Denis Lebedev vs Mark Flanagan); before this bout he had lost to Murat Gassiev (Denis Lebedev vs Murat Gassiev).
His opponent, Hizni Altunkaya, has a boxing record of 30-2-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.109 cruiserweight in the world. He lost two out of his last three fights, with Krzysztof Glowacki in 2017 (Krzysztof Glowacki vs Hizni Altunkaya) and with Beibut Shumenov in 2018 (Beibut Shumenov vs Hizni Altunkaya) but between these two bouts he beat Niko Lohmann. Lebedev vs Altunkaya is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-09-07
Where: Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Lebedev’s previous fight: Denis Lebedev vs Mark Flanagan
Lebedev’s next fight: Denis Lebedev vs Mike Wilson
Lebedev vs Altunkaya full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHbkx-99lsE
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNp5aa5Wh8s
ohh …most scared boxer I’ve seen this year this poor turk.
Altunkaya; awful performance. I’ve seen debilitating body shots but this was ridiculous-it was barely a jab to the midsection. They should have looked into w/holding his purse. Terrible effort.