Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-05-21, fight not so exciting between Denis Lebedev and Victor Ramirez: it gets two stars.Denis Lebedev entered this fight with a boxing record of 28-2-0 (21 KOs=75%) and he is ranked as the No.3 cruiserweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Krzysztof Glowacki). He lost to Guillermo Jones in 2013 (=Lebedev vs Jones) but then he has won three fights beating Youri Kayembre Kalenga (=Lebedev vs Kalenga) and Lateef Kayode in 2015 (=Lebedev vs Kayode).
His opponent, the former Wbo Cw champion Victor Emilio Ramirez, has an official record of 22-2-1 (17 KOs=77%) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat when he faced Marco Huck in 2009, since then he has collected 7 victories and one draw, against Ovill McKenzie in his last bout (=McKenzie vs Ramirez). Lebedev vs Ramirez is valid for the IBF and WBA Super World cruiserweight titles (on the original fight card the main event was Deontay Wilder vs Alexander Povetkin but the Russian failed a drugs test and the fight would be postponed). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-05-21
Where: Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia
Division: cruiserweight (200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Title: IBF and WBA Super World cruiserweight titles
Lebedev’s previous fight: Denis Lebedev vs Lateef Kayode
Ramirez’s previous fight: Ovill McKenzie vs Victor Emilio Ramirez
Lebedev’s next fight: Denis Lebedev vs Murat Gassiev
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The left hook set it up, from that point on Ramirez didn’t look good at all. I am surprised Smoger didn’t stop it when Ramirez turned his back to Lebedev after the first knockdown, but he has a reputation of being pretty old school in his stoppages. BTW, Smoger put a good 40 pounds on lol
Ramirez can’t look good. He is at best a C level fighter.
The referee should’ve stopped this fight 10 sec earlier. Ramirez looked at him twice in desperation, turned his back and almost touched the canevas. What more did he need to see?