On May 21, 2016, the 36-year-old WBA (Super) cruiserweight champion, Denis Lebedev (28-1, 21 KOs), and IBF cruiserweight champion Victor Emilio Ramírez met in a title-unification fight.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 17 days.
Denis Lebedev made very easy work of Victor Emilio Ramírez, stopping Ramírez via TKO in the 2nd. Lebedev improves his record to 29-1 (22 KOs)
On September 27, 2014, the 35-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Denis Lebedev (25-1, 19 KOs), faced Paweł Kołodziej, in a title defense fight.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 10 days.
Denis Lebedev made very easy work of Paweł Kołodziej, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Lebedev improves his record to 26-1 (20 KOs)
On December 17, 2012, the 33-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Denis Lebedev (24-1, 18 KOs), faced Santander Silgado, in a title defense fight.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 13 days.
Denis Lebedev stopped Santander Silgado via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA cruiserweight title. Lebedev improves his record to 25-1 (19 KOs)
On November 4, 2015, the 36-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Denis Lebedev (27-1, 20 KOs), faced Lateef Kayode, in a title defense fight.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 25 days.
Denis Lebedev stopped Lateef Kayode via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA cruiserweight title. Lebedev improves his record to 28-1 (21 KOs)
On April 4, 2012, a 32-year-old Denis Lebedev (23-1, 17 KOs) and Shawn Cox met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months.
Denis Lebedev stopped Shawn Cox via KO in the 2nd round. Lebedev improves his record to 24-1 (18 KOs)
On July 10, 2017, the 37-year-old WBA (Super) cruiserweight world champion, Denis Lebedev (29-2, 22 KOs), faced Mark Flanagan, in a title defense fight.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 7 days.
Denis Lebedev defeated Mark Flanagan via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Super) cruiserweight title. Lebedev improves his record to 30-2
On April 10, 2015, the 35-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Denis Lebedev (26-1, 20 KOs), faced Youri Kalenga, in a title defense fight.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 14 days.
Denis Lebedev defeated Youri Kalenga via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA cruiserweight title. Lebedev improves his record to 27-1
On November 4, 2011, a 32-year-old Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KOs) and a 43-year-old American boxer James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KOs) met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 14 days. Toney was on a 4-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 11 days.
Denis Lebedev defeated James Toney via unanimous decision in the 12-round cruiserweight fight. Lebedev improves his record to 23-1, while Toney adds a loss to his record at 73-7-3.
On July 17, 2010, a 30-year-old Denis Lebedev (20-0, 15 KOs) and Aleksandr Alekseyev met in the ring.
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days.
Denis Lebedev stopped Aleksandr Alekseyev via KO in the 2nd round. Lebedev improves his record to 21-0 (16 KOs)
On December 18, 2010, a 31-year-old Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight WBO title held by 26-year-old German boxer Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KOs).
Lebedev came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Huck was on a 11-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Marco Huck defeated Denis Lebedev via split decision and successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title. Huck improves his record to 31-1, while Lebedev adds a loss to his record at 21-1.