Good fight. Don't count Lebedev out but it will be a very tough fight given his age and the Armenians class.
Don't like or want to see this fight. Not after the beating Gassiev doled out on him, this has the potential to be even more grueling for poor old ass Denis. I have a bad feeling that the White Swan will be pummeled from one side of the ring to the other, and legitimately stopped for the first time in his career. He should just call it a day and retire.
No. First of all, they have different promoters. It's Hryunov for Lebedev, and the guy who's financing the Kovalev fight is Igor Altushkin, most probably (he or somebody else related to the RCC). Second, there's no need for this. Kovalev vs. Yarde in Chelyabinsk will be big enough without Lebedev.
I heard that a lot about multiple boxers, but it seems they're all still fighting. Pascal would be retiring, fights Browne. Brook would be retiring, debunks rumor. Browne would be retiring, fights Little. A good fight by the way.
Gassiev fight was close and competitive all the way through, he didn't get beaten up. Could have gone either way, I had Lebedev just winning like many others did.