Denis Lebedev: The White Swan Of Stary Oskol-The Cruiserweight Southpaw Snayperskaya.

It thought it was very close and it could have gone either way. You can make a solid argument for either winning, IMO.

Yes Lebedev is a warrior with a capital W. Obviously anyone who witnessed the Guillermo Jones fight is already well aware of that, but he proved his heart and courage yet again last night. Gassiev really is a murderous puncher and Lebedev soaked up everything he threw at him and fought till the bitter end. A lot of fighters wouldn't have got up from that body shot in the 5th round. That was a sickener. Gassiev had actually landed a couple of really hard left hands to the exact same spot shortly before that one and he caught Lebedev with a bunch more of them there in that round not long afterwards too. Gassiev probably landed about 6 or 7 cleanly during that round and they were all very heavy.

I'd like to see him retire soon too he's a very nice guy and he's had a great career. He would've had an even greater career with a bit more luck in certain fights and had he not had to retire and lose four years of his prime due to not being able to get any fights. He definitely beat Huck IMO.