Denis Lebedev vs. Youri Kalenga RBR

Nice to see Taka getting his prediction spot on. Our little Japanese buddy and Cliff Rold were the only two on that site

 

It was legit, but he looked **** beforehand could barely land a shot.

 

I know my stuff!

 

Kalenga was doing his best Pascal impression. Countered from awkward angles whenever Dennis mounted a defensive. However Kalenga had trouble connecting when he let off first, but Lebedev seemed content with just slipping the punches, rarely did he counter.

 

Good call dude :good

 

Highly entertaining, but even at his peak 4-5 years ago Lebedev was highly overrated on here. Can't believe that people used to talk him up and list him as a supreme talent and the best H2H Cruiserweight back then, even after the Guillermo Jones war, and still to this day. He clearly is not and never was. He is a brute.

As for Manuel Charr, I would thank the heavens for this loss but that isn't needed at all. If anything, just shame the heavens for carrying his career to where it has gone (somehow fooling legions of ESB posters into thinking he was anything other than irrelevant ever since he was announced as Vitali's opponent). That man, his fan base, and how people view him... total joke.

Sounds through-and-through like this was a great card, though.

 

wtf? Don't remember anyone claiming he was a supreme talent but he's is and has always been a very solid Championship level guy. A brute? His defense certainly isn't impenetrable but it's quite decent, has nice footwork, lateral movement, balance with a very complete offense.

He's far more skilled than typically given credit for (haven't watched today's fight yet) and what warped memories do most seem to have regarding the G.Jones fight? Denis was winning about 7 rounds to 3 going into the 11th and outboxed Jones majority of the time in spite of only having one eye from the 2nd round onwards. How was that a poor display or "exposing" like you claim?

H2H he's arguably been the best CW over the last several years and while there is really good new talent in Usyk, Kudryashov, Makabu, Mchunu etc one could still make that claim at the moment, at least until he's dethroned or someone dominates another of the established Champions.

Lebedev is more all around skilled than Danny Garcia for example, more complete offense, defense is similar level, with much better footwork.

 

I enjoy your insights.:good The clown you just tooled... Not so much!:-(

 

He seems very bitter about the division claiming he used to be a fan, not sure i believe him, but that the best fights not getting made turned him.

YPH/Cunningham I & II
Huck/Afolabi II & III
YPH/Ross
Mchunu/Chamber
Lebedev/G.Jones
Chakhkiev/Wlod
Drozd/Masternak
Kalenga/Masternak
Drozd/Wlod
Makabu/Kucher
Kudryashov/Palacios
Lebedev/Kalenga
Ola/Ramirez winner against YPH
Makabu/Mchunu

Been pretty decent the last couple years, better than it has been for a long time and no worse than most other divisions. Hopefully Huck moves up and the Ola/Ramirez winner can dethrone YPH cuz the Sauerland titlists have no intention of fighting anyone real. If they would just go away it would pick up even more.

 

Anyone calling him a brute don't know what the **** they are talking about. (A description of a "brute" would be more applicable to Huck)

 

Very true, that said Denis does have the attributes of a brute (looks, power, toughness) but pretty good skills to go along with it.

 

Ahh, now I remember Makabu, he's the guy who got that gift decision vs Kucher