By Igor Lazorin, tass
World of Boxing has revealed the venue for the scheduled fight between IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev and mandatory challenger Murat Gassiev.
Lebedev's promoter Andrey Ryabinsky, of World of Boxing, had previously revealed the date of December 3 with Moscow as the location. He says a venue deal has been finalized and the fight will land at the Khodynka Ice Palace.
As previously stated, Lebedev vs. Gassiev creates a classic duel between trainers. Lebedev is handled by Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach, and Gassiev is trained by Abel Sanchez, who is currently best known as the head coach for middleweight king Gennady Golovkin.
Earlier this year, Lebedev pulled off one of his most impressive victories with a two round destruction of Victor Emilio Ramirez to unify the WBA/IBF world titles before a frenzied crowd in Moscow, Russia.
The victory raised the 36-year-old's record to 29 wins (22 by knockout) and two defeats. Gassiev is one of Russia's most promising up and coming boxers. In his last fight, he had very scary knockout of Jordan Shimmell. The 22-year-old Gassiev, who is promoted by Warriors Boxing in the United States, has a record of 23 wins (17 by KO) and no losses. Gassiev is also advised by Al Haymon and fights under the Premier Boxing Champions banner.
The undercard to Lebedev vs. Gassiev will feature Russian cruiserweight puncher Dmitry Kudryashov and prospects Alexey Egorov and Andrey Afonin.
