Lebedev on Kalenga Win, Eyes Marco Huck Rematch

By Ryan Burton

Last Friday in Moscow, WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (27-2) retained his title with an unanimous decision victory over his mandatory challenger Youri Kalenga.

Both fighters hit the canvas with Lebedev going down in the fourth and Kalenga in the seventh.

Speaking through his manager Vadim Kornilov, Lebedev said that he was able to shake off the effects of the knockdown and now he wants to turn his attention to a rematch with WBO champion Marco Huck who edged him out with a spilt decision win in 2010. Lebedev said that getting revenge is what interests him most. 

"The knockdown did occur. I will not deny it. It took me a little bit of time to recover and then I was okay.  I would still hope Huck will come forward to a rematch with me, otherwise I will be looking for another titleholder to try to unify titles with," Lebedev told BoxingScene.com.

Huck returns on June 12th against Krzysztof Glowacki as part of a Spike TV card from Chicago.

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