By Alexey Sukachev / Photo by Eugeny Solodov
The date for cruiserweight showdown between multi-time champion of the world Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KOs) and his Russian counterpart and WBO #1 ranked Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) has been moved from May 22nd to May 21st due to a conflicting TV schedule in Australia and in the United States. The fight will take place at “Dynamo” arena in Krylatskoye, Russia. Starting time is 5:30 PM LT (GMT+3).
Four more fights will fill the undercard of the show, including a bantamweight collision between unbeaten Russian IBF #5 Alexander “Sasha/Knight” Bakhtin (26-0, 11 KOs) and former WBC flyweight champion Medgoen Singsurat (72-6, 49 KOs), who is best known as being the second fighter in the history of boxing to stop Manny Pacquiao.
Also on the card is the Russian super bantamweight champion Andrey Bogdanov (12-1-1, 4 KOs) and a couple of foreign notables. The show will be televised live by the “Russia 2” broadcasting company and it will be televised also in the United States (pay-per-view is a possibility), in Australia and in other countries. An official announcement was made a few hours ago in Moscow during the specifically designated presser. More details to follow…