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Denis Lebedev’s former manager and presently Andrey Ryabinskiy’s partner, Vladimir Hryunov, shared his thoughts on the cancelled rematch between Guillermo Jones and Lebedev. Lebedev vs. Jones fight was called off with just a couple of hours remaining before its scheduled start after the Panamanian’s drug test (sample A) was found to be positive with traces of furosemide.
“During the last year, the international boxing community was carefully looking at the circumstances, surrounding the first fight between Guillermo Jones and Denis Lebedev. That time Jones failed his post-fight drug test, and the championship regalia was returned to Denis. Don King tried to dispute that decision, and we kicked off negotiations for a rematch. That was the WBA’s resolution. Negotiations have been going on for merely half a year, and during this period Don King was doing everything to manipulate with time and conditions, sensing he needs something different [to that]."
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“During the last year, the international boxing community was carefully looking at the circumstances, surrounding the first fight between Guillermo Jones and Denis Lebedev. That time Jones failed his post-fight drug test, and the championship regalia was returned to Denis. Don King tried to dispute that decision, and we kicked off negotiations for a rematch. That was the WBA’s resolution. Negotiations have been going on for merely half a year, and during this period Don King was doing everything to manipulate with time and conditions, sensing he needs something different [to that]."
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