Comments Thread For: Lebedev-Gassiev Dispute Brewing - WBA Belt May NOT Be at Stake!

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There is a world title mess brewing with Saturday's highly anticipated cruiserweight showdown in Russia. Several sources with knowledge of the details have advised BoxingScene.com that promoter Andrei Ryabinsky of World of Boxing, who handle IBF/WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (29-2, 22KOs), has applied for a special permit with the World Boxing Association to make the upcoming fight with mandatory challenger Murat Gassiev (24-0, 17KOs) a non-title encounter.
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[Eastcoast]

How the **** can they keep the WBA if they lose!!! Dirty shamless ****bags...

[OctoberRed]

How the **** can they keep the WBA if they lose!!! Dirty shamless ****bags...

Let's see how the WBA handles it.

[NaijaD]

WTH is this???!!!!

If the WBA do this then they truly are a garbage and corrupt organisation. How are you gonna lose and keep one of the belts?

Ryabinsky and team Lebedev should be ashamed

[TheCell8]

What kind of nonsense is this?

[Clegg]

Wow, that's a real **** move.

[Porter's Dad]

Truly, one of the biggest b*tch moves I can remember in boxing. Scandalous.

[i'm a fun haver]

What kind of nonsense is this?

It says it right there in the article.
Gassiev is the IBF mandatory. He's not the WBA mandatory.

[Deletrious]

What a coward. WBA better dismiss this.

[Jsmooth9876]

This Rybinsky guy is quite the character.. Is he some Russian mobster type or something?

He seems like he thinks he runs sht on that side of the pond.