By Ruslan Chikov, photos by Sportbox.ru

On April 4th in Moscow, Denis Lebedev (23-1, 17 KOs) will make the first defense of his WBA interim-cruiserweight championship against the dangerous Shawn Cox (16-1, 15 KOs), who scored a shocking first round destruction of former champion Wayne Braithwaite in February of this year. The 32-year-old boxer is being trained under the guidance of boxing great Kostya Tszyu. Among Lebedev's sparring partners is American veteran Richard Hall (30-9, 28 KOs).