Boxer Lebedev Denis Alexandrovich: biography, sports career

Denis Lebedev is a Russian boxer-professional. Weight category - the first heavy. Denis started boxing during school years and continued to do it in the army. Many are interested in the question of where Denis Lebedev served. Contrary to popular belief, he has nothing to do with the landing. Denis served in CSKA Moscow, where he actively trained.

With Lebedev, coach A. Lavrov, who continued to train him and after his discharge from the army. After the demobilization of the boxer, Lebedev signed his debut contract. It happened in 2001. In the same year, his first fight in the professional ring took place.

Childhood

Denis was born on August 14, 1979 in the cityOld Oskol. His mother was born in these places, and Papa comes from Khakassia. Thanks to his father Lebedev, Jr., and began in his time to play sports. From the first grade, he was enrolled in gymnastics, which was given to him easily enough. If it were not for boxing, Lebedev could have achieved good heights in this sport.

As often happens in life, in a sporting careerthe future boxer has intervened the case. The gymnastics section was closed, and Denis had to think about another sport. He chose between free-style wrestling and boxing, stopping at the last one.

Future boxer Lebedev could not immediately get used toa new kind of sport. Boxing gave him very hard. After a while, Yegor, his brother, began to walk with him in one section. Coaches believed that the boy gives great hopes, and Denis regarded as a fighter unpromising.

Lebedev saw how he was treated, and himselfgradually began to lose interest in boxing. He wanted to give up training, but his father insisted on continuing them. As life showed, the parent was right. Egor left training, and Denis is now considered a very promising athlete.

Army

Where did Denis Lebedev serve? The sportsman continued training in the army. To serve, he got to CSKA and met there with his future opponent A. Alekseev. They spent some time together training and met again in the professional ring.

Lebedev did not serve in the Airborne Forces,but he created the image of the paratrooper. Some blame the boxer for this image. But he himself claims that he has many friends who served in the Airborne, who are happy to see his exits in the ring in the form and blue beret.

Career

Career in the professional ring began for Denis on February 27, 2001. He spoke against the Georgian athlete, Taimuraz Kekelidze, who also began his professional career in the ring.

The third battle against N. Melikh has brought to Lebedev the debut boxing title. He received the belt of the Russian light heavyweight champion among professional boxers. In 2004, the athlete was able to win this title again and decided to leave the ring.

He returned to boxing in 2008. and immediately held several successful battles. In the summer of 2009, he was able to win the title of intercontinental champion (version of WBO). Later he defended it several times and got the right to compete for the honorary title of WBO World Cup.

Debut for Denis champion fight againstMarco Huka was in Germany on December 18, 2010. Boxer Lebedev showed a good technique, but lost in the results of twelve rounds. So the judges decided.

Significant battles in his career

Significant for Lebedev was the battle against RoyJones. The entire match Denis beautifully attacked and in the tenth round he was able to hold several series of good strikes. Then Roy Jones covered his face with his hands and hung on the ropes.

In the autumn of 2011 Lebedev defeated James Toney and became a temporary WBA champion. After a while he defended the title, becoming a full-fledged champion. Then Denis held two more victorious matches to defend the title.

Spring 2013 the boxer lost to Guillermo Jones, but the result was canceled, as the latter was found doping. Ten minutes before the start of the rematch, Jones again found a dope in his blood. The battle was again canceled. The promoter Lebedev filed a lawsuit in court and was able to win the case by 1.6 million dollars.

Change of coaching staff

Denis Lebedev in 2014 decides to change the coach. He moved to America and began to study under the guidance of Freddie Roach. The latter is known for coaching many world champions, including Mike Tyson.

Under the guidance of Freddie, the athlete won the first fight against the Pole Paul Kolodzeya, who won very effectively. The fight lasted two rounds and ended with a knockout of the Polish boxer.

April 10, 2015 Lebedev met in Luzhniki with Yori Klengi. Denis perfectly moved and showed good technique. His opponent successfully defended himself. As a result, the judges gave the victory to the Russian boxer.

As early as November 4, 2015 boxer Lebedev spent the sixth in the account defense of his championship belt. The battle took place in the capital of Tatarstan, and the rival of the Russian became Nigerian Latif Kayode. Athletes came to the fight well-prepared and aimed at winning. Latif before this fight had no defeats in the ring.

The Russian sportsman showed excellent boxing. Denis Lebedev sent his opponent down in the seventh round. In the eighth he spent two more knockdowns, the duel was stopped, counting the Russian athlete a victory by technical knockout.

Personal life of an athlete

The boxer is heavily loaded with fights and training, butalways finds time for a family. With his wife Anna they met at school. Lebedev is very grateful to his wife for the years when their couple was experiencing financial difficulties and money for family expenses was barely enough. Anna has always been a reliable support for Denis and has given him tremendous moral support.

Denis Lebedev's wife believes that they are wellcomplement each other. A beautiful woman, fond of music, and a boxing husband. Anna has nothing to do with sports, but she understands well in boxing, giving her husband useful advice. Lebedev is the father of three daughters: Olesya, Anna and Polina. He loves all of them very much and does not make them play sports, rightly believing that they will find something to do for themselves.

Currently, Denis lives in Chekhov(Moscow region) and trains under the guidance of Konstantin Tszyu. He is quite a successful professional athlete, who has many victories in his account and the title of world champion.