Fight Alexander Alexeev L KO 2 (12) Denis Lebedev

Below are postfight comments from Saturday’s “Universum Champions Night” event in Schwerin, Germany. In the featured fights, cruiserweight Denis Lebedev stopped Alexander Alekseev in round two of a WBO eliminator and Susi Kentikian kept her WBO/WBA/WIBF flyweight titles by technical draw after a third round headbutt against Arely Mucino. WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brähmer’s scheduled defense against Alejandro Lakatos was cancelled due to a Brähmer back injury on Thursday read more ...

In an important WBO cruiserweight eliminator, #1 rated Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) scored an explosive second round KO over #2 rated Alexander Alexeev (19-2, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sport- Und Kongresshall in Schwerin, Germany. After winning round one, the aggressive Lebedev connected with a crushing straight left that finished Alekseev. The 2008 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist was extremely disoriented as he struggled to get back on his feet. Time was 2:32. Lebedev is now mandatory challenger for WBO champion Marco Huck read more ...

Alexander Alekseev 199.7 vs Denis Lebedev 198.4 (WBO cruiserweight eliminator) Susi Kentikian 112 vs. Arely Mucino 111.3 (WBA/WBO/WIBF female flyweight championship) Eddy Gutknecht 174.2 vs. Michal Bilak 173.3 Christian Hammer 242.5 vs. Mariusz Wach 263.5 read more ...

Two days before his title defense, WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brahmer has been forced to pull out of Saturday night’s fight against Alejandro Lakatos due to a back injury. On Thursday afternoon, after a training run and some shadow boxing, Brähmer was immobilized with an acute pain in his back read more ...