Lebedev vs Kalenga avoid Purse bid and will fight on April 10

Lebedev vs Kalenga avoid Purse bid and will fight on April 10

by Hilmar Rojas Erazo
March 16th, 2015

Lebedev vs Kalenga avoid Purse bid and will fight on April 10

by Hilmar Rojas Erazo
March 16th, 2015

Denis Lebedev - Youri Kalenga — #1 Rated Challenger YOURI KALENGA and World Boxing Association (‘WBA’) Cruiserweight World Champion DENIS LEBEDEV “Faced Off’ for the first time on Wednesday afternoon at the Wild Card Boxing Gym in Hollywood, California. Photo King Sports

Dennis Lebedev and Youri Kalenga teams reached an agreement thus avoiding the Purse Bid summoned for March 17, 2015 in the World Boxing Association Headquarters in Panama.

Both parties negotiated and the fight will take place on April 10 in Moscow, Russia, according to the information given.

Lebedev (26-2, 20 KO), is the WBA cruiserweight regular champion since April 11, 2011. The mandatory fight will be against the interim champion the African Kalenga (21-1, 14 KO) won the title on June 21, 2014.