WBA orders Usyk vs. Lebedev

By Jim Dower: in what could prove to be a pointless endeavor, the WBA has ordered IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksander Usyk to make a defense against his World Boxing Association mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev. There’s a purse bid scheduled for March 28 in Panama City. The split for the Usyk-Lebedev fight, if it takes place, […]