At a small Casino Resort in Monte Carlo, former Champion Denis Lebedev (32-2-0, 23KO) of Russia, wins his bout via comfortable unanimous decision (119-109, 119-109, 117-111) over then-undefeated American Mike Wilson (19-1-0, 8KO).
This fight was essentially to put the winner into what would be an unofficial mandatory position for a shot at the Undisputed WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF Champion Oleksandr Usyk…if he decides to stay around, so it’s possible this would be Usyk’s final opponent before the big jump-up to the Heavyweight division.