“It must have been a duel with Guillermo Jones. It was a battle, after which many forgave me that last blow to Roy Jones, although I did not consider myself to be the culprit, anyone would react like that. Today, the referee came to me before the fight and said: “You have to fight until I say stop. And so says every referee. So they said that time, there was no stop command, although I already saw that Roy was swimming. As it turned out, we were preparing a draw. I say this with full responsibility, but I acted on reflexes, ”TASS quotes Lebedev.
Lebedev lost to Jones on May 17, 2013, but then the Panamanian doping test gave a positive result. The second duel between the boxers did not take place due to another failed doping test by an opponent of the Russian.
Earlier, Ryabinsky called Lebedev’s decision to end his career correct.