By Gregory Stangrit

Freddie Roach, the trainer of WBA cruiserweight world champion Denis Lebedev (25-2, 19KOs), says his client will impress in Saturday's defense against Pawel Kolodziej of Poland at the Dynamo Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Lebdev returns for the first time since last May's eleven round knockout defeat to Guillermo Jones. Lebedev took a beating in the match.

"I've previously work with Russian boxers - they work hard and hard. Denis perfectly fulfilled all of those settings. I believe that for this fight, he is ready. Manny Pacquiao - was very unusual boxer who has greatly changed my life. I think he is the best fighter in the world, which makes it very pleasant to work with him. That's the same thing I can say about Denis. We spent a long training camp together, we had no problems in communication, we have a translator, although 50 percent of the time we understand each other without him," Roach said.

Gregory Stangrit covers boxing for Allboxing.ru