Artem Levin (The Lion) boxeador

Artem Valeryevich Levin (Russian: Артё́м Вале́рьевич Ле́вин; born December 8, 1986), also known as Artem "The Lion" Levin, is a Russian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Prokopyevsk. He is the former Glory Middleweight Champion, as well as the former It's Showtime 77 MAX champion.As of November 2021, Combat Press ranks him as the #3 middleweight kickboxer in the world. He's been continually ranked in the middlweight top ten, since entering the rankings at #1 in September 2014.He is the captain of Russian National Muaythai Team. He's become Chairman of the Athletes Commission at IFMA since 2012.Artem moved up to light heavyweight after the SportAccord Combat Games in 2010.The much-anticipated fight between Artem Levin and Simon Marcus was scheduled for the third time and set for December 21, 2012 in Ekaterinburg, Russia and then February 23, 2013, before eventually settling on March 15, 2013 at Lion Fight 9 in Las Vegas with the inaugural Lion Fight Light Heavyweight Championship will be on the line. Although a closely contested bout, it was Marcus' clinching skills that made the difference as he took the unanimous decision win.