By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell (33-8-1, 25 KO’s) is quickly heading towards journeyman status with three straight losses in his last three fights as he limps into his next bout on the undercard of the Denis Lebedev vs. Roy Jones Jr. bout at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe in Moscow, Russia. At time in his career, Campbell was arguably the best fighter in the lightweight division with wins over guys like Juan Diaz and Ali Funeka.

However, his fortunes have turned for the worse since moving up in weight to the light welterweight division in 2009. Campbell isn’t the same fighter he was at lightweight and has been struggling ever since he moved up, losing three fights with one bout ending in a no contest against Timothy Bradley. Campbell has come close to looking good in none of the fights and is getting beaten soundly now rather than giving his opponents any kinds of problems. It’s unclear who he’ll be facing on the Jones-Lebedev undercard.

Presumably, it will be someone that is beatable because there isn’t a lot of time to find someone at this point. Campbell was beaten by Danny Garcia in a lopsided 10 round decision loss in April. Before that, Campbell lost to journeyman Walter Estrada by an eight round split decision and the fight before that, Victor Ortiz dominated Campbell in a 10 round decision win. Campbell really needs to do whatever he can to try and get back down to lightweight because it’s pretty clear that light welterweight isn’t the right weight class for him. Perhaps he could get a dietician or a personal trainer to help him get back down to 135 the safe way so that he doesn’t drain himself trying to make weight.