Kevin Johnson

By Scott Gilfoid: Dereck Chisora (20-4,13 KO’s) defeated Kevin Johnson (29-5-1, 14 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight filled with massive amounts of rabbit punches by Chisora at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK. The final judges scores were 118-109, 118-110, 118-109. Chisora got away with countless rabbit punches round after round despite the protests from Johnson.

For most of the fight, Chisora would plod forward throwing throwing wild shots that would either come around to hit Johnson in the back of the head or they’d sail around the back of his head and barely miss. It was incredibly to watch, and confusing how the referee just let Chisora get away with all those punches without taking off 6-8 points and disqualifying him.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Kevin Johnson (29-4-1, 14 KO’s) has the perfect opponent tonight for him to look good against and show his stuff against the short, round WBO International heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (19-4, 13 KO’s). This is the kind of opponent that Johnson is usually able to jab his head off, and him look bad. Johnson has the physical skills and talent to box circles around Chisora and put on a jabbing clinic if he’s got his conditioning right.

That’s the only thing that could potentially keep Johnson from clowning Chisora and turning him into another Damian Wills or Alex Leapai. Chisora doesn’t have the boxing skills to beat Johnson by a decision. I mean, I can see Chisora winning a decision, but only if Johnson is out of shape or if we get yet another controversial fight result involving Chisora like we’ve seen in 2 out of his last 3 fights.

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By Scott Gilfoid: Dereck Chisora (19-4, 13 KO’s) weighed in today at an in shape looking [for him] 238 lbs for his important fight against highly skilled veteran Kevin Johnson (29-4-1, 14 KO’s) for their fight tomorrow night. This is a must win for Chisora, because he needs a victory over the 34-year-old Johnson to move forward to his WBO heavyweight eliminator bout against Tyson Fury this Summer. In looking at the body language of the two during the weigh-in, it seemed to me like Chisora was afraid of Johnson.

I smelled fear in a big way from Chisora, especially when he had to stand face-to-face with Johnson for the stare down. Chisora didn’t try any of his tricks, and it’s a good thing too because Johnson doesn’t play that.

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By Scott Gilfoid: 34-year-old Kevin Johnson (29-4-1, 14 KO’s) is in the position of being a potential spoiler in his clash next Saturday night against #2 WBO, #7 IBF, #7 WBC, #13 WBA Derek Chisora (19-4, 13 KO’s) on February 15th at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK. Chisora has resurrected his once sagging career by beating 4 soft touches to pad his resume and get pushed up the rankings.

Chisora is now looking to avenge an earlier defeat a the hands of Tyson Fury by facing him this Summer in a British heavyweight showdown that could possibly be a heavyweight title eliminator bout. However, Chisora has looked mediocre in many of his recent fights, and he was staggered badly several times against his last little known opponent Ondrej Pala from last November.

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By Scott Gilfoid: EBU heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (19-4, 13 KO’s) will be facing 34-year-old Kevin Johnson (29-4-1, 14 KO’s) on February 15th at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK. I had a feeling that Chisora would wind up facing Johnson because he’s relatively well known after having fought and lost to former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko four years ago when Johnson was fighting at a much higher level than he is now.

Unfortunately, Johnson doesn’t appear to be the same fighter that fought Viali for his WBC title strap, as he’s lost 2 out of his last 3 fights in defeats against Christian and Tyson Fury.

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