Joshua vs. Johnson

Kevin Johnson says he’s retiring from boxing after loss to Anthony Joshua

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johnson4444By Scott Gilfoid: Following his 2nd round knockout loss to undefeated heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (13-, 13 KOs) last Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK, 35-year-old American Kevin Johnson (29-7-1, 14 KOs) has decided to call it a career and retire from the game.

Johnson dropped a big hint that he may have come into the fight with some kind of injury that effected his right arm because he said he was helpless to block Joshua’s left hooks. As it turns out, it was Joshua’s right hand that did the most damage in the form of rabbit punches while he was flurrying on him in the 1st round after Johnson made the mistake of retreating to the ropes.

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The Brits Are Coming: Joshua, Mitchell, Selby, Brook, More!

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By Kbarsey: Tonight at the 02 arena in London, UK, we will be witnessing a mouth watering card on Sky Box Office that will entice all boxing fans. Everybody will have their opinion on whether it is a PPV worthy card but none the less it is a very good card.

Their are four bouts I want to focus on in particular.

Firstly Anthony Joshua vs Kevin “kingpin” Johnson

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Anthony Joshua v Kevin Johnson – Prediction – Total Rounds – over 6.5 @2/1

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By Ryan Allan: Perhaps the most intriguing fight of the night, certainly for the more casual fan as Olympic Gold medallist and the hugely likeable Anthony Joshua continues his ascent up the heavy-weight ranks with his toughest test to date against the never been stopped Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson.

Johnson definitely talks the talk and believes he is going to upset the apple-cart with a win that would send shock-waves through the sport although with the bookies pricing Joshua at 100/1 ON to win this fight, we can assume that Johnson is unlikely to be a man of his word.

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Weights: Brook-Gavin, Joshua-Johnson, Gradovich-Selby

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By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) made weight on Friday for his title defense against an outgunned #4 IBF Frankie Gavin (22-1, 13 KOs) for their fight on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Brook weighed in at 146.25 pounds and looked like he hadn’t had to strip off too much water weight to make the 147lb limit.

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Kevin Johnson had help from Tyson Fury for Joshua preparation, says Nelson

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joshua63By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like #6 WBC heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua’s fight this Saturday night against high level journeyman Kevin Johnson (29-6-1, 14 KOs) could potentially be a lot tougher fight for the 6’6” fighter than originally thought.

Johnson, 35, has been sparring with unbeaten British heavyweight Tyson Fury to get ready for this fight, according to Sky Sports commentator Johnny Nelson. It’s unclear how much sparring that Johnson did with Fury, but it doesn’t matter.

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Joshua says he’d be in a bodybuilding gym if his career was based on power

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By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight Anthony Joshua (12-0, 12 KOs) bristles at the suggestion that he’s just a fighter who is mainly focused on his power game. Joshua hasn’t shown a lot of finesse since turning pro. Each fight follows a similar pattern with Joshua coming against an older fighter in his 40s, and then he unloads with a flurry of shots to stop the poor sap.

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Froch doubts Kevin Johnson can beat Anthony Joshua

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joshua66By Scott Gilfoid: It’s still unknown at this point whether #6 WBC heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (12-0, 12 KOs) will ever rise above beating 40+ old journeyman level fighters that his promoter Eddie Hearn has been routinely feeding him one after another like Hors d’oeuvres, but one person thinks the 6’6” Joshua is the real deal is former IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch.

Froch believes that Joshua is an impressive fighter. Froch thinks that Joshua will beat his opponent for this Saturday, 35-year-old journeyman Kevin Johnson (29-6-1, 14 KOs), without too many problems.

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Kevin Johnson ready to beat Anthony Joshua, calls him a “media hype job”

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joshua4444By Scott Gilfoid: Having seen unbeaten #6 WBC Anthony Joshua (12-0, 12 KOs) a number of times, 35-year-old former world title challenger Kevin Johnson (29-6-1, 13 KOs) has pronounced the 25-year-old Brit as little more than a media hype job, and he plans on exposing the 6’6” Joshua this Saturday night in their fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK. J

ohnson says he’s trained hard for this fight for the first time in ages, and he says 100 percent. Johnson admits that he trained in years, and that’s the reason why he’s lost 4 out of his last 5 fights.

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Anthony Joshua faces Kevin Johnson this Saturday, May 30th at the O2 in London, UK

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joshua222By Scott Gilfoid: #6 WBC heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua (12-0, 12 KOs) will continue his slow climb up the heavyweight ladder this Saturday night when he gets inside the ring with 35-year-old former world title challenger Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (29-6-1, 14 KOs) in a 12 round bout at the O2 Arena in London, UK.

This is a fight that would have been interesting six years ago when Johnson was 29-years-old and still in his prime, but he’s clearly no longer the same fighter that fought former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in 2009 in losing a 12 round unanimous decision.

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