A prominent representative of American boxing is heavyweight Kevin Johnson. He was also a contender for the world title.
Biography
Kevin was born on September 7, 1979 in Asbourg Park, New Jersey, USA. Now lives and conducts training in the largest city of Georgia - Atlanta. About hobbies is known only that the boxer listens to rap. He started boxing at the age of eighteen. Of the sixteen fights, 14 were completed by Kevin Johnson's victory. The boxer won the tournament for the state cup champion.
Kevin's professional boxing career began in February 2013. The athlete defeated the American Stanford Brisbone. Then he met in a duel with the then famous Timur Ibragimov. In the battle, Johnson held out to a draw. In 2008, Kevin defeated Bruce Seldon. He began to be considered as America's best heavyweight.
Boxer has its own rather interesting tactics. It does not have sufficient impact power, but it has an effective and accurate jab (in Russian sources the term “direct left” is used). In addition, it has a good speed and reaction.
The fight with Vitali Klitschko
After defeating Seldon, Kevin was preparing for the championship fight with Klitschko. This was the first title fight in the career of Kevin Johnson. The boxer defended himself perfectly during the fight, sometimes breaking through his crown jabs, but he failed to send Vitaly to the knockdown. Unfortunately, he lost all rounds to the champion from Ukraine. Kevin was the second boxer in history who managed to survive against Klitschko. After a duel between the heavyweights, a fight almost arose. Johnson managed to anger Vitali Klitschko. After the fight with the champion Kevin Johnson spent three minor fights, and then almost a year did not appear in the ring.
Career decline
In 2012, Kevin had a fight with British heavyweight Tyson Fury. In the duel, the American used the same tactics as in the battle with Klitschko - he defended himself, occasionally punching strikes. As a result of a 12-round battle with a wide margin in the account, the British won Tyson.
And after the victory in 2013 over the Australian Solomon Juamano, Kevin Johnson lost to the German Christian Hammer. Then, in a duel in the UK, the heavyweight went to his first career knockdown from Derek Chisora. Then a series of failures followed: Kevin lost to the German Manuel Charr, a year later Anthony Joshua sent him to a second knockdown in his career, and in April of this year he lost to the Bulgarian boxer Pulevoy. Perhaps Kevin will return to the ring and be able to return to its former glory, which is what we wish him.