BOXNEWS.com.ua - Boxing News - Kevin Johnson http://www.boxnews.com.ua/Boxer/11517/Kevin-Johnson Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:34:42 +0300 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/img/photos/160/11517t.jpg http://www.boxnews.com.ua/Boxer/11517/Kevin-Johnson BOXNEWS.com.ua - Boxing News - Kevin Johnson http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/8876/2011-05-03/JC-Gomez-out-of-Prizefighter Heavyweight contender Juan Carlos Gomez has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s Prizefighter International Heavyweights tournament in London due to visa issues. He will be be replaced by Lucian Bot. It was also announced that Kerston ‘Warrior’ Manswell will replace Fres Oquendo Boxing Tue, 03 May 2011 15:32:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/8266/2011-01-23/Holyfield-Williams-no-decision Legendary heavyweight world champion Evander The Real Deal Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs) and Sherman Tank Williams (34-11, 19 KOs) ended in a three round no-contest on Saturday night at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The 48-year-old Holyfield was cut over the left eye in round two by an unintentional headbutt and rocked by a Williams right hand in round three Boxing Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:18:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/7817/2010-10-30/Kevin-Johnson-Knocks-Charles-Davis-Out-in-Four-Rounds Former Heavyweight Title Challenger, Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson (23-1-1, 10KO's) returned with a vegenance earlier tonight, knocking out veteran, Charles Davis in the 4th round, in the main event bout of the evening at the Blake Hotel in Charlotte, NC Boxing Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:27:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6675/2010-03-09/Collazo-vs-Aydin-in-May;-Ustinov-Sprott-on-Klitschko-Card Arena Box Promotion plan to stage Selcuk Aydin against Luis Collazo for the WBC interim welterweight title at the end of May in Istanbul, Turkey. Arena won the purse bids last week with a bid for $210,000 USD Boxing Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:24:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6267/2009-12-13/Vitali-Klitschko-Kevin-Johnson In the main event, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37KOs) won an easy twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Kevin Johnson (22-1, 9KOs). The scores were 120-108, 119-109 and 120-108. Klitschko come out strong at the start, stalking and pushing Johnson back. Johnson didn't seem to have any answers Boxing Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:18:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6272/2009-12-13/Klitschko-Rolls-On-Malignaggi-Stays-on-a-Roll-Versus-Diaz A continent apart, Heavyweight Vitali Klitschko and Jr. Welterweight Paulie Malignaggi posted victories of differing significance, and disparate entertainment value, but similar class on Saturday night. Over twelve rounds at the PostFinance Arena in Berne, Switzerland, 38-year old WBC titlist Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO) of the Ukraine dominated all twelve rounds against undefeated 30-year old Kevin Johnson Boxing Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:10:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6273/2009-12-13/Klitschko-scores-points-decision-over-Johnson BERN, Switzerland (AP)—Kevin Johnson promised that Vitali Klitschko wouldn’t knock him out when they fought for the WBC heavyweight title on Saturday night. Maybe he should have promised a win instead. The 30-year-old Johnson survived 12 rounds against the hard-punching Ukrainian champion, but he couldn’t earn enough points from the judges. Fabian Guggenheim and Omar Mintum scored it 120-108, while Guido Cavalleri had it 119-109 Boxing Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:17:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6274/2009-12-13/CompuBox-PunchStat-Report When this fight was announced Johnson told Vitali that he wasn’t going to knock him out- know why? Because Johnson had no intention on winning- just surviving. Johnson landed five power shots all night!- throwing five per round. Speaking of throwing, Vitali’s 749 thrown jabs is a CompuBox heavyweight record, shattering the previous mark of 600 jabs thrown in a fight by Owen Beck Boxing Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:53:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6266/2009-12-12/Ustinov-dominates-Barrett-retains-EBA-title In Berne, Switzerland heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (19-0-0, 15 ÊÎs) who fights for «K2 East Promotions» decisioned famous American boxer Monte Barrett (34-9-0, 20 ÊÎs) within 12 rounds. Ustinov vs. Barrett headlined the undercard of Vitali Klitschko – Kevin Johnson title fight for Vitali’s WBC heavyweight belt Boxing Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:38:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6255/2009-12-11/Alexander-Ustinov-Monte-Barrett-weigh-in Heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (18-0-0, 15 ÊÎs) who fights for «K2 East Promotions» and his rival famous American boxer Monte Barrett (34-8-0, 20 ÊÎs) stepped on the scales. Today Ustinov and Barrett will headline the undercard of Vitali Klitschko – Kevin Johnson title fight for Vitali’s WBC heavyweight belt Boxing Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:00:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6254/2009-12-11/Weights-Vitali-Klitschko-246-9-Kevin-Johnson-242-5 Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37KO) and Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) both weighed in today in anticipation of their upcoming bout this Saturday in Bern, Switzerland, for Vitali's WBC Heavyweight Championship. The bout will be broadcast live on Germany's RTL television and shown tape delayed in the U.S. on HBO Boxing Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:27:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6247/2009-12-10/Johnson-Vitali-an-ugly-zombie Heavyweight title challenger Kevin Johnson is showing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko no respect in advance of their clash Saturday night in Bern, Switzerland. “He’s a joke,” said Johnson, “he’s a dream opponent, he’s a big, ugly zombie….Klitschko can’t do half of what I can do – either physically or mentally. F— that guy. I’ll leave him behind me. This fight is easy!” Klitschko, who stopped Chris Arreola Boxing Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:09:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6238/2009-12-08/Klitschko-Johnson-Presser WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and unbeaten challenger Kevin Johnson faced off at Monday’s press conference in advance of their showdown on Saturday night at the Postfinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. Johnson stated no one can outbox him. “The whole world will be shocked when I’ve finished Vitali Klitschko in nine rounds Boxing Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:52:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/interviews/6240/2009-12-08/Valuev-Johnson-is-Nothing-Special-Klitschko-By-KO The former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev shared his opinion on the upcoming bout between the owner of the WBC belt Vitali Klitschko and Kevin Johnson. The American used to be Valuev's sparring-partner, that's why he knows Johnson well enough. “When I was preparing for the bout with Monte Barrett I worked with Johnson in Chicago, - told Valuev to Blik newspaper Boxing Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:27:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6221/2009-12-05/Klitschko-Johnson-Officials The WBC has named the officials for the Vitali Klitschko vs. Kevin Johnson heavyweight championship fight on December 12 in Berne, Switzerland. The referee will be Kenny Bayless (USA). Judges are Omar Mintun (Mexico), Guido Cavalleri (Italy) and Boxing Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:11:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6215/2009-12-04/Presser-in-Zaporizhia-Baysangurov-to-face-Frank-Shabani At the presser in Zaporizhia dedicated to the upcoming huge boxing tournament «World Boxing in Zaporizhia. Champions league» Baysangurov’s foe was finally named. On December 19th in local Sport Palace «Yunost» Zaurbek Baysangurov (22-1, 16 KOs) will defend his WBA Inter-Continental light middleweight title in a clash against Frank Shabani (18-1-0, 6 ÊÎs) Boxing Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6196/2009-11-30/The-Kingpin-Diary-day-3 In the final three weeks leading up to his showdown with WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs), televised on HBO Dec. 12, undefeated contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) will be posting his diary online, exclusive to Fightnews.com readers. Diary entry Sunday, Nov. 29 Boxing Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:33:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6181/2009-11-27/The-“Kingpin-Diary”-begins- In the final three weeks leading up to his showdown with WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs), televised on HBO Dec. 12, undefeated contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) will be posting his diary online, exclusive to Fightnews.com readers. Diary entry Friday, Nov. 27 Boxing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:27:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6069/2009-11-05/WBC-ordered-Austin-vs-Maskaev-like-heavyweight-eliminator The defense of champion Vitali Klitschko against Chris Arreola, then the #1 contender was considered Klitschko’s mandatory defense. A deadline of May 1, 2010 has been posed for a final eliminator between #1 Ray Austin and #2 Oleg Maskaev to determine the new mandatory challenge Boxing Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/6025/2009-10-27/DeGuardia-Kevin-Johnson-the-worlds-best-heavyweight At 6-feet, 3-inches tall and upwards of 240-pounds, it’s pretty hard to miss Kevin Johnson. Unless, that is, you’re a boxer claiming elite-level status in the heavyweight division. In that case, according to Star Boxing President/CEO Joe DeGuardia anyway, ignoring the 30-year-old native of Asbury Park, N.J. has been far too easy for way too long Boxing Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:48:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/5985/2009-10-19/Vitali-Johnson-in-Switzerland After his tremendous victory against Chris Arreola, WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko steps into the ring again in 2009. His opponent will be Kevin Johnson at PostFinance-Arena in Bern, Switzerland, on December 12th. Bernd Bönte, Managing Director of the Klitschko Management Group: “Vitali`s performance against Chris Arreola in Los Angeles showed his extra class. With Kevin Johnson, Vitali will again face a very strong contender. Johnson is undefeated, self-conscious and knows what Boxing Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:14:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/5932/2009-10-08/Klitschko-vs-Johnson-Deal-is-Reportedly-Reached BoxingScene.com was advised by source close to the negotiations that a deal is in place for Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37KOs) to defend his WBC heavyweight title against undefeated Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9KOs) on tentative date of December 12. A venue in Switzerland is in the running to host the event but other locations are also being considered Boxing Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:29:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/5936/2009-10-08/Solis-To-Face-Monte-Barrett-on-Latin-Fury-Undercard BoxingScene.com has just been advised that heavyweight veteran Monte Barrett will replace Fres Oquendo as the opponent for Odlanier Solis on the Juan Manuel Lopez-Rogers Mtagwa undercard on Saturday night at the Latin Fury card at Madison Square Garden in New York Boxing Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:09:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/5510/2009-07-08/Odlanier-Solis-vs-Kevin-Johnson-Make-or-Break-Fight Two undefeated contenders will clash on August 15 in a make or break fight in the heavyweight division. Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) will face 2004 Olympic gold medal winner Odlanier Solis (14-0, 10 KOs) on Top Rank's Pinoy Power pay-per-view from the Hard Rock in Las Vegas. Top Rank, who co-promote Solis with Arena Box, and Star Boxing Boxing Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/5376/2009-06-04/Kevin-Johnson-Ready-To-Replace-David-Haye-on-6-20 Undefeated and world ranked heavyweight contender Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) has one question for The Klitschko Management Group, "What time does the next flight to Germany leave?" Johnson, coming off an impressive TKO victory over undefeated US Olympic Team Captain Devin Vargas on May 15th looks to prove he is the leading US heavyweight contender and next heavyweight champion Boxing Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:52:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/5294/2009-05-16/‘Kingpin-batters-Vargas- In his most impressive performance as a pro, undefeated WBA #5, WBC #10, IBF #13 rated heavyweight Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO over previously unbeaten 2004 Olympic team captain Devin Vargas (17-1, 7 KOs) on Friday night at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. Vargas pressed the action early on, but Johnson (who had predicted a knockout) dropped Vargas with a barrage of punches at the end Boxing Sat, 16 May 2009 13:15:00 +0300 http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/news/4553/2008-09-18/Johnson-Offers-Anyone-10%-of-His-Purse-For-Haye Heavyweight Kevin “King Pin” Johnson (20-0-1, 7KOs) is putting money on the table - for everyone. During a recent appearance on the Talkin’ Boxing radio show on Wednesday, Johnson continued to call out David Haye (21-1, 20KOs) dispite the fact that Haye may have moved on to other opponents for his November bout in England Boxing Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:14:00 +0300