Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev-Alexander Johnson, Ngumbu is Out

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CHICAGO - Alexander "The Great" Johnson (16-2, 7 KOs) will replace Doudou Ngumbu as the opponent for Artur Beterbiev (8-0, 8 KOs) on the Friday, June 12 edition of Premier Boxing Champions on Spike event taking place at UIC Pavilion in Chicago with coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

This fight precedes the evening's headlining bout that features Cuban boxing sensation Erislandy "The American Dream" Lara (20-2-2, 12 KOs) taking on the veteran Delvin Rodriguez (28-7-4, 16 KOs). Doors at UIC Pavilion open at 5 p.m. CT with the first fight set for 5:30 p.m. CT.
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[HI-TECH Boxing]

That sucks, at least Beterbiev is still fighting. I want to see him stay active!

[The Hammer]

Alexander Johnson has never been stopped or even knocked down.

[Mr.Daddy]

Beterbiev will likely change Johnson's career with both a knockdown(s) and/or a knockout. However, I do wish Mr. Johnson well - especially for taking on such a formidable opponent on short notice.

[Loque-san]

I know they had to find an opponent willing to take the fight on short notice but this is a terrible mismatch. I have seen Alexander Johnson once on ShoBox a few years ago against prospect Luis Garcia and he looked awful. I mean, so bad I never thought I would ever see him on TV again. He might be durable - he went the distance with Eleider Alvarez - but he is going to be way out of his league against Beterbiev.

[SalimShady1212]

Opponent is irrelevant. He must sleep.

[Bobby Tony]

Any word on why Ngumbu is out?

[sicko]

Don't matter, who ever is willing to show up to get knocked out is basically what they need for Beterbiev