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Kubrat Pulev (24-1, 13 KOs) will defend his WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship against former World title challenger Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson (30-7-1, 14 KOs) on Friday, April 28 at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has made quite a name for himself in the United States, with a near perfect knockout percentage of 33 wins, no defeats and 32 knockouts. But across the ocean in the UK, Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13KOs) is generating a knockout storm of his own. Last Saturday in London, Joshua easily wiped out veteran Kevin Johnson in two rounds. Johnson had never come close to being stopped in any of previous fights, which includes his defeats to Vitali Klitschko, Tyson Fury, Dereck Chisora and others.
O2 Arena, London - In his most toughest test to date, Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (13-0, 13KOs) sent a real statement to the heavyweight division with a second round demolition of veteran Kevin Johnson (29-6-1, 14KOs) to retain the WBC International heavyweight title. Johnson had never been stopped in his entire career. He was hurt by a big right and dropped in the first round. Near the end of the round, he was battered down for a second time and it appeared as if the fight was being waved off but it was allowed to continue.
"BARS!" Who knows which version of Kevin 'Kingpin' Johnson will show up tonight as he faces unbeaten heavyweight Anthony Joshua. The two collide at O2 Arena in London, as part of a loaded fight card topped by unbeaten welterweight Kell Brook in a title defense versus countryman Frankie Gavin.
There was a bit of late drama at today’s weigh-in for Eddie Hearn’s O2 Arena show. Defending WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares missed the division limit by 4ozs and was given just one an hour to get down to 135lbs or forfeit his WBC title. Kevin Mitchell, the challenger, hit the scales at 9st 8lbs 4ozs. Linares came back just over 10-minutes later and weighed in at 134.1lbs.
Kevin Johnson says he can fight with his hands down on Saturday night because heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua 'has no power.' The pair are on a collision course with London's big night of boxing looming large - live on Sky Sports Box Office - and harsh words were exchanged at Wednesday's press conference. Johnson, 35, is expected to provide Joshua with the stiffest test of his career so far but the brash American is making no secret of his desire to expose the Olympic champion at the 02 Arena.
Anthony Joshua has vowed to concentrate on his own game ahead of his heavyweight meeting with Kevin Johnson at the O2 Arena on Saturday. Having dispatched Raphael Zumbano Love last time out, Joshua, 25, is expecting a tougher test against 'Kingpin' Johnson, who is a former heavyweight challenger and went the distance with Vitali Klitschko in 2009.
<p>Johnny Nelson talks about the big event on Saturday with Anthony Joshua vs. Kevin Johnson, which is part of a massive night of action in London with three World title fights at the top of the bill.</p> <p>Sheffield’s Kell Brook defends his IBF World Welterweight title against Birmingham’s Frankie Gavin, Londoner Kevin Mitchell challenges Jorge Linares for the WBC Lightweight belt and Welsh stylist Lee Selby attempts to take the IBF Featherweight crown from Evgeny Gradovich.</p>
Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson has branded Anthony Joshua MBE has a ‘hype job’ ahead of their clash on a bumper night of action The O2 on Saturday May 30, live on Sky Sports Box Office. Johnson wants to make it an unlucky 13 for the Olympic gold medal hero who has blasted away all of his first 12 opponents inside three rounds since his debut at the Greenwich venue in October 2013. ‘Kingpin’ has never been stopped in his career and took Vitali Klitschko the distance in their World title fight in 2009 and went the full 12 with Joshua’s domestic foes Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora – and the Georgia man says he is in the best shape of his career and will expose the London fans’ favourite.
Lee Selby took part in a public workout in his hometown of Barry, Wales earlier today ahead of next Saturday’s IBF featherweight title showdown against Evgeny Gradovich, 19-0-1 (9), which takes place at London’s O2 venue and will be televised live on Sky Sports Box Office here in the U.K. Selby, 20-1-1 (8), told Sky Sports News that his preparation for couldn’t have gone any better after making two trips to the U.S. for quality sparring. He said: “I’ve been out to America twice.