Kevin Johnson keeps on ticking. The tough, durable, skilled and slick heavyweight with the ‘I’ll fight anyone, anywhere’ attitude is now 42 years old, yet he shows zero signs of slowing down any – or of going away.
Anthony Joshua dominated and then floored mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev to score a ninth-round knockout and retain his IBF, WBA, WBO & IBO Heavyweight World Titles at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and Ireland and DAZN in the U.S.
Tonight, on the big Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev card at Wembley, heavyweights Martin Bakole and Sergey Kuzmin battled hard for all ten rounds.
IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (24-1, 22 KOs) scored an emphatic highlight reel ninth-round knockout of his game but limited opponent Kubrat Pulev (28-2, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in front of an excited crowd of 1000 boxing fans at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Sport Managing Director:
“This is the curtain closer for a difficult 2020, but it doesn’t get any bigger.
An interesting heavyweight co-feature has been added to the November 21 card topped by the fascinating return clash between heavyweight contenders Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte.
Devin Haney produced a scintillating display in dismantling Zaur Abdullaev in four rounds to land become the interim WBC World Lightweight champion at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
Devin Haney let WBA/WBC/WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko that he’s coming for him next after beating Zaur Abdullaev (11-1, 7 KOs) by a fourth round knockout on Friday night to earn the WBC mandatory position on DAZN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Devin Haney (23-0, 15 KOs) beat previously undefeated Zaur Abdullaev (11-1, 7 KOs) by a fourth round on Friday night to win the interim WBC lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Devin Haney 134.6 vs Zaur Abdullaev 134.6
Michael Hunter 221.4 vs Sergey Kuzmin 258.4
Heather Hardy 125.8 vs Amanda Serrano 125.8
Raymond Ford 124.6 vs Rafael Castillo 122.