Tyson Fury vs. Kevin Johnson
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Tyson Fury 248 lbs beat Kevin Johnson 240 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2012-12-01
- Location: The SSE Arena (Odyssey Arena), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Referee: Howard Foster
- Judge: Terry O'Connor 119-108
- Judge: Marcus McDonnell 119-110
- Judge: Steve Gray 119-108
Notes
- Boxrec # 7 Fury won with superior jabs, combinations, body work, activity, and circling movement, a solid performance. Johnson did not throw punches often, fighting only to survive.
- Fury deducted one point by the referee for hitting on the break, accounting for the only point on the scorecards Fury lost during the bout.
- For the second consecutive time, heavyweight Johnson loses a decision in the United Kingdom.
- The fight was originally scheduled to be Tyson Fury vs. Denis Boytsov, but Boytsov's backed out, deciding that their fighter was not ready yet.[1]
- Kevin Johnson took the fight on about 18 days' notice.[2]
- The bout averaged 1.372 million viewers on Channel 5.