Mark Petrovsky vs Kevin Johnson (18-08-2023) Full Fight
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00:00 I didn't finish my speech. I didn't inform you enough about Petrovsky.
00:10 Kevin Johnson will have problems today.
00:15 First of all, it's a matter of his age.
00:18 Motivation.
00:20 I can see the belt that is being given away.
00:25 He is a champion of the Russian Boxing Federation.
00:30 He is very handsome and has a good status.
00:33 Let's see what Johnson has prepared for Mark Petrovsky.
00:38 Although everything can be the opposite.
00:41 Petrovsky is a tough boxer.
00:45 I saw his fights.
00:48 I can't wait to see what he has prepared.
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01:01 Recently, Kevin Johnson fought in Samara.
01:07 He is now representing against Artem Suslenkov.
01:10 He is a champion of Russia among amateurs of 2016.
01:13 He stood there all the distance.
01:16 He passed, it can not be said that he stood, he boxed.
01:19 And he boxed all 8 rounds.
01:21 And Suslenkov could not do anything with him.
01:24 We said that Kevin Johnson has a strong head.
01:28 Neither Tyson Fury for 12 rounds, nor Andy Ruiz for 10.
01:32 They could not drop him.
01:34 Only Anthony Joshua, if we talk about very serious names,
01:38 which are in the Johnson collection,
01:40 Anthony Joshua managed to finish the fight early, and in the second round with Kevin.
01:46 And so, of course, an extremely strong-headed person.
01:50 I will leave my surprise about the number of rounds.
01:56 But 6 rounds for Johnson is, to put it mildly, not a distance at all.
02:01 Petrovsky has a very good left hook.
02:07 By the way, he demonstrates several such blows now.
02:12 They decided to fight at an average distance.
02:17 The density of the fight from the first round is already large.
02:22 What can you do? 6 rounds. You have to hurry.
02:26 Pay attention, I think you, Nikolai Sergeevich, can comment on this with all the knowledge.
02:32 Kevin Johnson's front hand, how sharp and far he hits his jab.
02:37 Jab. He always.
02:39 Johnson's jab was in previous fights, he brought him victory.
02:44 This is a sharp jab.
02:47 Look how great he flies.
02:49 Marko Petrovsky hits. Kevin has a lot of experience.
02:54 Of course, you won't surprise him with our boxer.
02:58 On the cheek. Right hand.
03:04 Although it seems that it is lowered.
03:07 How great. Johnson worked on the body.
03:10 He worked perfectly.
03:12 He said at the conference before this fight that he would bring his huge experience to the ring.
03:18 And it's not a fact that Marko has enough youth and strength to cope with this experience.
03:23 Well, an extremely competitive first round.
03:26 And it seems to me that even more competitive than we expected.
03:29 I want to drop all the sentences in the part of the difference in willpower.
03:41 Let's not forget that if the fighter has already entered the ring, then, God willing, he will be responsible.
03:46 Johnson understands this perfectly.
03:48 The only thing that probably adds to Petrovsky, which still needs to be confirmed.
03:54 The status quo is still faster than Kevin Johnson.
03:58 Nevertheless, it seems that, at first glance, Johnson's more delayed blows are achieved.
04:07 Or especially the jab.
04:08 Look, Marko Petrovsky's body is trying to check Kevin Johnson.
04:15 So far, it's in defense.
04:18 But with the jab, everything is fine.
04:20 The front hand is fantastic.
04:22 And most likely we should expect that there will be a double in his performance.
04:28 Well, about two left jabs.
04:31 And then Kevin will try to punch at a distance, a little more than at an average distance, to get Petrovsky.
04:42 Not bad.
04:44 Not bad.
04:45 Not bad side blows of Petrovsky.
04:47 Look.
04:48 Yes, Marko has fast hands.
04:51 And, by the way, I have the impression that Johnson is getting drunk under his right eye.
04:58 After all, this is Petrovsky's left hook.
05:03 Stop!
05:04 Well, of course, old pirate Kevin Johnson.
05:08 And for Marko Petrovsky, this is an extremely useful fight.
05:11 I think that Marko will take advantage of these things from American professional boxing today.
05:17 And he will take something for himself.
05:20 In the meantime, Johnson has done quite well. He punched the body with his left hand.
05:27 He put it between Petrovsky's hands.
05:30 He dared to put it.
05:34 Well, look. This stance, which seems to be open in Johnson's performance, is quite deceitful.
05:43 He feels great here, working.
05:50 Kevin has a very good timing.
05:52 Once again, I admire his work with his front hand.
05:56 Marko puts pressure.
05:58 He moves his body a lot.
06:01 But he manages to catch Kevin Johnson in the middle of this trajectory and stick his front hand.
06:09 Well, look.
06:13 Well done.
06:15 Well done.
06:16 And now Petrovsky is preparing an explosion.
06:19 But the cunning Kevin Johnson took a jab and immediately left the ropes.
06:23 He is trying to go behind.
06:27 Strange, but he changes his standard stance a little.
06:34 Petrovsky is more frontal when he gets up to Johnson.
06:39 And here he tries to get to the edge.
06:42 Great! Once again Marko starts to deliver his blows.
06:46 At the end of the second round, it catches the eye.
06:49 I'm listening to what they say now.
06:58 It is barely audible what Petrovsky has in the corner.
07:02 And there was just about the jab said.
07:04 By the way, pay attention to the corner marks of Marko Petrovsky.
07:07 Nikita Ivanov is the European champion, the Russian champion.
07:11 A very serious boxer who, it seems to me, could have achieved more if there was a certain degree of luck.
07:20 But even without that, a very, very serious fighter.
07:25 And of course, here he, I think, will be able to correctly orient his undercover.
07:32 Marko starts the round well.
07:34 Johnson calls for such an exchange.
07:38 And in a short time, Petrovsky got very angry.
07:44 Kevin Johnson, after all, he missed an unpleasant blow.
07:49 Once again, he misses the left hook.
07:53 Petrovsky prepares his right straight.
07:57 Wow, how cool in response Marko worked in this episode.
08:02 And just a little bit was not enough, and there could have been a knockout remake.
08:07 Remember, the victory in De Leon Walden, he sent after the same leap from below.
08:11 And he misses the right. Kevin Johnson misses very unpleasantly.
08:16 Kevin Johnson is a good showman.
08:19 He always performs very cool and bright at press conferences.
08:22 But I am pleased to note that Marko Petrovsky did not concede to him at all.
08:28 And it's great that we have such guys who are not shy to speak, who are not shy to look bright.
08:35 But in the ring Marko is also good.
08:38 And so far we are watching a really cool, promising fight.
08:42 Marko Petrovsky is starting to get more and more.
08:47 Still, while he is being stopped by Johnson with his jab, he misses on some attacks.
08:56 And not bad. Well, there was a fight.
09:00 Yes, someone could have fallen.
09:03 Very dangerous. Johnson is not afraid of exchanges.
09:08 Well, what is he afraid of? He has a technique. It hurts.
09:13 Yes, it hurts.
09:15 He has already experienced so many exchanges.
09:21 There in the corner of Marko Petrovsky they shout "from below, from below", tearing off the voice.
09:26 But in my opinion he does not hear in this gul.
09:28 By the way, it was very good from below.
09:31 Because Kevin Johnson is saved by such a tilt forward, including right.
09:40 And here below, after the fight.
09:42 Yes, here below. I lift and again it is necessary to go right, of course.
09:46 By the way, pay attention. Marko Petrovsky moved on his feet.
09:51 I think he got a little more free and his hands flew.
09:54 This clenchedness immediately passed.
09:56 Clenched from the first rounds. And immediately it began to bear fruit.
10:01 And again Petrovsky tried to move on his feet.
10:05 Great right.
10:06 So, well, after three rounds.
10:11 Well, so far, it seems to me, they are still behind Petrovsky.
10:16 And all three.
10:18 Well, the first one can still ...
10:22 With a big stretch.
10:24 A lot of work of the front hand from Kevin Johnson.
10:28 Let's maybe give the first to Johnson for intrigue.
10:32 But the second, third, especially the third, I think there are no questions.
10:36 No, well, at first, in principle, judging the fighters, I thought that the number of blows,
10:43 well, maybe even their quality somewhere, will be behind Petrovsky.
10:48 What can you hope for in this fight for Kevin Johnson?
10:53 Well, first of all, for your experience, for the jab.
10:56 And that Petrovsky will still lower his left hand low enough.
11:01 And here you need to catch your luck, Kevin Johnson.
11:06 But will Petrovsky give him this opportunity?
11:09 A very big question.
11:11 It seems to me that Marko has fully invested in this fight.
11:14 Fully felt the ring, felt the distance.
11:18 And this, of course, was immediately reflected in the number of blows delivered.
11:23 Tight.
11:28 In principle, Petrovsky still acts on the floors.
11:34 By the way, this is generally very common among amateurs.
11:38 And it brings its fruits.
11:41 It is very bad when, having become a professional,
11:44 suddenly for some reason, the amateur begins to forget.
11:48 It's strange about this.
11:50 I remember Sasha Povetkin, when he remembered his amateur, I won't say, straight punches.
11:58 Rather, this happened with the arrival of Ivan Kerp.
12:02 He began to jerk, go in by hand, and knockout after knockout.
12:08 But he was forced to win.
12:11 After all, an amateur class, you can't get him anywhere.
12:16 In fact, he didn't go anywhere from Petrovsky.
12:19 It can be seen that he is quite skillful in using it.
12:25 I remembered Canelo.
12:28 Not pleasant.
12:30 I remembered Canelo, who loves to turn off his opponent's front hand,
12:36 and how he hits his biceps and triceps with his blows.
12:39 He hits purposefully, methodically.
12:41 Is it worth it for Mark Petrovsky to hit the front hand?
12:44 And how does it work in heavyweight?
12:46 I would ask Kostya Dyon to ask about this after the fight.
12:51 He knows perfectly well what it is to turn off your opponent's hands.
12:57 He was very clearly and fully shooting at his opponent.
13:03 So that his opponents' hands were simply drying.
13:08 I remember when I came to visit Kostya in the training camp,
13:12 he showed me these techniques.
13:16 Listen, there are really painful points, you will not be eaten for them.
13:21 There is nothing illegal in this, from the point of view of boxing rules.
13:25 This is rather an expression of the boxing class.
13:29 Petrovsky is trying to catch Kevin Johnson in a short distance.
13:34 Sometimes it works.
13:36 Very cool, Mark leaves the jabs and throws out his right.
13:40 And this, it seems to me, is the main point for a knockout.
13:46 He is hiding.
13:51 Mark can catch Kevin Johnson in the open with this technique.
13:56 We saw him, we were covered by the fighters.
14:00 He passed to the right of Johnson.
14:03 Such a touch.
14:05 The blow was heard.
14:08 Well, what is here after the four rounds are behind.
14:19 And the fight, I must say, is tight.
14:23 There are no stagnations during the fight, which is pleasant.
14:28 Because the audience does not get bored.
14:31 We hear that the audience is rooting for the boxers.
14:35 I don't know who is rooting for Kevin Johnson now.
14:38 Samara.
14:39 Yes, Samara is rooting.
14:41 I am sure that Kevin Johnson already has his fans.
14:45 Well, of course, most of them are now on the side of Mark Petrovsky.
14:52 But the boxers have already arranged a fight.
14:57 Starting from the first round, the development of the event was fast.
15:03 And now, everyone has been looking at each other for a long time.
15:08 And the question is whether the right of Johnson will pass or not.
15:13 Well, Petrovsky still needs to be wished.
15:17 Side uppercuts are used more often.
15:19 Everything is fine with the side one.
15:22 But, probably, uppercuts with the addition of the right one.
15:27 We'll see.
15:29 Mark is pressing. He is looking for a moment for a hard blow.
15:33 And Johnson is still shooting back with his front hand.
15:37 He throws a lot, of course, due to the jab.
15:40 And not for the first time after this jab, he follows a tight right to the body.
15:43 And Johnson misses with the right.
15:46 Petrovsky noticed that he misses when he deviates,
15:52 leaving the weight on the right leg.
15:55 And, by the way, he caught a couple of blows against him.
16:00 Mark missed.
16:02 He is waiting.
16:04 He is pulling on his legs.
16:06 This is from the fans.
16:08 And it's very good that Petrovsky remembers it.
16:10 And so, at the moment, Petrovsky punished Kiana Johnson.
16:15 Because he was a little hypothermic, causing an unpleasant jab to the blow.
16:23 But look - all three, four - this is a clear point.
16:28 Great right. Petrovsky caught.
16:31 He had to break the distance here.
16:33 But, it seems to me, Mark missed the moment a little.
16:36 But it seemed that the situation was bad for Kevin Johnson for a short period.
16:41 Well, yes, still, as it were, the temple remains open.
16:49 And it is in the temple that Mark Petrovsky's blows come.
16:53 He hit, he hit, he is working.
16:56 Look, a little above the ear.
16:59 And this is what I started the 5th round with.
17:05 Mark Petrovsky was shooting.
17:08 And after the jab, with the right, that's what you need.
17:12 And it flies, flies, once at a time to the target.
17:15 And Kevin Johnson was already twice extremely unwell after such blows from Petrovsky.
17:21 Kevin Johnson is acting on the side of the fall.
17:24 And, apparently, we are waiting for a knockdown, at least.
17:29 Kevin missed very unpleasant blows.
17:34 And Mark Petrovsky changed the stance, turned to the left.
17:38 Mark Petrovsky needs to act carefully now.
17:45 He does not need to be boasted that Kevin Johnson is tired.
17:51 Petrovsky thought a little, missed and again with the right.
17:56 And he even staggered.
17:58 From here, at least, it seemed to us that Kevin Johnson staggered.
18:02 And so the look of Kevin Johnson faded.
18:06 Oh, oh, oh, and clearly right under the gong.
18:11 A good round for Petrovsky and a bad round for Kevin Johnson.
18:14 A dangerous round.
18:16 I would say very bad.
18:17 Now he scored a lot from the right of Kevin Johnson.
18:22 I think that ...
18:24 By the way, the close-up looks completely different than at the beginning of the fight.
18:31 Kevin Johnson's jaw did not move.
18:34 And these blows in a slow replay are very clearly visible.
18:40 Here Kevin was led, but Mark could not finish.
18:45 But what an experience!
18:46 The experience did not last.
18:49 He still dodged and escaped.
18:52 And this is from the shoulder.
18:54 The main blow was taken by the shoulder, but even this tonnage was enough.
18:59 Already literally during the gong.
19:01 Clear right.
19:04 Well, we must continue.
19:06 The key is found.
19:09 The question is whether the lock will be opened.
19:14 I remember the fight of Mark Petrovsky against Abraham Antabula in Serpukhovo.
19:19 It was in November of last year, where he was chasing his opponent and could not drop him.
19:26 Therefore, he is very tired by the third round.
19:29 But I would like to note the phenomenal progress that Mark Petrovsky has made since that time.
19:40 Less than a year has passed, but this is a completely different fighter.
19:43 And today he is facing a fighter of a completely different caliber.
19:46 And how well and maturely Mark is boxing.
19:49 He is growing, and this is pleasant.
19:53 I must say that Mark caught up with one story.
19:57 When Kevin Johnson bends over, he acts with a short uppercut.
20:05 Look, this is an uppercut.
20:07 Which disorientates Johnson.
20:12 The left eye of Kevin Johnson floats.
20:15 This is the sixth round.
20:18 If there were more rounds, I can't say how it would end.
20:23 I can't know this round.
20:25 But if there were more rounds, we would see a knockout.
20:31 Kevin Johnson would be tired by the eighth round for sure.
20:36 Petrovsky is waiting for Johnson's jab to go right and charge with the right.
20:41 Yes, and Kevin Johnson has already switched to a manner of defending.
20:46 Survival mode, if you call it that.
20:49 I think we can't talk about Johnson's victory.
20:53 And how great it is here.
20:55 Mark exploded.
20:56 He doesn't need to break the distance, he can work more.
20:58 But Mark is probably tired and feels that he is not enough for this fight.
21:04 Very by the way for Kevin Johnson, there are problems with the winding of the glove.
21:08 But Mark also has the opportunity to rest, to recover his breath.
21:12 To finish this fight in time and try to finish this fight in time.
21:19 Well, we need to do sports.
21:21 It's hard for Kevin, frankly, it's hard.
21:24 And even with all his experience, he can't hide it.
21:28 Mark Petrovsky prepares a sweeping blow from the right.
21:34 He presses Johnson with a rope.
21:36 But he's good, he's good.
21:38 He doesn't stand still.
21:39 And great, Mark is already hitting from the right and from the left to choose.
21:43 But cunning Kevin.
21:45 At least a little, but he removes his head and softens these blows.
21:49 It's hard for the American to breathe.
21:55 Already Samaritan.
21:56 Yes.
21:57 It's hard for Kevin Johnson to breathe.
21:59 The last seconds remain.
22:04 And this.
22:05 Yes, you can't yell.
22:06 What are we talking about?
22:07 And this.
22:09 Mark, you can't do that.
22:11 Well.
22:14 They may not forgive.
22:15 Heavy weight.
22:17 You need to keep your concentration until the last second.
22:20 Excellent.
22:21 Great, great fight.
22:23 Great.
22:24 And we say thank you.
22:26 Great.
22:27 What do you say?
22:28 A tight fight.
22:30 A pleasant eye.
22:32 The audience, you hear, reacted favorably.
22:36 Thanks to the fighters.
22:37 I think there is no doubt that Mark won this fight.
22:45 But now we will wait for them to raise their hands.
22:49 Well done.
22:51 Grows.
22:52 And, in fact, some minutes are separated from the donation of the belt to the champion of Russia, to the winner.
23:03 I have the impression that the belt is here, at our commentary table.
23:12 So we say goodbye with applause.
23:15 Let's applaud the fighters.
23:17 First you, then the fighters.
23:19 Let's applaud the belt.
23:20 I'm coming.
23:21 I'm coming.
23:22 I'm staying here for the main thing.
23:26 So, now there will be, perhaps, a formality.
23:31 I think there is no doubt in whose hand will be raised and to whom Nikolay Valuev will put the belt of the champion of Russia.
23:39 No.
23:40 Therefore, we are waiting.
23:42 Gorgeous, gorgeous six tight rounds.
23:46 Kevin Johnson, I think, was the best version of himself today.
23:53 As far as possible, at the age of 43.
23:56 Phenomenal. Phenomenal resilience. Phenomenal experience. Phenomenal intuition.
24:03 A very good fight for Mark Petrovsky and a very useful fight.
24:08 And I think that they will make the right conclusions from the team.
24:12 There was no knockout here, but I think that Mark shouldn't be upset, because, as we said,
24:18 Johnson was not able to drop neither Tyson Currie nor Andy Ruiz.
24:23 These are people who knockouts are made at a super professional level.
24:28 Kevin Johnson is very good in defense.
24:31 We saw him good in places in attack.
24:34 Tight jab.
24:35 And this is such a school of work with the front hand for Mark Petrovsky.
24:40 I think that it was very useful today for our young boxer.
24:46 No doubt, a big star will grow up in heavyweight in Russia.
24:50 Mark Petrovsky. Let's remember this name.
24:53 And Nikolai Valuev. Here he appears, easily swinging the ropes.
24:59 What a meeting! You can describe what is happening.
25:07 Who else should give the belt to the Russian heavyweight champion, if not Valuev?
25:13 Then, ladies and gentlemen, at the end of the title fight, we will turn to the judges' notes.
25:19 The first judge - 57-57, draw.
25:25 The second judge - 60-54, Petrovsky.
25:31 The third judge - 60-54.
25:36 Thus, by the majority of the judges' votes, won and, remaining unknowing of defeat, became the champion of Russia in heavyweight.
25:51 Mark "Siberian" Petrovsky!
25:56 And applause for his opponent, Kevin "Vladimir" Johnson.
26:01 I think it's a strong fight.
26:06 Sergey, a few words to the winner.