MOSCOW, Aug 23. Undefeated Russian heavyweight boxer Mark Petrovsky said he sees no point in a rematch with American Kevin Johnson. On August 18, after six rounds, the domestic athlete defeated Johnson by a decision of the majority of judges. Shortly before the fight, the US representative changed his name to Kevin Vladimirovich in honor of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
«I wanted to finish the fight ahead of schedule. And immediately after the fight I was emotional and upset. It was hard to hit Johnson, he fought off all the blows with his shoulder. Therefore «There was no point in charging hard for a blow. I'll say this: it was a lesson for me. Now I reviewed the fight — I seemed to do everything right, listened to the setting of the angle. Only one judge gave a draw … I don't know why,» Petrovsky said.
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"What's the point of a rematch? Johnson and I talked and exchanged contacts after the fight. If he lives in Russia, then I would like to spar with him. He definitely has a lot to learn. Johnson went through such a boxing school of life. I just live for as many years as he is in professional boxing. I would be happy to spar… Only that these were not hard sparring, but rather tactical studies. This is a representative of the American boxing school: he has a couple of tricks that can be adopted. In general, I think we will work together again,” the boxer added.
Note that on August 26 in Serpukhov Petrovsky will meet with the silver medalist of the 2019 World Championship, participant of the 2020 Olympics Julio Castillo from Ecuador.