Hrgovic vs Johnson

Who won Hrgovic vs Johnson?

Filip Hrgovic beat Kevin Johnson by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 8th December 2018 at KC Drazen Petrovic in Zagreb.

The scorecards were announced as 80-71 in favor of winner Filip Hrgovic.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Hrgovic vs Johnson stats

Back in December 2018, Filip Hrgovic stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kevin Johnson made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 11 loses and 1 draw, with 17 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Hrgovic had a massive power advantage over Johnson, boosting at 83% knock out percentage over Johnson's 52%.

Filip Hrgovic was the younger man by 13 years, at 26 years old.

Hrgovic had a height advantage of 3 inches over Johnson. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Filip Hrgovic & Kevin Johnson fought out of an orthodox stance.

Hrgovic was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 39 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 14 year and 7 months later than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 286 less professional rounds, 74 to Johnson's 360.

Filip Hrgovic went into the fight ranked number 10 by the WBA and 14 by the WBO at heavyweight.

Hrgovic vs Johnson form

Hrgovic remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Amir Mansour on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

Previous to that, he had defeated Filiberto Tovar on 9th July 2018 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Postpalast, Bayern, Germany.

Going into that contest, he had beat Sean Turner on 24th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Bayern.

Before that, he had won against Tom Little on 27th January 2018 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia.

He had beat Pavel Sour on 27th October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Sport and Congress Center, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Activity check

Hrgovic's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Johnson's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.5 rounds on average.

What time did Hrgovic vs Johnson start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM UTC at KC Drazen Petrovic, Zagreb, Croatia, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Hrgovic vs Johnson?

Filip Hrgovic was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Kevin Johnson made his way into the ring at 9/1 (+900) with oddsmakers.