Pulev vs Johnson

Who won Pulev vs Johnson?

Kubrat Pulev beat Kevin Johnson by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Friday, April 28th, 2017, at Arena Armeec, Sofia.

The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 120-108, 120-108 in favor of winner Kubrat Pulev.

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

Pulev vs Johnson stats

Back in April 2017, Kubrat Pulev stepped into the ring with a record of 24 wins, 1 loss, and 0  draws, 13 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Kevin Johnson made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 14 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Pulev had a slight advantage in power over Johnson, with a 54% knockout percentage compared to Johnson's 47%.

Kubrat Pulev was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pulev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Johnson. Despite this, Johnson had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Kubrat Pulev and Kevin Johnson fought out of an orthodox stance.

Pulev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years and 7 months later than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 92 fewer professional rounds, totaling 268 compared to Johnson's 360.

Kubrat Pulev went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, 3 by the WBC, 5 by the WBO, and 2 by the IBF at heavyweight.

Pulev vs Johnson form

Pulev had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Derek Chisora on May 7, 2016, by split decision in their 12 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Prior to that, he had defeated Maurice Harris on December 5, 2015, by knockout in the 1st round at Inselparkhalle, Wilhelmsburg.

Going into that contest, he had beaten George Arias on October 17, 2015, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at DM-Arena, Karlsruhe.

Before that, he had been beaten by Wladimir Klitschko on November 15, 2014, by knockout in the 5th round in their IBF World Heavyweight championship fight at O2 World Arena, Altona.

He had lost to Wladimir Klitschko on November 15, 2014, by knockout in the 5th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight, The Ring Heavyweight and WBO World Heavyweight championship fight at O2 World Arena, Hamburg.

Activity check

Pulev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 13 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

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