CompuBox: Kevin Johnson's Pathetic "Performance"
The editors at CompuBox sent over the fight stats for yesterday's domination in Switzerland, where Vitali Klitschko barely broke a sweat in outpointing Kevin Johnson in a miserable "fight."
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CompuBox Notes: Johnson had no intention on winning- just surviving. Johnson landed five power shots all night!- throwing five per round. Speaking of throwing, Vitali’s 749 thrown jabs is a CompuBox heavyweight record, shattering the previous mark of 600 jabs thrown in a fight by Owen Beck. Lennox Lewis holds the CompuBox heavyweight record for jabs landed in a fight- 213, vs. David Tua.
Full stats for Klitschko-Johnson after the jump.
Total Punches Landed / Thrown
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Jabs Landed / Thrown
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Power Punches Landed / Thrown
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Final PunchStat Report
Punches Landed / Thrown
| Total Punches | Jabs | Power Punches | |
| Klitschko | 298 / 1013 | 157 / 749 | 141 / 264 |
| 29% | 21% | 53% | |
| Johnson | 65 / 332 | 60 / 278 | 5 / 54 |
| 20% | 22% | 9% |
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It’s time people realize that Klit’s fights are often boring because his opponents often are just trying to survive. When his opponents fight back, they get KTFO. One issue helping Johnson was the loose ropes…he would just lean back on them and Klit could not get to his head.
Well they’re also boring because he’s a safety-first fighter and frankly heavyweights just aren’t that thrilling these days period. Most of them aren’t what we’d call pure athletes — more athletic than me, sure. But Vitali’s movements are awkward and stiff at this point, and to most people his punching looks awful. I am loathe to bring up Ali or Tyson since that’s what everyone does, but seriously, they had style. Vitali does not. The “form” or technique that features so heavily in the lower weight divisions is missing from his arsenal. He fights in a very ugly manner. He’s so robotic that it doesn’t look like HE’S throwing with real intent either, though of course he’s so strong he doesn’t have to load up.
I mean, watch the fight with Johnson again — or, for your own sake, don’t, and just remember how it looked. Johnson was pure garbage out there, an embarrassing “performance.” But Klitschko wasn’t exactly eye candy, and hasn’t been in any of his return fights. The best he’s looked was against Sam Peter, because Peter seemed like he wanted to fight, he just couldn’t because Vitali smushed his face in with jabs all night. Arreola seemed like he wanted to fight, but Vitali’s robot dance around the ring, superior knowledge of how to box, and, well, superiority in most every way beat Arreola down. JC Gomez and Johnson had no interest in fighting Klitschko, just cashing in.
But was Klitschko actually EXCITING in any of those fights? Did he ever really intend to be? Nah. He’s tougher than Wladimir (in that he has a better chin), but I think Klitschko “apologists” tend to paint Vitali in a really rosy (or bloody) light 99.9% because of the war with Lennox, which was a tremendous fight, but hardly representative of Vitali’s (or Lennox’s) body of work.
Vitali is a tremendous boxer and I give him all the respect in the world, but it’s not just opponents being afraid to tangle with him (which they are). It’s that he’s unappealing to watch, too, especially for more casual fans, or newer fans who didn’t come to the sport because of the heavyweights, but because of exciting, more fluid and more dynamic fighters in the lower classes.
But either way, he’s a nice guy, great fighter, and I think he’s a credit to boxing. I’m not hating or anything. I think both Klitschkos are neither exciting nor the detriment to the sport that many make them out to be. They are — as the truth usually is — somewhere in between. They’re very good-to-great fighters surrounded by an entire weight class of guys that are either afraid of them or have no chance against them simply because they aren’t good enough or dedicated enough. Their fights are generally going to be unexciting washouts, yet I feel they deserve their respect.
(Probably more than I intended to type at first…)
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by SC on Dec 13, 2009 6:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If Wladimir had Vitali’s chin, he would have been able to adopt a more risk-taking style and he would have been at least somewhat entertaining. Vitali may not be a dynamic athlete by pro athlete standards, but Wladimir’s in that ballpark. But unfortunately for Wlad (and for us), he doesn’t have Vitali’s chin.
BLH…..I agree neither Klit is exciting. We …the fans….want brutal KO’s from HW’s, not just wins. The Klits have a different opinion: a win is a win is a win. One problem is that they are gods in Europe, so they don’t see the need to change their style. They can, and do, make millions of Euros with their styles, and they are taking it all to the bank.
They DO need a serious challenge, and then I think you would see them fight in a more desperate manner, like Vitali did against Lewis. Who is out there to give them that challenge? Let’s hope Haye is the man, personally I don’t see anyone else. Unti then, we have to be happy with the lighter weights.
If David Haye — who is fast, strong and mobile — can’t do it (and I don’t think he can), then there’s nobody.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by SC on Dec 13, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
Johnson has skills, but he is just stinky......
Kevin Johnson is not clueless as to how to box….. His defense is good and slippery….. BUT! He was in over his head against Vitali Klit last night…… Against other fighters in the division, Johnson will appear as a worthy contender……….. Fact is, The “K” brothers are just a cut above everyone else out there……
“Klit-Johnson” in Swissville was NOT as bad as “Byrd-Williamson” in 2005 or “Holyfield-Valubum” of 2008…….. Or even the stinky NBC TV fight from ’83 featuring Larry Holmes and Lucien Rodriguez from Scranton, PA….
I had fun last night and was entertained with the one-sided fight……… GO KLIT!!
MR.BILL
Bill Petersen
MR.BILL
Raleigh, N.C.
KJ wins my 2009 Award for “worse individual perfromance as a boxer.” Man, it was painful to watch.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 13, 2009 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
its a shame
when a boxer just doesn’t want to fight, and then unbelievably trash talks through half of it….just embarassing.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
these stats are a lot worse than jmm-pbf
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Dec 13, 2009 9:09 PM EST reply actions
Yoy watch a fight like this and then watch Minto-Arreola and you have to wonder about what is it we really want to see in there.
"If you sit there and watch a person take about an hour to tie his shoestrings, then you realize that whatever problems you got ain't that significant"
---Vernon Forrest 2006
by The Midnight Rambler on Dec 13, 2009 11:56 PM EST reply actions
"Mayrunner-Marquez" was the '09 PPV rip-off of the year.
I have a copy of “Mayrunner-Marquez” from Sept., but no way in hell was I gonna PPV that bout live for 50 USA dollars……. That fight just smelled bad from the beginning…… Marquez was WAY out of his class at 140+ pounds…….. Mayrunner looked huge compared to Marquez……… YAWN!!!
At least “Klit-Johnson” was regular HBO cable TV….. Yeah, the fight proved to be a snoozer / letdown, but the price was right………
MR.BILL
Bill Petersen
MR.BILL
Raleigh, N.C.
The stats are a little inflated. I don’t think, for instance that Klitschko landed 38 clean punches in round ten. But I was half asleep at that point, so I could be wrong.
It hardly matters anyway. The fight was a total blowout against an skunky, inexperienced challenger. Like MRBILL says, it was free, so I’m not going to harp on it. Vitali is fighting like an old man… because he’s old! Haye likely will wait until Vitali is in a wheelchair before he works out a deal with him. There’s really not a lot of guys out there that I see beating him. As slow and stiff as he looked, he’s legitimately hard to time, and his arm punch counters hurt worse than a lot of guys loaded hooks. You need a truly fearless, hungry sunuvabitch to get in there and be willing to take some pain in order to dish some out. Where is that guy? Don’t see him.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Like MRBILL says, it was free, so I’m not going to harp on it.
Eh, free until that HBO bill comes every month, unless you’re paying it for such great original shows as “Big Love” and endless airings of Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. Fights being “free” doesn’t excuse them being shit, really. I was happier to have paid to see Cotto-Jennings and Pavlik-Rubio than to watch Klitschko-Johnson for free.
Bad Left Hook
"If bulls**t was poetry, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini's name would be Shakespeare." -- Dennis Rappaport
by SC on Dec 14, 2009 8:10 PM EST up reply actions

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