Minakov vs. Johnson fight on REN TV's Fight Club ended in a draw

The main fight of the gala show "REN TV Fight Club. Super Series" on Friday, December 13, in which Russian boxer of American origin Kevin Johnson challenged Vitaly Minakov, ended in a draw.

Johnson is a professional boxer, a WBC world title challenger with 36 wins, 22 losses and two draws under his belt. His opponent, Minakov, is a four-time world champion in sport sambo and an honored master of sports, including judo and freestyle wrestling. Minakov competes in MMA and has 23 wins and only two losses under his belt.

The match lasted only four rounds. Toward the end of the second round, Johnson landed a solid punch on his opponent and he staggered, but soon went to return the damage. In the third round, Johnson began to parry Minakov's punches more successfully and keep a longer distance.

In the final round, the fighters held about the same. Kevin Johnson unusually for him misses a lot, but manages to reach Minakov. Vitali comes in at close range and begins to land hard punches on his opponent.

Afterward, the referee ruled it a draw.

Earlier, two-time world boxing champion Sergey Kuzmin won a fight against reigning ABA African champion Solomon Adebayo as part of the gala show "REN TV Fight Club. Super Series," which took place on December 13.

Shortly before that, Russian professional boxer, world championship silver medalist, champion of Russia, honored master of sports within the framework of "REN TV Fight Club. Superseries" Vadim Musaev defeated boxer from Kazakhstan Ray Seitzhanov. The competition was held in Moscow in the sports complex "Megasport".

In a consensual fight master of sports international class, current mandatory challenger for the title of world champion under the WBC version, boxer and kickboxer Alexei Papin in the framework of "Fight Club REN TV. Super Series" sent American boxer Greg Hardy in the heavyweight category to a knockout.