Russian promoter Vladimir Khryunov believes that after the incident with the basketball player Britney Griner The United States, at the governmental level, recommends athletes not to come to Russia.
In the near future, Khryunov will organize the fight between Vyacheslav Datsik and 43-year-old American Kevin Johnson, who will hold his second fight in Moscow. The duel with Datsik is designed for three three-minute rounds.
Greiner was arrested in February last year while trying to illegally import hash oil through Sheremetyevo airport. On August 4, the Khimki City Court sentenced an American woman to 9 years in a penal colony in a drug trafficking case. In December, the athlete was traded for businessman Viktor Bout, who was sentenced in the United States in 2012 to 25 years on multiple counts.
“Recently, I helped Johnson (and spent money on it) to get a US passport. He had a lawsuit in the United States, alimony, but he managed to return his passport, and believe me, it is not an easy task, because there is a decision of the “dark brotherhood” for prevent black Americans from traveling to Russia.
After the story with the basketball player (Brittney Greiner – “”), you won’t notice anyone here. And Kevin Johnson, when he saw our proposal, also received calls. Bob Sapp for this reason did not want to go. He showed me a letter from the US State Department stating that they did not recommend going and could not guarantee safety.
This is when we work. It was difficult to send Kevin’s passport from Germany to our embassy in America, I was paid by a guy whose grandmother lives here in Russia, I gave him the money. But Kevin Johnson is an era, he’s a man who’s seen Tyson Fury, Vitali Klitschko, Anthony Joshua, Khryunov told .
The American boxer started his career in 2003 and has repeatedly been the rival of Vitali Klitschko (2009), Tyson Fury (2012), Derek Chisora (2014), Anthony Joshua (2015), Kubrat Pulev (2017 ), Andy Ruiz (2018). Of these, only Joshua was able to earn a quick victory over Johnson by technical knockout in the second round.
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Source : MatchTV
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