American boxer who received a Russian passport Kevin Johnson during a conversation with , he named his favorite city in Russia.
Johnson was granted Russian citizenship on January 9 by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 44-year-old boxer received the document in Moscow on January 11.
— Have you thought about inviting one of your relatives from the United States to Russia?
“I’m going to have to decide how I’m going to fully settle in now with a passport.”
— Favorite city in Russia?
“Samara,” Johnson told .
On Thursday, promoter Vladimir Khryunov told that Johnson’s first fight as a Russian citizen would be a February boxing bout against Vyacheslav Datsik.
Source : MatchTV
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