By Keith Terceira
Heavyweight Kevin “King Pin” Johnson (20-0-1, 7KOs) is putting money on the table - for everyone. During a recent appearance on the Talkin’ Boxing radio show on Wednesday, Johnson continued to call out David Haye (21-1, 20KOs) dispite the fact that Haye may have moved on to other opponents for his November bout in England.
During the fifteen minute discussion with co-host Bill Calogero, Johnson informed the world;
“I’ll offer 10% of my purse to anyone that can convince David Haye to step in the ring with me, anyone! If someone can get Haye in the ring with me and sends me a contract I’ll have it signed and back to them within five hours,” Johnson said.
Johnson fresh off his knockout of Bruce Seldon was more than prepared to fight Haye last week so much so that he went immediately into training camp mode.
“Last weekend the fight was a done deal, so I turned off my cell phone and shut down my computer. I went into the same zone that I do for training camp, no phone, no internet, no distractions.. I wasn’t available to see everything that was going on online.” Johnson explained still irritated over the whole issue but seemed to hold out hope that he could convince Haye or someone could at least.
“I want to fight him for the win the money was never an issue, as long as he doesn’t disrespect me with the offer I’ll fight him tomorrow. I never went back and said I wanted more money. I was ready to go, he must have watched my fight with Seldon then pulled the offer.”
The full interview with Kevin Johnson will be available tomorrow morning by podcast on talkinboxing.com or can be listened to live at radio affiliates WHTK 1280 am in Rochester, NY 6-7 am, and WBIX AM 1060 in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday from 5-7 pm.
Keith Terceira is a long time BoxingScene staff member, UBC North American and Ratings Chairman, and the Co-Host of the TalkinBoxing with Billy C radio show. Comments can be sent to Keith@talkinboxing.com .
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