For the first three rounds, I wondered what Kevin Johnson 22-1-1 (9) was doing. Then, with Vitali Klitschko 39-2 (37) clearly in distress, tired, having shoulder problems, and starting to bust up, I figured that Johnson had things figured out. By the 9th round, where Vitali could see the opposite shore within reach, I went back to wondering what Johnson was doing. Obviously Johnson had no intention of putting forth a winning effort and lost a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision. Two judges scored the fight 120-108 and the saw it 119-109 (I had it 120-108 Klitschko).

It has been an eventful year for promoter Lou DiBella, the man whose conscience forced him to promotionally disassociate himself from super middleweight Jermain Taylor, the longtime star of his stable who was brutally knocked out in the final round of bouts against Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham.