THE ART OF SURVIVAL

@BigDaddyBunce

Voice of boxing

JORDAN GRANNUM once had a conversation with me during a four-round fight. He lost, we talked. No sweat for the brand new centurion.

And, yes, he could have been a contender.

The big American, Kevin Johnson, was once a contender and will, hopefully, never get to 100 fights. He is stuck at 54 now and is perhaps the greatest modern and traditional journeyman.

Grannum and Johnson are two very different boxing beasts, both under threat and both at the core of our business.

There was a Saturday night in Leicester in 2019 when Johnson delivered his long-forgotten and neglected trade. Big Kev had been testing fighters in a dozen countries during