Johnson to face Cloud on April 10
Published:Tuesday | March 2, 2010 | 1:01 PM
Promoters are expected to confirm tomorrow that reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud will defend his title against Jamaican veteran Glen Johnson on April 10.
The bout, Cloud’s first defence of the title, is set to take place at the Bank Atlantic Centre and will be televised as one of two featured fights on HBO’s Championship Boxing.
A press conference tomorrow at Miami’s Fountainbleu Hotel should give details of the card, which is being billed “Fighting for Haiti” as a tribute to Andre Berto, the Haitian World Boxing Council welterweight champion.
Berto will appear against Carlos Quintana in the other headline bout on the card.
The undefeated Cloud won the IBF belt last August with a unanimous 12-round decision over Britain’s Clinton Woods, who has a win, a loss and a draw in three battles with Florida-based Johnson.
The 41-year-old Johnson, a native of Clarendon in central Jamaica, earned a shot at current IBF 175-pound belt with his victory last month over American Yusaf Mack in a title eliminator.