Attack on Kazan's Gym

The Attack on Kazan's Gym was an attempt by Punisher to extract information about Nikolai Poloznev from the Russian Mafia.
==Background==
While shutting up his shop late in the evening, Turk Barrett returned to his car and prepared to head home; however, when he checked his mirror, he found that Punisher was sitting in his back seat.
Punisher then explained that he was only interested in finding the Russian Mafia, believing that Barrett could assist him with this as he used to supply Anatoly and Vladimir Ranskahov with guns. Once Punisher clarified that he was specifically looking for Sergei Konchevsky, Barret admitted that he knew who Konchevsky was. When the Punisher told Barret that he wanted to have a meeting with Konchevsky, Barrett then informed Punisher that Konchevsky had worked with Kazan at his gym and it was the place to go, since they would not be carrying guns there. Punisher offered Barret a large sum of money if he would make contact with the Russians, leading them into an agreement.The Punisher: 2.05: One-Eyed Jacks
==Attack==
Turk Barrett followed Punisher's instructions and made his way into Kazan's Gym, where he was kidnapped by a thug after Kazan informed him that somebody had murdered Sergei Konchevsky while he had been in Chicago. While Punisher went back to Dinah Madani's Apartment, he was called up by Barret, whom he had followed going to the gym. With Barrett having been captured by the Russian Mafia, he was forced by Kazan to contact the Punisher, pretending that his meeting with the Russians had gone to plan and that Kazan wanted to get all of the photos and Amy Bendix. Punisher accepted Barret's offer and went down into his shop, despite knowing that he was lying anyway.
While Kazan sent most of his thugs to the shop in order to ambush Punisher, he went to the gym, as predicted that the shop would be the end of him. Kazan questioned if Punisher was the one responsible for killing Konchevsky, but Punisher denied this. When Punisher demanded answers about what had been going on, Kazan instead turned to his thugs and ordered them to subdue him, all without killing him. Ready to beat up Kazan's thugs, Punisher had used skill and speed to avoid the blow of a Russian thug and struck into his kneecap, before grabbing ahold of the thug's jaw and smashing his face onto the floor.
Punisher was then pushed by Vor, but pushed another thug into a barbell before being grabbed by one of Kazan's men. Punisher was punched in the face but escaped from the thug's grasp and attacked them before being trashed against the ground. Looking for something to defend himself with, Punisher attacked Kazan's men with a handle weight and brutally them down. Punisher knocked down by bench and got up to see a thug throwing the bench at him, dodging it before spotting a dumbbell. Punisher began throwing dumbbells at Kazan's men until he was punched in the face.
Running away from a thug, Punisher used barbell to hit the thug in the face and rest on the weights. Punisher then saw the Russian thug with a barbell and tried to use that as a weapon, which Punisher blocked. Punisher used the weight to break another one of Kazan's men's kneecaps and knocked him out with a punch. The Russian thug then ran at Punisher and knocked him off his feet. As Punisher and the Russian regained composure, the two ran at each other and began a furious fight, and the Russian thug gained a clear advantage as Punisher struggled to keep him at bay and free himself.
Once the Russian thug threw Punisher across the room, the two kept on fighting, leading Punisher beaten down to the point of barely being able to stand. The Russian thug picked Punisher up and began furiously hitting his face, until Punisher was able to grab a hold of a weight and used it to strike the thug. As Punisher continued to punch the Russian thug in the face with the weight, he called out to Kazan to talk to him before landing a final blow.
Once the fight was concluded, Kazan told Punisher that he was not the enemy of this situation before being choked with a barbell. Punisher forced Kazan to confess what the photos had to do with them, revealing that they had been paid by Nikolai Poloznev to take the pictures. Punisher took a moment to knock out Kazan with the punch once he had the information he needed. Punisher and Barrett walked away from the gym, as they both claimed that all of their engagement was all part a plan to gain info on the Russian Mafia.
==Aftermath==
Later that night at Kazan's Gym, Kazan and the remaining Russian Mafia members were executed by John Pilgrim who was sent by Anderson and Eliza Schultz.
As Frank Castle rested inside Dinah Madani's Apartment, he gave Amy Bendix the name of the person who paid for the photos, Nikolai Poloznev. Bendix went online to look up Poloznev, and was shocked to discover that he was a former member of the turned wealthy and a powerful industrialist. Intending to go after Poloznev, Castle and Bendix had then packed up their belongings and departed Dinah Madani's apartment.
==References==
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