How much potential did Kirk Johnson have?

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Seemed like he was doing fairly well until he let his weight problems get the better of him.. Defeated a string of fair to decent opponents.. Looked pretty good in the ring for a while... What do you think?
     
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  2. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    kirk took his money and ran,he got lazy about training i think.he did fix his dads house up and buy him a nice car as i recall.i live about 70 miles from him

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  3. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Titles are won the gym, but he is one of many talents that do not have drive to be champion.
     
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  4. salty trunks

    salty trunks Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Johnson was a good boxer, but he never had the legs or mental fortitude to be a dominate heavyweight. His performance against Ruiz was pretty poor. He got rattled really easy by Ruiz's BS and fell apart. Going into that fight he was so cocky he would defeat Ruiz and got a big surprise on fight night.
     
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  5. Foreman Hook

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    GRADE C = Fringe Contender/Journeyman-Gatekeeper level talent.
     
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  6. Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i agree based on what he did but i think like golota he had the talent/potential for more just didn't know what to do with it
     
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  7. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    Andy "Asylum" Golota had a bloody SHITLOAD MORE TALENT in his little pinky finger, than Kirk Johnson ever had. :nono
     
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  8. Nightcrawler

    Nightcrawler Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no question and not comparing their talent (golota had light years more like you said) but their respective waste of it
     
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  9. salty trunks

    salty trunks Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No he didnt.
     
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  10. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hm, guess Ahab would always have beaten him.
     
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  11. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    Aye ok, i agree with teh concept. :thumbsup
     
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  12. Foreman Hook

    Foreman Hook ☆☆☆ G$ora ☆☆☆ Full Member

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    Kirk "Krispy Creme" Johnson NEVER impressed me. :bart
     
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  13. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good Potential, but not on the level of a Dokes/Page potential.
     
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  14. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    0 always a 0.
     
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  15. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    enough to annoy you and let you down, when the HWs are always waiting for another star or possibilty, Johnson was there... and then he just wasn't and everybody knew HE blew it.

    he did it to himself and of course HW boxing, still annoyed about him, could have been much more!
     
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