Kevin Johnson looked good stopping Vargas

Nice job for KJ. I thought he looked like a combo of James Toney, Glenn Johnson and Evander Holyfield. Nice job. Good fight. Vargas needs to go back to the drawing board. Another loss like that he may have to hang them up though. Still I appreciate his efforts.

 

He's crap, and I've seen quite a few of his fights. He's sloppy, lazy, and doesn't have a lot of pop.

 

I, too, came away impressed. The powerful appearance of his various punches do belie the paultry knockout numbers in his record. It's a shame that Johnson seemingly needs a higher level of opposition to bring out this side of him, but I'd rather him respond in kind to better fighters than blow out bums and not adjust accordingly when the competition improves.

Vargas had relatively good handspeed and was certainly pressing the action until his ear began to bother him. Nevertheless, Johnson did a good job slipping shots, leaning out of range, or doing enough to make sure his shots weren't landing with full effectiveness. This subtle defensive skill was just as good to see as his welcome display of aggression.

 

No, he can punch properly, and he's crafty... he's just lazy and thus sloppy a lot... he get's hit a lot, and he kind of tries to do that whole roll with the punches/James Toney thing.. but he's not that good at it.

He just comes acrossed as sloppy.

He did look better tonight than he did before, he was more active. He still gave away rounds to Vargas, and he shouldn't have.

 

I thought the left hooks where doing more dammage.

His jab is his best punch though, he should use it more.

So if this is active for him how inactive was he?

 

He did improve, a bit.. he looked better tonight then in the past, but then Vargas wasn't exactly putting up much but workrate, he had no power.

 

Yeah, his left hooks were devastating. Snapped that kids head back more than a couple of times. Along with that jab, those are two good punches in his arsenal. Don't know if he can stay in there with Arreola right now, but a fight or two from now would be ok. Meanwhile, Vargas' management made a big mistake bringing him in on only 9 days notice. Too big a jump up.

 

Pulling straight back with his arms flailing was troubling. And as fun to watch as those bombs were, he was wide open to being countered himself at least five or six times. Not going to the body when Vargas was covering up is another nitpick.

It was strange seeing him go into brawler mode, but less shocking than Spinks a couple weeks back, for obvious reasons. Overall, I liked how comfortable he looked in there though.

Good performance, but I'm not hailing him as a savior or anything. Arreola probably outworks him, and I give him a live chance at beating Chambers.

 

Now Vargas feels like Pavlik did against BHop...too much , too soon.

 

I agree. You assessment is honest and accurate. Too bad other people here are blind.