As bizarre as it sounds, it's on Dan Rafael's Twitter as "likely". Didn't he enter the ring at 192 for his fight with Cloud?
Stop it. Stop this utter nonsense. Pay DiBella his ****ing fee and go straight to the SFs. His main guy fell out and his replacement disgraced the whole thing with a non-existent performance, kick Green's ass outta there already. Sorry, but Johnson doesn't even deserve to be in there while Bika would if he hadn't been DQd recently. Now what if either of these guys scored a KO? Glen/Bika is in the SFs and let's say Dirrell is not?
Johnson will get hurt if he manages to make 168lbs. Age is against him & its probably not become a struggle to make 175lbs, let alone shift another seven lbs.
It doesn't surprise me that Johnson is willing to enter, even at this late stage - he's never been known to shirk a challenge. As everyone has said though, he looked as though he really struggled to make 175 last time out - I don't really want to see an emaciated fighter getting pounded on because he's so weak. Green staying in this tournament is the worst thing that's happened to it - worse than the cancellations, controversies etc. Instead of a simple semi-final format, we have to go through all this. If Green or his opponent, whomever that may be, manage to score a ko and qualify ahead of Dirrell, Froch or Abraham, it would be a travesty.
He is still a little bit green, and I think the weight drop wouldn't do him good, especially not against the more seasoned fighters like fast Ward, Dirrell and the hard hitting AA and Froch. He struggled against a declining Johnson... He need more exp IMO
I've got to admire Johnson's attitude. He has to know making '68 is going to hell, let alone making it and fighting a younger, faster opponent the next night. Being the old pro that he is, I imagine that he's got a plan on how to make the weight without damaging himself too severely. He's got himself a ticket to the big dance, at his age that is really something. I thought he looked more than a bit shaky at times with Cloud, I really hope he doesn't embarrass himself.
I think Dawson is a great idea. I wonder if his supposed managerial issues is the problem? He has said he can make 168 repeatedly I believe?
how about being realistic? they're HBO so that won't happen. This can't happen. I would hate to see Glen lose to an inferior fighter because he's weight drained.