Glen Johnson - In 68 Fights He's NEVER been Ko'ed only once been Down(questionable)

Its been a long time since I saw that fight but Glencoffe was shipping punishment in there no doubt

 

ah ok doesnt look like he was gonna go out but seems quite beaten up

great to see bhop with that workrate

 

Bute won't stop him, it will looks more like Dawson-Johnson II. More like 9 rounds to 3 for Bute. But if Lucian KO Johnson, i'll be impressed.

 

Johnson would be a good win for Bute. Bute just got done with a 4 fight stretch of beating Jean Paul Mendy, Brian Mcgee, Jesse Brinkley, and Edison Miranda. Glen Johnson is definitely of a higher quality than all 4 of those fighters(and Johnson was a much bigger win for Froch than AA in my opinion). It would be a good win, no question about it.

HOWEVER, and I said this with Froch as well (so don't tell me "oh well months later if Bute beats him he's an old finished fart), it would be a good win but it would be a fight he is supposed to win. That shouldn't detract from the win as much as put a ceiling on its value. It's not a toss up fight like say...Bute vs. Ward. It's a fight between a young star champion and an old veteran challenger.

IF Bute knocks Johnson out, it would be HUGE. I guarantee ESB would hype him out of the world if he KO'd Johnson (remember Devon Alexander vs Juan Urango).

Also, plenty of people were reluctant to have Johnson in the super 6. Why were they reluctant? Because he was 41 or 42 at the time and going down to a weight that he hadn't fought at in about a decade. The worry of course would be that he wasn't as effective at 168 as he was at 175. He IS alright especially for Bute as he has much more ability than the last several fighters Bute has faced.

Finally, I may be mistaken, but I believe Bute was invited to the Super 6(along with Kelly Pavlik)? I thought they both didn't go because they were fighting on HBO at the time?

 

This website is so anti-Bute it's unbelievable.

 

Ah, thank you. I guess Pavlik was the one who was invited but turned it down because he was an HBO fighter.

 

I don't know. Bika vs Abraham might go to Sakio.

 

Johnson is as tough and grizzled as they come. Still, not an easy night for anyone.

 

Fair post.

 

Yeh, BeastSideBoxing corrected me on it. For some reason I thought he and Pavlik were invited.

 

Abraham is not on a higher level than Bika, Andrade and even Magee. If something, he's under those 3. His performances in the super 6 were very bad. I don't use the word often because haters use it all the time but Abraham was overhyped and was exposed.

He is not an excellent win on the resume of any of the 3 to have beaten him, as Johnson would be a good but not excellent win for Bute. Johnson is better than Abraham though.