Glen Johnson to replace Kessler in tournament

hes shot beyond belief now...and i thought it would never happen but it did....hes aged big time and looks like ****

 

If he's not weight drained to **** he's GOOD!

 

A tournament that gave us Abraham vs. Taylor, Froch vs. Dirrell, Abraham vs. Dirrell, Ward vs. Kessler, Froch vs. Kessler... PLUS upcoming Ward vs. Dirrell and Abraham vs. Froch..

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Never has one division had so many of their top 10 fighting eachother within such a small period of time... NEVER.

 

I actually thought he beat Cloud. I don't see him comfortably making 168 at this point though.

 

I thought super 6 was the best of the best what a joke glen johnson,Green what a joke.

 

I'm not saying he's back to old form at all, I do agree he's lost a step or two, but I still think he would make people fight and make them work hard for a victory.

Who you think would be a better replacement?

 

Oh really? In a similar amount of time:

Bradley vs Peterson
Alexander vs Urango
Alexander vs Kotelnik
Khan vs Kotelnik
Khan vs Malignaggi
Maidana vs Ortiz (I think he was top 10 at the time?)

Go back just a bit further and you have:
Hatton vs Pacquiao
Hatton vs Malignaggi
Maidana vs Kotelnik
Bradley vs Holt


w/ Bradley vs Alexander rumored and Khan vs Maidana on the horizon. No stupid tournament needed.



You really think this has never happened before when it's happening right now?

 

never has so many top 10 contenders fought each other , that complain every chance they get, cry foul, bail out of fights, postpone fights, never conced they just lost...
its a failure because Kessler is out, he is one of the main guys, green being a **** replacemnt for taylor, and bringing in a 41 year old replacement for him....

just do abrahanm vs froch

ward - dirrell

winner fight each other and whoever wins is the tourney champ

 

andrade or stieglitz should be in it.

 

i just dont want to see a guy in there that is gonna be a pretty good work horse and do just enough to lose

my choices

Bute
Dawson
Pascal
Pavlik
Cloud
Sturm

 

good post. no disrespect to Johnson, but he's not someone that has a realistic chance to win this tourney as the quick and slick Dawson made him look pretty ordinary in the second fight and gotta think GJ's gonna look worse at 168 at his age and given the presence of all these prime top 168ers (esp problematic will be dirrell and ward). He may do Ok w/ Green but may even be an underdog there to. So if the guy really isn't a threat to win, why bring him in? It sucks for Green, but he was a late sub anyway and blew his chance to make it appear that he belongs in the tourney. Just go to semi finals especially if there's no one willing and able and a threat to bring in.

 

The names I've highlighted will not join because they have upcoming bouts...Bute has to defend his crown against Jessie Brinkley...Pascal has a bout with Hopkins and I doubt he will turn that down to fight in the Super 6...Pavlik is fighting on the undercard of Pac\Margorcheato...And Dawson is probably gonna wait it out and rematch Pascal....Now I can agree with you Cloud but Sturm??? I honeslty doubt he'll take the opportunity.

Cloud would be the best choice if he could drop down to 168 and be healthy.:good

 

I LOL'ed when I read the headline on the front page.

In the words of Ed Lover, C'mon Son!

And no, this tourney is not a failure yet. There have been setbacks, but if you didn't envision at least one or two, you were being short-sighted. It's such a shame that we have to go thru some of this stuff (postponements, etc...) as boxing fans, but such is the game.

 

what???

can johnson even fight at that weight?

it's been years since he fought anywhere near 168.

 

Fair enough. Here, I'll fix it:
Almost never has one division had so many of their top 10 fighting eachother within such a small period of time... ALMOST NEVER.