Glenn Johnson Discuss!!!

Many of his losses were robbery's due to him fighting in opponents back yards and they don't give world titles out in cereal boxes so yes a touch harsh.

 

Hopkins was his only stoppage loss though (cheers Boxrec!), and he manged to make it to round 11 in that one too.

 

I just seen that there and was surprised. Thought the Road Warrior had packed it in?!?

 

Johnson is like the gatekeeper of gatekeepers!

He always came to fight so was easy to sell for promoters, he would travel, take fights at short notice, was hard to break down and had enough wins over good opposition to make a case for a title challenge if a champion needed an opponent.

Credit to him for his attitude, even at 42 he managed to get down to SMW to fight Froch and when you look at people like Broner turning up 3lbs over weight then going to lunch it shows you he was a good solid professional. He had his moments in boxings and did well with limited skills.

 

Statistics in themselves only tell one story, they need to be analysed to be used correctly. 23% of people will tell you that.

The generally considered finest fighter ever, Ray Robinson, went 34-15 at the end of his career...

 

Just look how many close decisions have gone against GJ, off the top of my head I remember him going life and death with Dawson 1, Woods, even quite recently against Cloud. He only mixes it with very best and in there back yards, if he had all the advantages in his favour I'm sure you could easily cut those losses down to single figures

 

At first glance his record isn't fantastic, but most people who saw him realised he was a very tough, durable and capable operator. And as others have pointed out, he was usually fighting a name, occasionally at short notice, and often in their hometown. Some of those losses were very close, some were not losses at all.

 

Got tickets for this card, chuffed I'm gonna see the Road Warrior

 

What a rush!

 

oh the comedy

 

its a good fight for Groves and a step in the right direction. he is only 24 and only had 15 fights. as long as he keeps moving forward its not a problem.

 

Glen Johnson was a very good fighter, his record is deceptive.

 

You set them up...

 

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that is an example of a boxer pretending to be cute.

when he got real and started grinding. that jab and his punch style looked awkward but was real ****ing effective. and that left hand pinned to his right hand seemed the most bizaar neutral block i have seen at world level boxing.

he was a tank. he plodded but he knew what he was doing. with his banging short left jab then the right hand that was very hard to read and his pretty solid defence

even against bute you could see he actually had a good game plan but it wasnt effective enough. lean to the right let him throw that rigth hook then launch the right hand head down then cover up and move to the right. i think thats why he was shocked at the end when he wasnt given any credit.



good fighter, great career, fought the best and beat the best of 2 generations and is a dangerous fighter at any age...and sadly never got enough decisions.

should of got at least 5 decisions...or atleast have them as draws.