Why was Glen Johnson passed around like a bum in the super-middleweight division . .

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  1. ELECTRIC GURU

    ELECTRIC GURU Active Member Full Member

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    but looked world class at Middleweight and Light-heavyweight? :think
     
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  2. knockout artist

    knockout artist Boxing Addict banned

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    Evening Guru, hope everything is well pal

    This is a question I was mulling over the other day when looking back on Glen's career. It seems at MW, he went on a 32 fight win streak, but when he moved up to super middleweight his record makes for painful reading, his best win being Allan Green :-(

    I wonder why Glen was such a success when moving up to LHW? After being outboxed by Sven Ottke, Johnson went on to destroy Roy Jones, and then beat Antonio Tarver. Maybe Glen discovered some kind of magic power? Maybe the fighters up at light heavyweight weren't as good as their fanboys would have you believe :think

    What do you think EG?
     
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  3. jeffjoiner

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    Jones was pretty much done, IMO, once Tarver knocked him cold. Not sure how many people on ESB pump up Tarver, but his inactivity tended to underwhelm me.

    Simply put, Johnson was fresher than Jones and more active than Tarver, who he still had close battles against. The division after that, was really weak.
     
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  4. FloydPatterson

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    Lets get straight to the point.

    This content is protected
     
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  5. Arcane

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    There were fighters who saw Johnson as a threat at 168lb.
     
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  6. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Calzaghe W Hopkins :deal
     
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  7. FloydPatterson

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    You were deceived.
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  8. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Are you saying there might be a fighter who wasn't looking for tough fights during his prime and went so far as to publicly state so?

    Who might that be? And did he ever face Johnson?
     
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  9. ELECTRIC GURU

    ELECTRIC GURU Active Member Full Member

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    Evening Champ, it does rather appear that Glen Johnson will be remembered as a pivotal figure in boxing history for historians to evaluate the strength of weight divisions during his boxing era.

    A 32 fight winning streak ended by the legendary Bernard Hopkins at 160

    A traumatic career fighting in the tough as teak 168 division consisting of 5 victories / 8 defeats

    Another 'world class' stint in the 175 division with victories over the era's finest such as Jones, Woods, Tarver, and Dawson (in the mind of any neutral observer).

    It really does make you wonder why Johnson failed to compete with the elite at 168? :think
     
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  10. ELECTRIC GURU

    ELECTRIC GURU Active Member Full Member

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    Look at Frank ******s face :rofl
     
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  11. Juiceboxbiotch

    Juiceboxbiotch Guest

    Because he was old and fought anybody for cheap.

    Y'all think too hard about this ****.
     
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  12. ELECTRIC GURU

    ELECTRIC GURU Active Member Full Member

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    So far your contributions in this Team Elite superthread are a bloody disgrace FP. Either buck your ideas up and discuss the matter in hand or leave the thread for honourable gentleman to debate without your persistent trolling.



    NO TROLLS ALLOWED IN THIS THREAD :nono
     
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  13. REEVO

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    My ****ing arse.. That Hopkins was outworked and couldn't handle the pace then claimed a low blow when things were to hot for him.. You believe what you like fan boy... :lol:
     
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  14. ELECTRIC GURU

    ELECTRIC GURU Active Member Full Member

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    What does that even mean you bloody disgrace :bart

    Stick to something you know about in future . . . . . . . . like sniffing mens bumholes :dead
     
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  15. GlassJawsExist

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    Terrific thread. Johnson always was a journeyman plodder, although he gets credit for travelling and fighting all and sundry. Unlike reluctant Roy.:lol::rofl:patsch
     
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