WTF? Is this some sort of joke? Glen Johnson replacing Kessler in the super six?

@danrafaelespn - So you want to know who's LIKELY to replace Mikkel Kessler in Super Six & face Allan Green? Well you're in the right place. Glen Johnson

Please this event is turning into a farce, can Johnson even make 168? What a joke, the bigger joke is I would actually fancy him to do a number on Green ;D, Showtime should of just guaranteed Green two or three dates on the network leading to a big fight or something similar, and had the other two as semis.

I just read this myself, and i couldn't believe it. First off i thought they would just eliminate Green all together, then to find out that there would be a replacement and to hear it may be Glen Johnson. I just see him having trouble making weight. My suprise is not that i don't think he can fight, it's more of a weight issue, i think he KO's Green.

I am all for Johnson getting big fights, he deserves it. I am just concerned about him coming in weight drained, at his age that could be disaterous. Of course I will be rooting for Glen, Alan Green just annoys me with his excuses all the time. Wasnt he blabbing about having to go up in weight right after losing the Ward fight? I dont know how he has trouble with weight being a vegan and all. Personally I think thats why he doesnt have great energy in fights, he always seems sluggish late.

I would never have guessed that Johnson would be in the running. Likewise, you struggle to see him making SMW at his age and having been at the heavier weight for so long.

Bit odd if true.

This is a Super Middelweight tournament. Not Light Heavyweight. Johnson ain't made 168 in 10 muthafukkin years. I doubt he can make it. I doubt this fight happens

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Originally Posted by Violent Demise

This is a Super Middelweight tournament. Not Light Heavyweight. Johnson ain't made 168 in 10 muthafukkin years. I doubt he can make it. I doubt this fight happens

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Exactly. What a crock of shit.

Johnson, if he makes it, is going to drag his old ass into the ring so fucking weight-drained that he won't be able to hang with Allan fucking Green. He'll get KO'd within 6 rounds.

It would be a fucking ludicrous situation if Green somehow made it into the semi-finals instead of Froch or Dirrell because of this.

The ultimate irony for seen everything "Road warrior". He's being brought in for his name and visability....and I dont think it comes off unless they do a bullshitz catch weight. Frankly....he does deserve it more than Green who's 15 minutes off last 'effort' is running 14 too long for me.

This is just a money maker for the organisers. If they just skipped straight to the semis they would lose out on money that the next 2 fights would generate. It is just boxing politics winning over common sense again. And to think how excited by this tournament most of us were in the beginning???

As for Johnson, I think he probably could make weight if he does it gradually enough, he's not a huge LHW really, then again he's very old by boxing terms but I'd still bet on him battering Green even if he is weight drained!

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Originally Posted by rjj tszyu

This is just a money maker for the organisers. If they just skipped straight to the semis they would lose out on money that the next 2 fights would generate. It is just boxing politics winning over common sense again. And to think how excited by this tournament most of us were in the beginning???

As for Johnson, I think he probably could make weight if he does it gradually enough, he's not a huge LHW really, then again he's very old by boxing terms but I'd still bet on him battering Green even if he is weight drained!

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Actually I think Show Time would love to say "fuck you Green" and just go on to the next round. But they can't. The signed contracts they used against Ward and Dirrell would without a doubt be used against them. Green despite being a replacement, coming off a loss and just plainly being unworthy is technically still alive. The four guys most likely to move forward are Ward, Dirrell, Froch and Abraham, anyway, but Green does have a shot. If Ward beats Dirrell and Green scores a knockout win against someone, Green will move on and Dirrell will be out. It makes sense from Green's perspective to stay in and go for a knockout against a replacement opponent, because there's big money waiting in the semifinals and finals.

Oh shit and that's completely possible! I mean if he gets Bika, and he KO's Bika, he has more points then the guy who fought Froch, Abraham and Ward :o That's nuts. Crazy to think about.

Shame it has ended like this... wouldn't supprise me if Robin Reid ends up winning the whole thing :-X

A very good idea turning out damn wrong in the end, that is.

I would have figured that Edison Miranda, Saiko Bika, and maybe Peter Quillin should have been asked to join up

why isnt lucian bute involved ?

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Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

why isnt lucian bute involved ?

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He's with HBO