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Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
Disappointing to see that no-one took my bet on the Johnson Woods fight, I coulda been 15 cc's up! It was a tight one, but Clinton edged it, and must be pretty relieved to have won. Anyhow, what about if the Woods RJJ fight comes off, anyone got any picks either way on that one? AS for Johnson, I think that loss against Woods will have dropped him a little in people's estimation, but with Calzaghe changing his mind about 3 fights, and now aiming to equal the 25 defence record, it still leaves Johnson in the mix for one of those defences.
To be honest my estimation of Johnson didn't drop at all following his fight with Woods simply becuase I thought he got robbed.

Woods on the other hand showed he still doesn't have what it takes to beat an elite fighter. He got rocked several times by Johnson whereas Glencoffe was never hurt once.

If the fight had been in the US it would have been a UD for Johnson.

Woods is an ok fighter but even now he loses to Roy Jones, Antonio Tarver etc.

His best bet is to always fight at home where he can rely on the judges to rescue him.
That is the privilege of having an IBF belt around your waist....would you seriously expect him to go to the States to fight an american? I wouldn't risk a belt by going to someone else's back yard, and I don't expect him to either. Be interesting to see who he fights next anyway, hopefully it is Tarver or RJJ.
I completely agree he shouldnt travel, he would lose his belt in no time.

My point was that Woods whislt a decent fighter is not on the same level as Johnson. Johnson has won all three fights in my opinion.

And Johnson is the type of fighter who will travel anywhere and fight anyone. Ranks higher than Woods in my opinion.