Kessler against Johnson in US

[Bomp]

It's a fight that makes sense between two guys struggling to find suitable opponents. Would be a war as well. At 170 I'd favour Kess.

[Fenster]

Yes.. good fight for Kessler. Johnson is certainly a big enough name for the hardcores.

Even though Kessler will win a clear-ish points decision expect a hundred "Johnson was robbed" threads.

[Rantcatrat]

Yes.. good fight for Kessler. Johnson is certainly a big enough name for the hardcores.

Even though Kessler will win a clear-ish points decision expect a hundred "Johnson was robbed" threads.

You must have thought Dawson clearly beat Johnson?

I thought Johnson was going to fight Diaconu. Anyway, good fight for Kessler and the kind of fight he needs to break into the US. If he looks good beating Johnson, when Dawson looked poorly doing so, Kessler will deserve credit.

[Fenster]

Yes.. good fight for Kessler. Johnson is certainly a big enough name for the hardcores.

Even though Kessler will win a clear-ish points decision expect a hundred "Johnson was robbed" threads.

You must have thought Dawson clearly beat Johnson?

I thought Johnson was going to fight Diaconu. Anyway, good fight for Kessler and the kind of fight he needs to break into the US. If he looks good beating Johnson, when Dawson looked poorly doing so, Kessler will deserve credit.

No it was a close fight.

But every fight Johnson has ever lost has been a robbery

He can't lose CLOSE fights you see.

[killersheep]

Yes.. good fight for Kessler. Johnson is certainly a big enough name for the hardcores.

Even though Kessler will win a clear-ish points decision expect a hundred "Johnson was robbed" threads.

You must have thought Dawson clearly beat Johnson?

I thought Johnson was going to fight Diaconu. Anyway, good fight for Kessler and the kind of fight he needs to break into the US. If he looks good beating Johnson, when Dawson looked poorly doing so, Kessler will deserve credit.

No it was a close fight.

But every fight Johnson has ever lost has been a robbery

He can't lose CLOSE fights you see.

Amen to that Aside from his loss to Hopkins everyone of his losses have been close at least. It does show he can be competitive with just about anyone.

[JonnyFolds]

I think Johnson will win this fight. Calzaghe gave him angles he couldn't measure, and I expect Johnson to do the same thing. This one is going the distance.

Good luck in looking for an "old" Johnson showing up. He did his best work in the later rounds against Dawson. He may have lost that fight, but not by that wide a margin.

What a warrior he is!

[Fenster]

You must have thought Dawson clearly beat Johnson?

I thought Johnson was going to fight Diaconu. Anyway, good fight for Kessler and the kind of fight he needs to break into the US. If he looks good beating Johnson, when Dawson looked poorly doing so, Kessler will deserve credit.

No it was a close fight.

But every fight Johnson has ever lost has been a robbery

He can't lose CLOSE fights you see.

Amen to that Aside from his loss to Hopkins everyone of his losses have been close at least. It does show he can be competitive with just about anyone.

Yeah i agree.. he will give anyone a tough, competitive fight. But the problem with Johnson is that he never dominates anyone - hence close fights.

He is good, not exceptional. The type of fighter it's fashionable for a hardcore to like.

[killersheep]

No it was a close fight.

But every fight Johnson has ever lost has been a robbery

He can't lose CLOSE fights you see.

Amen to that Aside from his loss to Hopkins everyone of his losses have been close at least. It does show he can be competitive with just about anyone.

Yeah i agree.. he will give anyone a tough, competitive fight. But the problem with Johnson is that he never dominates anyone - hence close fights.

He is good, not exceptional. The type of fighter it's fashionable for a hardcore to like.

I think it's the fact that he is really good at everything but he doesn't have that one thing he is phenomenal at like the fundamentals of Kessler, the speed of Calzaghe and Dawson, the mastery of how to fight dirty like Hopkins, the strength of Mendoza. Furthermore I think if he was quicker to adapt to those things he would have clear victories. I will admit he is one of my favorite fighters, strictly for the fact that he fights anyone and everyone and once the bell rings he is there to fight not just pick up a paycheck, can't really ask for anything else from a fighter IMO.