Quote Originally Posted by raleights
If he slaughters Johnson it'll look really good for him... I know more than 1 idiot in this country who thinks Johnson is great for knocking out today's version of Roy, of course never mentioning or seeing his 2 horrible fights with Tarver. Don't get me wrong he's good but not great. Hopefully Calzaghe puts on a good show, makes a few ppl think oh wow Johnson beat Roy and he beat Johnson, lets look out for this guy - then get something going with the Tarver/Hopkins winner. Best fight Joe could of made at this point
He beat Tarver in their first fight though. Granted, it wasn't pretty--the guy is more of a workhorse than anything--but nor was it controversial. I agree Johnson's no HOF-er, but he's far more established as quality than Lacy was, for instance.