Older Canadian boxers that have disappeared

**Violent Demise** · 10-10-2009 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by jdonaher1

Kirk Johnson was supposed to fight Lennox Lewis but was injuried just a few weeks before the fight. Vitali Klitshcko was fighting on the undercard and agreed to step in on short notice to fight Lewis.

Kirk Johnson was involved in a dispute with the Halifax police department and woundup winning a judgement against them for $1mil+ and hasn't fought since.

I always thought he could have been good enough to win a alphabet strap but his stock dropped after he outboxed Ruiz only to be QD'd for about 256 lowblows.

Johnson became a laughingstock when he came in fat and out of shape and just rolled over for Vitali Klitschko

**Nameless** · 10-12-2009 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Originally Posted by jdonaher1

Kirk Johnson was supposed to fight Lennox Lewis but was injuried just a few weeks before the fight. Vitali Klitshcko was fighting on the undercard and agreed to step in on short notice to fight Lewis.

Kirk Johnson was involved in a dispute with the Halifax police department and woundup winning a judgement against them for $1mil+ and hasn't fought since.

I always thought he could have been good enough to win a alphabet strap but his stock dropped after he outboxed Ruiz only to be QD'd for about 256 lowblows.

Johnson became a laughingstock when he came in fat and out of shape and just rolled over for Vitali Klitschko

Yeah, he just didn't have the fire anymore I think, he still had the talent to do something very decent though and I much respect a guy for stepping down when he doesn't feel it anymore rather than seeing him to the downfall or simply making a fool of himself because he's just huge like a mammoth and out of shape.