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

[Violent Demise]

why isnt lucian bute involved ?

He's with HBO

And he has a mandatory defense vs Jesse Brinkley

thats shit

Point one is that Green has had an uphill battle this whole tournament. I'm not defending Green here, but when he was scheduled to fight Kessler, no one said anything about the repurcussions of Green winning when a win by Green produced the same result as it does if he fights Johnson. Don't forget he started as a long shot because he came in with one loss already on his record and then he was immediately fed to Ward, the champion of the tournament. That would be tough for any supermiddleweight, let alone the underdog of the tournament. Imagine Froch in that position. How would he fare?

Point two is that Dirrell hasn't had a great tournament either and I don't think I'm alone in saying that I wouldn't be too unhappy if he didn't make it to the next round. Dirrell stunk out the joint worse than Green (versus Ward) when he fought Froch in Nottingham in a very winnable fight for him in my opinion. Froch at least generally has a fun style to watch whereas the same can't be said for Ward and Dirrell still made it horrible viewing. In his next fight, he took a debatable win over Abraham although I tend to believe he wasn't acting, that's besides the point. One loss due to negative fighting and one loss on a DQ - he doesn't have ONE real win. Why does he deserve to make it through? Moreover, he fought Abraham at home. Green won't fight one fight in his backyard wherever that is.

Now with Froch, I generally believe that he should make it to the next round, but if he's knocked out cold by Abraham, I mean I see the point in his elimination. He should have won this match against Kessler. I believe Kessler is/was on the slide. And his win against Dirrell was more due to Dirrell's negative fighting than his winning.

People seem to forget Green was a replacement. He did not have his own terms on contract. All he did was inherit the terms of Jermain Taylor's contract. And according to that contract this fight was set to be Taylor's home fight. It's pretty obvious there not gonna fight in Arkansas without Taylor. But I'm sure they'll work out some kind of arrangements that should be satisfactory to Green. He actually does have a little pull here.