By Ryan Burton

Light Heavyweight contender Glen "Road Warrior" Johnson speaks to BoxingScene.com about his upcoming fight with Bad Chad Dawson on November 7th.  Johnson (49-12) speaks about the keys to victory, getting a fair shake in Connecticut and the possibility of a trilogy with Dawson in this exclusive interview.

Glen Johnson:  Training camp is beautiful man.  We are having a great camp.  We are about where we want to be.  We are feeling good right now and we are excited about the fight coming up.

BoxingScene.com:  Being that you have fought Dawson before have you made any adjustments to your training camp?

Glen Johnson:  Yeah we have done a few things different but we have also done a lot of things the same way.  We won the first fight so we know we just need to tweak what we did in the first fight a little bit and make a few adjustments and go out there and execute.

BoxingScene.com:  Like you said a lot of people thought you won the first fight.  Being that the second fight is in his backyard do you feel you have to win even more convincingly to come out with a decision victory?

Glen Johnson:  My game is always trying to win convincingly.  I am not going to concern myself too much about the judges and how poorly they can judge a fight.  My job is to win the fight in the ring and hopefully we will have quality judges who know what they are looking at.  Boxing is supposed to be judged by clean and effective punches and also effective aggression and ring generalship.  Those are the things that the judges are supposed to look for.  If these guys dont't know what they are looking for or know what they should look for but don't want to look for it there is nothing I can do about it.  I can only win the fight in the ring.

BoxingScene.com:  Speaking of what judges are or aren't looking for, what did you think of the Dirrell vs. Froch fight?

Glen Johnson:  I thought Dirrell won the fight.  I was surprised to see the scores.  That is just something that happens in boxing until somebody bigger than boxing steps up and does something about it, like one of these politicians or somebody making a law where we have a commissioner like the NFL or NBA.  We need someone that oversees the sport of boxing and holds the judges accountable.  We need to rally and put something like that into place then boxing can be a little bit more respected and everybody is held accountable for what they do.

BoxingScene.com:  I also thought Dirrell won but that being said Dawson is the young champion with the HBO contract who obviously is the one that the executives want to win.  Does that put more pressure on you to look for the knockout?

Glen Johnson:  I know that I need to look for a knockout.  That is my goal but at the same time I don't want to make my whole game plan about getting a knockout.  I am sure I will be looking for a knockout though.

BoxingScene.com:  Have you thought about the adjustments Dawson will make for this fight?

Glen Johnson:  I know he will make some adjustments but I feel like I have seen everything in boxing.  I have seen any kind of gameplan they can put together.  I'm not really worried about it.  I am just concentrating on my gameplan and what I need to do.  I can always react and make adjustments off of whatever they are doing.

BoxingScene.com:  Assuming you come out with the victory does that mean we will probably see a trilogy?

Glen Johnson:  Well sure.  If HBO wants us to fight I am excited about it.  They are the ones who pay the bills so they write the checks and I do what they say.

BoxingScene.com:  Do you have a message for the fans?

Glen Johnson:  Of course I do.  It is a very exciting fight.  Tune in November 7th on HBO.  The fight is in Hartford, Connecticut at the Excel Center.  Come out to it if you can make it.  Don't miss it and I thank all of my fans for supporting me through out the years in the good times and bad.  They are the best fans in the world.

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