sorry i can't get a good video
but here's the chat
The interviewer turned to Glen Johnson.
Interviewer: Glen, that was a tremendous fight, congratulations, you look better than a lot of 39 year olds out there. What do you think about the young champion? I know he said that you’re the Dean of the Division. Were you impressed by this young fighter?
Glen Johnson: “He’s a good fighter—but not good enough to beat me. Everyone here in the audience saw it and everybody that’s watching HBO, I’m sorry; I mean, Showtime, saw it. I can’t believe at my age, at 39, they would rip me off like this for a young, talented young guy who has the world in his hands in the future. I’m on my last legs, going for my future, trying to pay my bills just like he do, but I work hard and I win the fight and I deserve it. I don’t understand how people find it in their hearts to do what they did to me, time and time again. I love people and I try to put my trust in people and they continue to let me down. The Judges…America needs to protest what’s going on in boxing today. If this is how it has to be for people to be successful…it’s not about boxing and using your skills and win the fight it’s about politics and who you know. It should be abolished!”
Interviewer: All right well, do you want a rematch?
GJ: “Of course I want a rematch (behind Johnson, his corner man says, “They won’t give him a rematch!”) But I shouldn’t have to get a rematch on this side of the fence. I should get a rematch from the side of the winner because that is what I deserve. And he knows and his promoter knows I tell everybody, I tell Showtime that if I win the fight I give him a rematch like that. I’m afraid of nobody. I fight every man in the world. I never duck or hide from anyone. I fight it all off. Look at this? (Showing how flat his glove was after fighting) I fought my heart out and they still have the nerve to rip me off! He (Dawson) should protest it!”
sorry i can't get a good video
but here's the chat
The interviewer turned to Glen Johnson.
Interviewer: Glen, that was a tremendous fight, congratulations, you look better than a lot of 39 year olds out there. What do you think about the young champion? I know he said that you’re the Dean of the Division. Were you impressed by this young fighter?
Glen Johnson: “He’s a good fighter—but not good enough to beat me. Everyone here in the audience saw it and everybody that’s watching HBO, I’m sorry; I mean, Showtime, saw it. I can’t believe at my age, at 39, they would rip me off like this for a young, talented young guy who has the world in his hands in the future. I’m on my last legs, going for my future, trying to pay my bills just like he do, but I work hard and I win the fight and I deserve it. I don’t understand how people find it in their hearts to do what they did to me, time and time again. I love people and I try to put my trust in people and they continue to let me down. The Judges…America needs to protest what’s going on in boxing today. If this is how it has to be for people to be successful…it’s not about boxing and using your skills and win the fight it’s about politics and who you know. It should be abolished!”
Interviewer: All right well, do you want a rematch?
GJ: “Of course I want a rematch (behind Johnson, his corner man says, “They won’t give him a rematch!”) But I shouldn’t have to get a rematch on this side of the fence. I should get a rematch from the side of the winner because that is what I deserve. And he knows and his promoter knows I tell everybody, I tell Showtime that if I win the fight I give him a rematch like that. I’m afraid of nobody. I fight every man in the world. I never duck or hide from anyone. I fight it all off. Look at this? (Showing how flat his glove was after fighting) I fought my heart out and they still have the nerve to rip me off! He (Dawson) should protest it!”
Uhhhh Glen, actually that sounds easy to believe considering what you just said.
Interviewer: Do you think you were able to execute your plan tonight?
Chad Dawson: “Yeah, we wanted to come out and box. I out boxed him and out pointed him and we did that.”
Interviewer: I have to say, this looks like it was the toughest fight of your career. Would you agree with that?
CD: “It definitely was the toughest fight of my career. I give Glen Johnson all the credit in the world. He came out, fought like a true champion. His name is the Road Warrior and he fought like a warrior but I executed my game plan, put rounds in the bank and I came out and I did that.”
Interviewer: Did he hurt you at all? In the third round, you looked like you were stunned.
CD: “Yeah, he’s a strong fighter. He caught me with a few good shots. But like I said, I trained too hard for this fight and you know, I came out victorious in a unanimous decision.”
Interviewer: I think you both fought your butts off tonight. Would you take a rematch?
Chad Dawson: “Like he said, I’m a young, talented fighter, you know, and I’m looking forward…maybe if he went home and watched the fight he’d see that I landed more punches, landed more shots but like I said, I’m looking to fight the best. Glen Johnson was one of the best. I took care of business, its time to move on.”
Interviewer: Are you planning on staying in this weight class or do you think you’ll move down to 168?
CD: No, I’m going to stay at light heavyweight, this is my calling, if there’s no other fights for me at LHW, maybe I’ll go down to 168. I’ll just talk to my promoter Gary Shaw and see what’s on the table next.
Interviewer: So, you’d rather move on to somebody else than to fight Glen Johnson again?
CD: “I mean, like I said, I’m a young guy, I’m looking forward, like he said, I got the whole world in my hands. He fought a great fight. It was a great fight but I executed my game plan, I came out and boxed, I landed more punches, better punches. He’s a great fighter, I take nothing away from him but I did my job.”
Interviewer: We had talked in our fighter meetings about your chin; you were sort of frustrated that people said you have a weak chin. Yet that did seem to be the place where he hurt you tonight.
CD: “He caught me with some good shots. But I didn’t go down, I stood right there. He caught me with some good shots but hey, I stood up to him. I’m there.”
Interviewer: What are you thinking of the fight after yours. Antonio Tarver and Clinton Woods? Predictions?
CD: “I’m going to shower up and then come watch that fight. Predictions, I have a prediction but may the best man win.”
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