Glen Johnson: "Joe Calzaghe Was Scared. He Backed Out Of 3 Fights"

[NakiFan]

I think Calzaghe would have outboxed him as long as he could avoid getting nailed by a big right hand, but I don't believe you can say he fought more valuable opponents (unless you mean monetarily). I don't think Lacy or Kessler were better opponents than Johnson. And since both Hopkins and Jones were both past their primes, I don't think they were better opponents at the time.

Lacy was an unbeaten world champ at the time, and Kessler is better for Joes legacy than Johnson would of been

[Spray_resistant]

If Johnson is overrated, then what does that make Chad Dawson since he barely got past the old version of him? Glen is a good fighter who never gets his dues from a fraction of boxing fans and almost all the judges.

Chad has nothing to do with anything and you will see how badly Glen is beaten by him soon.....you act like Chad gets praised on here all of the time, he maybe one of the most underrated champions in the world......Like I said,Glen is a good, tough, "working man's" fighter but the notion of him beating Joe C is a joke. Glen's style is like a slow version of Joe it would be like Joe at 100% losing to a version of himself with the flu.

[NakiFan]

Don't be surprised if Johnson sparks Dawson.

Dawsons chrome dome was lit up by Johnson all night long!

[Ray*]

I don't even remember reading anything about a Calzaghe/Woods fight even being negotiated. I know that Calzaghe said he wanted to fight him but, I don't think they ever began serious negotiations.

They did negotiate for the woods fight but they fought over everything from money to ring size. Frank warren is a very difficult promoter to deal with and unless the money and his fighters chances are greater than his opponents he would never risk them in any fight.

[keepthemhandsup]

They did negotiate for the woods fight but they fought over everything from money to ring size. Frank warren is a very difficult promoter to deal with and unless the money and his fighters chances are greater than his opponents he would never risk them in any fight.

wit that statement i wonder if warren is the main cause for joe staying in britian for so long

[Dirk Diggler UK]

How do you know? I read, ON THIS SITE, that Calzaghe wanted Johnson to come down to 168 and Johnson said he couldn't make that weight. That was long after the Johnson/Jones fight and before Calzaghe moved up to 175 to fight Hopkins. The information may be wrong, but then again, it could be accurate.

Probably wrong then, I never heard anything like that.

[BoxCleva]

Lacy was an unbeaten world champ at the time, and Kessler is better for Joes legacy than Johnson would of been

Kessler is a great name to have on his record but I think Johnson would have been a highly respectable opponent. It's a strange situation because after Calzaghe pulled out of the fight, Johnson went on to beat Roy Jones and Antonio Tarver who were very significant victories, maybe each more significant than fighting Calzaghe would have been at the time.

[big_james10]

Lacy was an unbeaten world champ at the time, and Kessler is better for Joes legacy than Johnson would of been

Lacy was exposed as being overrated in the Calzaghe fight. I knew Lacy was overrated before the Calzaghe fight, but I thought he would beat Calzaghe because, quite frankly, I never thought much of Calzaghe. Lacy has gone steadily downhill since the Calzaghe loss, proving my point. You are right. Kessler is better for Calzaghe's legacy, but Johnson is a much better fighter than Kessler and there is a good chance that Johnson would have ko'd Calzaghe. I think that is one of the reasons Calzaghe avoided the fight.

[big_james10]

Probably wrong then, I never heard anything like that.

I guess since **** Diggler never heard anything about it, it must not be true because **** is the expert on all things boxing!!"peeleft:

[big_james10]

Frank Warren did a great job of protecting his fighters. He protected Hatton for 35 fights. Unfortunately for them(Ricky Hatton for example), once the protection ended, they got exposed. If Warren had any inkling that Amir Khan would get KO'd by the guy who knocked him out in the first round, he never would have put him in the ring with him. He did a great job of protecting Calzaghe and, fortunately for Calzaghe, 168 was a weak division during the time he fought in it. If Calzaghe had fought at 160 or 175 during the main part of his career, he would have been beaten routinely by quality fighters.