Despite its unexpected nature the sport of boxing still has its share of consistencies like anything else in life. There are certain things that we expect from the pugilists in the sport given their abilities and the simple rules of the land. For example, logic says that a 41-year old, seventeen-year fight veteran with fourteen losses to his name shouldn?t be considered as much of a contender in any division but obviously Glen ?The Road Warrior? Johnson doesn?t fit the description of your ordinary prizefighter.
Johnson is scheduled to face off with Tulsa, Oklahoma?s Allan ?Sweetness? Green this Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of Showtime?s Super Six tournament. Despite Green?s uninspiring effort last June against Andre Ward in which he was blanked over twelve rounds it is still an interesting fight on paper and a look back at Johnson?s career serves as proof as to why we shouldn?t be surprised if he emerges victorious this weekend.
Johnson turned professional in February of 1993 and won his first thirty two bouts before being outclassed and stopped by the great Bernard Hopkins in Indio, California in the summer of 97?. Johnson?s career would become checkered after that, as he lost eight of his next fourteen bouts, and he was looked at as a journeyman by some. But little we know that the best of Glen Johnson was yet to come.
It turns out that the Jamaican born Miami resident was a late bloomer and a tireless pupil of the sport, a few key reasons as to the tremendous longevity he has shown throughout his career. Always one to face an opponent in his backyard, Johnson picked up his ?Road Warrior? nickname after traveling to such locales as the United Kingdom, Germany, Aruba, and all over America, often as the proverbial ?opponent?. He got his first taste of a world title in February of 2004 when he won a tough decision over hard-headed Yorkshire native Clinton Woods and was soon set to break out.
In September of 2004 Johnson was selected as the opponent for a come backing Roy Jones Jr., who had been knocked out just m
