Glen ?The Road Warrior? Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KOs) has had anything but a typical boxing career. What makes Johnson unique is his desire to truly fight anyone, at anytime, anywhere. He earned his nickname Road Warrior by fighting anyone available in their home base. Johnson has made a career out of going into someone else?s territory where he takes on a partisan fan base, rival promoters, and everything else that goes along with being the visitor in the sport of boxing. He has fought in Germany, Italy, and nearly every boxing city in America during his career.
He won his first thirty-two fights setting himself up for his first title shot against Bernard Hopkins in 1997, but lost via eleventh round TKO. Johnson lost his next two fights and then had his ups and downs over the next few years losing each time he challenged for a major title.
Johnson would achieve his dream of being a world champion when he defeated Clinton Woods in 2004 to win the IBF Light Heavyweight title. He followed that up with his most well-known victory, knocking out Roy Jones Jr. in the ninth round and then defeated Antonio Tarver. His three wins in 2004 earned him boxing?s fighter of the year award, but Johnson would lose his belts in the rematch with Tarver.
Since then, Johnson has been in some of the best fights each year and has also been on the wrong end of several questionable decisions in another fighter?s hometown. In recent years, he lost a close controversial decision to Chad Dawson and another close decision to Tavoris Cloud. Johnson then was a surprise entry into the Super Six super middleweight tournament, dropping back down to 168lbs. He would knock out Allen Green before dropping a decision to Carl Froch.
Through it all, Johnson has fought hard every time and is never in a bad fight. The native of Jamaica, who came to the United States at fifteen years of age, comes to win and comes to put on an action-packed show for the fans.
Now at forty-two years of age, fueled by a new strength and conditioning program along with an elite nutritionist, Johnson will get another crack at a title when he takes on Lucian Bute for the IBF Super Middleweight belt this Saturday. Once again Johnson, will have to not only fight his opponent but will be the visitor in Quebec where Bute is a mega-star.
