GL: How did everything go in preparation for this fight and what can boxing fans expect from you on Saturday night against Lucian Bute? “A great fight. I’m in wonderful shape, I had a great preparation and a great training camp and I’m excited about this fight. I’m looking forward to coming out a victorious champ.”
GL: It seems that each fight you’ve been in lately is a do or die fight, but I have to ask do you feel you have to win this fight in order to compete at the elite level?
Glen Johnson: “Definitely it’s a do or die situation and a must win. The only thing we’ve worked on is being victorious. There’s no other way about it.”
GL: What mistakes did you make against Froch and do you feel you’ve corrected them coming into this bout?
GJ: “With the Froch fight what went wrong is I got away from my gameplan. We have a wonderful gameplan and it was working for us and kicking ass, then I got too greedy and got away from and started falling into what they expected us to do and that worked against us basically. I was very upset at that fight.”
GL: What are your thoughts on Bute as a fighter?
GJ: “He’s a good fighter, a wonderful fighter and he’s got all of the key things going for him. He’s a southpaw and he uses that to his advantage. I just don’t see how that’s going to work with me.”
GL: Bute does a very good job of walking people into his uppercut, which seems to be a punch he gets an unusual amount of tork on. What are your thoughts on that punch and is that something you’ve been working on throughout training camp?
GJ: “Certainly when you’re getting ready for a fighter you have to look at his strengths and his weaknesses. We know that’s one of his strengths and we are prepared for that. We also know some weaknesses that we’ve worked on and plan on capitalizing on.”
