Glen Johnson Boxing News

By Gari Jones: Photo credit: Casino/Showtime – Despite going the distance it was always going to be tough for Glen Johnson to try and beat the undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute. Glen Johnson (W51, L16, D2, KO 35) who looked every bit his forty two (42) years of age, was [...]

QUEBEC CITY, Canada (Nov. 6, 2011) – Lucian Bute passed the toughest test of his thriving career with a dominant unanimous decision win over Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson to defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight title for the ninth time.

By Dan Ambrose: It what looked a lot like a glorified sparring match, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) easily beat his close personal friend 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-16-2, 35 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night.

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Casino/Showtime – 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) is the underdog tonight in his fight against International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum, in Quebec, Canada in a fight that will be aired on Showtime in the U.S. Johnson isn’t quick [...]

LUCIAN BUTE & GLEN JOHNSON OFFICIAL WEIGHTS IBF Super Middleweight World Championship This Saturday, Nov. 5, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET Lucian Bute: 167.5 pounds Glen Johnson: 166.5 pounds Pier-Olivier Côté: 140 pounds Jorge Luis Teron:139.25 pounds

By Peter Wells: Every fighter claims that fighting away from their homeland does not bother them, but very few fighters can claim that boast more than Jamaican born Glengoffe Johnson.

FRIENDSHIP FORGOTTEN FOR FIGHT “Saturday night is business. Glen Johnson is the toughest opponent I’ve faced.” – Lucian Bute

QUEBEC CITY, CANADA (Nov. 2, 2011) – A sea of media turned out at the popular Quebec sports bar La Cage Aux Sports for a chance to hear from undefeated superstar Lucian Bute and former world champ Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson on Wednesday, just three days before Bute makes the ninth defense of his [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): There is no denying that International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is a very good fighter. Since taking the IBF crown from Alejandro Berrio on October 19, 2007 Lucian has defended it 8 times, wining 7 inside the distance by either KO or TKO. [...]

When International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champ Lucian Bute defends his crown against Road Warrior Glen Johnson on November 6, it could be an “instant classic,” according to Hall of Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein.

New York, NY – (11/1/2011) – Glen Johnson and Allan Green have been longtime friends and sparring partners, and most recently were opponents against one another in 2010, as part of the SHOWTIME Super Six World Boxing Classic. Now, the two will enter into hostile territory together this Saturday night when they travel to Quebec [...]

The relentless Glen Johnson shows his toughness fight in and fight out. As he prepares for his world title matchup against International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute.

Live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2011) – Rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté will take on Jorge Luis Teron in a 12-round co-featured bout on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, live on SHOWTIME® [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) has had things mostly his way for the past three years since first capturing the International Boxing Federation strap in 2008. Bute has dined on the mostly weak opposition that the IBF has ranked in their top 15.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight champion Lucian “Mister KO” Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will continue to work on building his legacy when he takes on the ageless 42 year old former light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) on November 5.

NEW YORK (Oct. 25, 2011) – With a shot at the biggest fight in Super Middleweight history on the line, undefeated superstar and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will make the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior’’ Johnson on Saturday, Nov. [...]

By Jason Kim: During his three years as the IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) has been perceived by a lot of boxing fans as a bitter disappointment due his tendency to face less than dangerous opposition.

By Dan Ambrose: 29-year-old former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) is talking about wanting to take two tune-up fights against what will likely be very soft opposition before facing either the winner of Carl Froch vs. Andre Ward or Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson in 2012.

LUCIAN BUTE VS. GLEN JOHNSON International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Super Middleweight Title Bout November 5th 2011, Colisee Pepsi, Quebec City

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: The new World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight Champion “Bad” Chad Dawson, former Light Heavyweight lineal Champ Glencoffe Johnson, and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Heavyweight Contender Fast Eddie Chambers.

By Eric Thomas: Former IBF/WBA/WBO super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 Ko’s) injured his hand in training, forcing the postponement of his November 5th fight against WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz until early 2012.

By Allen Fox: Next month 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) faces IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Johnson feels he can handle Bute from having sparred with him in the past and gotten the better of the transplanted Romanian.

By Allen Fox: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) looks in fantastic shape with a month to go before his title defense against 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada.

By Dan Ambrose: Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson both think that former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) can beat WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) on October 15th at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

By Allen Fox: 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) will be challenging for the title on November 5th against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 23 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Montreal, Monday, September 26th 2011 – Quebec City`s own Kevin Bizier (15-0-0, 11 KO) will see action at the Pepsi Colisee on Saturday, November 5th. Bizier joins an already stacked line-up headlined by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight showdown between champion Lucian Bute and challenger Glen Johnson, as well as Pier-Olivier Cote vs. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After three years of taking on one soft challenger after another, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will be facing his first halfway decent opponent in 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) on November 5th at the Pepsi Coliseum, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

NEW YORK (Sept. 14, 2011) – SHOWTIME® will televise yet another important super middleweight world championship bout when former world titlist Mikkel Kessler of Denmark returns to the ring to challenge World Boxing Organization (WBO) kingpin Robert Stieglitz of Germany on Saturday, Nov. 5, from renowned PARKEN Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. The WBO championship fight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 23 KO’s) is making a name for himself as a fighter that has failed to live up to expectations that many boxing fans had for him after he captured the International Boxing Federation title in 2008.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will be defending his crown against challenger Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City on November 5. The match against former light heavyweight champion Johnson will be Bute’s 9th title defense and will be aired on Showtime.