By Jason Kim: I figured Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) wouldn’t likely be getting much for his replacement opponent in the Super Six tournament after Mikkel Kessler bowed out of the tourney with an eye problem. However, I at least expected that Green would be facing someone from his own weight class, since the tournament is being pooled from fighters from the super middleweight division.

This is why I find it rather odd that light heavyweight Glen Johnson (50-14-2, 20 KO’s) is being considered as Green’s next opponent. Johnson turned 41 in January, and is coming off a 12 round decision loss to IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud in August. More than that, Johnson looked flabby, old and weak in that fight. After making weight for the fight, Johnson immediately ballooned up to a fat looking 190 and fought poorly.

I would like to have at least someone that is doing well, in in shape, is relatively young and is a fighter from the super middleweight division. Why choose an old guy fat guy that has lost two out of his last three fights? Johnson got totally dominated by Chad Dawson last year in November, and looked horrible in his last fight against Cloud. Whatever the case, Johnson might actually be able to out-point Green by out-working him with slapping punches.

But Johnson is not going to score a knockout, meaning he won’t make it to the semifinals of the Super Six tournament. Johnson will start the Super Six tournament with zero points and will need a knockout, and help from one of the other fighters in the Super Six tournament to make it to the semifinals.

I don’t like Johnson as a replacement opponent, not with him having lost two out of his last three bouts and looking fat as he was. I don’t know how Johnson will be able to strip down to 168. I guess he can drain himself of water weight like he did for the bout with Cloud, but I think it’s going to hurt him big time when he balloons back up to 190 again.

Hopefully, Johnson burns off some of the extra weight in training camp, but I’m not expecting any miracles from him in that regard. He’s getting older and it’s not easy to takeoff weight, I imagine. If Johnson does end up as the replacement for Kessler, then the bout will likely take place on November 6th, on the undercard of the Rafael Marquez vs. Juan Manuel Lopez bout, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN.

The Johnson-Green fight might help make that card a little more interesting, but not by much. I think this is an awful fight. Why didn’t they replace Kessler with a European instead of Johnson, who lives in Miami, Florida. That’s basically adding another American to the Super Six tournament. I know Johnson is from Jamaica originally, but he lives in the United States now. With Johnson added to the Super Six tournament, there are four American based fighters of the six. I think that’s a bad idea. They should have replaced him with a European.