By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) failed miserably in making a good impression in his first Super Six tournament bout last June against World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre Ward, losing the fight by a lopsided 12 round decision. Green, 31, lost every round of the fight and looked worse than terrible. Green is now about to fight ring veteran Glen Johnson (50-14-2, 34 KO’s) in two weeks on November 6th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This is positively the worst opponent that Green could have been given, because Green’s problems in the past has been a lack of concentration and a problem with not throwing enough punches. Johnson isn’t the type of opponent that you want to let your concentration lapse against because he never stops coming for an instant and he seems to never stops throwing punches. This is bad news for a fighter like Green, who tends to look for one big punch to knock his opponents out with.

That kind of thing may have worked earlier in his career, but it clearly didn’t work against Ward. And the way that Green looked in that fight, appearing almost starved, isn’t a good sign going into this fight. Green is going to need to be at his best to beat Johnson. Green isn’t going to be able to stop Johnson with one big punch nor is he going to hurt him and take him out with a simple flurry. That kind of thing will only get Green tired and more susceptible to Johnson’s never ending attacks.

What Green needs to focus on is throwing combinations and constantly moving out of range of Johnson. I don’t expect Green to be able to stand and trade with a fighter like Johnson all night long. That’s something you don’t develop in one fight, so I’m not expecting Green to become a fighter like that. But he does need to throw more punches and move out of the way of Johnson to avoid his big shots. Johnson looked weight drained himself in his last fight against Tavoris Cloud in August, but in Johnson’s case, it didn’t prevent him from throwing a massive amount of shots like he usually does.

What it did to him was take his once formidable power away from him and make him a lot less dangerous. That might be a problem for him in this fight as well, because Johnson will have to come in an even lower weight of 168 instead of his usual 175. However, if Green just stands in front of him all night long, Johnson will beat him on work rate alone.