By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson (47-11-2, 32 KOs) will be challenging undefeated WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson this Saturday on the undercard of the IBF light heavyweight bout between champion Clinton Woods and former champion Antonio Tarver at the St. Peter Times Forum, in Tampa, Florida. Johnson, now 39, is four years removed from winning the IBF light heayvweight title against Clinton Woods in February 2004, a title that Johnson subsequently turned around and lost a year later to Antonio Tarver in June 2005.
The high point of Johnson’s 15-year career arguably would have to be his 9th round KO of Roy Jones Jr., who Johnson knocked cold in September 2004 bout. Johnson, a heavy slugger with a relentless style of fighting, has shown himself to be vulnerable to fighters with superb boxing skills, such as Tarver, Woods and Julio Cesar Gonzalez, all of whom beat Johnson by unanimous decisions. Johnson rebounded from his 12-round split decision loss to Woods in September 2006, and has since won three consecuitive fights, most notably his 11th round TKO of Montell Griffin in the IBF title eliminator bout in May 2007.
By Nate Anderson: Canadian middleweight contender Sebastien Demers (24-1, 9 KOs) gave American Matt Vanda (37-6, 21 KOs) a boxing lesson in the process of beating him by 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Aside from Vanda rocking the weak-chinned Demers every so often in the fight, Demers had an easy time beating the shorter, more limited Vanda. Demers, though not a fighter with the best of chins, has quite excellent boxing skills. Before this fight, I’d only see him in against Arthur Abraham, who never gave him a chance by stopping him early in the 3rd round. 
By Chet Mills: Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Aaron Williams (17-0-1, 12 KOs) recorded another sensational stoppage on Friday night as he TKO’d former heavyweight knockout artist Andre Purlette (40-3, 35 KOs) in the second round at the Twin River Event Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Williams, 21, was under heavy fire from the hard-punching Purlette in the second round, when he suddenly erupted with three powerful short right hand shots that first hurt and then dropped Purlette to the canvas. 
By Chet Mills: Once beaten heavyweight prospect Jason Estrada (12-1, 2 KOs) earned a dull 10-round unanimous decision over journeyman fighter Lance Whitaker (32-5-1, 27 KOs) on Friday night at the Twin River Event Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Estrada, 27, a former thee-time U.S. amateur super heavyweight champion from 2001-2004, as well as a super heavyweight for U.S. in the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, outclassed a badly weight-drained Whitaker, 35, who came into the fight at 239 lbs, a total of around 40-45 lbs away from his optimal weight of the mid 270s. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated super featherweight prospect Argenis Mendez (11-0, 8 KOs) had a much tougher than expected time in the process of defeating the tough Mexican Oscar De La Cruz (5-5, 2 KOs) by fifth round TKO on Friday night at the Aviator Sports Arena, in Brooklyn, New York. 
By Nate Anderson: EBU (European) lightweight champion Yuri Romanov (21-2, 14 KOs) sliced up a game but limited Jon Thaxton (33-8, 18 KOs), defeating him by a 6th round TKO when Thaxton’s corner stopped the fight due to a severe cut over his right eye on Friday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London. Thaxton, 33, didn’t have his BBCofC British lightweight title on the line, and it lucky for him, because he was never in this fight. Thaxton made it mildly interesting in the first three rounds of the fight, exchanging fiercely with Romanov. However, Thaxton suffered a bad cut over his right eye, a result of a hard right hand from Romanov, and from then on it was only a matter of time before the referee stopped the fight. 
By Aaron Klein: Undefeated light welterweight prospect Lee Purdy (7-0, 3 KOs) made short work of Jamie Spence (4-2, 2 KOs), on Friday night, winning by a 1st round TKO of a six round scheduled bout at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Purdy, a fighter with very heavy hands, was coming into this fight having knocked out his last opponent Craig Dyer in 107 seconds of the 1st round, showing Purdy’s enormous power. Spence, unfortunately for him, didn’t last much longer as Purdy immediately tore into him as soon as the fight started.