Glen Johnson has doubts whether Mayweather can beat Ortiz

By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Glen Johnson isn’t sure whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s has enough left in the tank at this point in his career to beat WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) on September 17th. Johnson points specifically to Mayweather’s recent fight against a shot Shane Mosley.

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Glen Johnson: Bute’s promoters are protecting him

Image: Glen Johnson: Bute's promoters are protecting himBy Jason Kim: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) thinks the recent low offer made to him by the team of IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) has more to do with his management wanting to protect him from threats that could potentially beat him than it is as a sign that Johnson’s not worth it.

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Bute targeting Quillin, Dirrell, Johnson and Pirog for his next fight

Image: Bute targeting Quillin, Dirrell, Johnson and Pirog for his next fightBy Dan Ambrose: Having just lost a potential fight against former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for his next fight, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute is targeting some more middleweights and is looking at trying to land a fight against Peter Quillin or Dmitriy Pirog. The chances aren’t good at getting Quillin to take the fight, because he’s now fighting at middleweight and probably wouldn’t want to move back up in weight to face the dangerous Bute.

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