Lopez-Marquez, Johnson-Green on weight for Saturday
by Scott Christ on Nov 5, 2010 7:52 PM EDT
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All four of the TV fighters for Saturday night's Showtime event at the MGM Grand were on weight today at the official weigh-ins.
Featherweight main eventers Juan Manuel Lopez and Rafael Marquez both weighed in at 125½ pounds. In the Super Six co-feature, Glen Johnson (seen below) was a very thin-looking 167 pounds in his return to the super middleweight division. The 41-year-old "Road Warrior" hasn't fought at the weight in a decade. His opponent, Allan Green, looked in very good shape, but came in at 168½. He then stripped down and made the 168-pound limit.
(Photo by Tom Casino/SHOWTIME)
We'll have live, round-by-round coverage tomorrow of both fights.
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Does Rafael Marquez look a bit gaunt to anyone?
I think Marquez, Johnson and Green all look drawn one way or the other.
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
by Oli Goldstein on Nov 5, 2010 8:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I was thinking the same
It almost looks like he had trouble making the weight. He certainly doesn’t look like someone who should be fighting two weight classes lower.
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Yes, Glenn J looks like an old man there.
by Phill on Nov 5, 2010 8:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If he has struggled, then Lopez tears him up inside three, as far as I’m concerned.
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
by Oli Goldstein on Nov 5, 2010 8:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Are these fights on over here.. does anyone know?
by Phill on Nov 5, 2010 8:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Last I’d heard for you guys, there was a small chance Primetime was going to pick up the show, but it doesn’t appear so.
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Glen looks great (though yes, obviously, old…c’mon commenters, act like you already knew), but I’m a little freaked out by the shrunkenness of his head. I swear he lost two pounds in forehead alone. How does that happen?
He looks freaky to me.
That, physically, is just not a healthy way to move into the twilight years of your career. Fiscally, yes. Physically, no.
Sort of reminds me of Chris Byrd at LHW
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Indeed.
Of course how a man decides to earn a living after paying his dues is his business; barring health issues overseen by the commissions.
Glenn will probably re-hydrate and look normal but we’ll see what his old bones bring to the table tonight. It does make you wonder why he didn’t cut weight earlier and insist on getting in the mix when the Six were being intially being promoted. If he can cut weight now, why not then?
He had a money rematch with Chad Dawson on HBO that he likely felt he would win, given how tight their first fight was. The Super Six was a radical idea and the idea of being locked in to that many fights probably sounded like madness to a lot of guys. The fighters they did get for it were either on their ninth life (Taylor), had no star power (Ward, Dirrell), or had done as much as they were going to do in the areas of the world they were stars (Froch, Kessler, Abraham). Sort of a perfect mix to make the idea happen, even looking back to three of them dropping out.
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This is green's fight, his kind of opponent. Come forward.
I see Green stopping Johnson as this may be the fight that Glenn grows old overnight as they say. Not that it will matter because Green cannot fight well against movement/slick guys and won’t beat Ward.
I'm wishing the best for Glenn Johnson.
Got a lot of respect for guys that will fight anyone, anywhere, no fucking about.
Go get him, Glenn.
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Ditto.
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
by Oli Goldstein on Nov 6, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
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