The opening bout on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul PPV will feature former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson, formerly known on the gridiron as Chad Ochocinco, against MMA journeyman Brian Maxwell. Although the 43-year-old Johnson is making his pro boxing debut in “a one-time thing,” he compares his style to none other than “The Drunken Master” himself.
“I’m transitioning that flair you saw from me on the football field all into this sport,” said Johnson. “To me, my style is like Emanuel Augustus. Once I got those basic fundamentals down to a tee, I could add that trickery to my game.”
Spoken like a true non-boxer.
Don’t know why Johnnie Morton is coming to mind here. For those who don’t know, he was the former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver who tried his hand at MMA, and was brutally knocked out in under a minute in his pro debut, and was taken out on a stretcher. Hopefully Chad has practiced a little defense.
When the ref counts him out after he tries to apply his new drunken master techniques, he should say- …4,cinco,5, 6,7, ocho,9,10!
I laughed so hard I spit out my drink lol!! Well played sir!
Never liked Chad Johnson as a football player, and what a shame he chose this path to taint the sport of Boxing. “Drunken Master”??!? Gruesome! He’s a show-boat clown, absolutely no class, character, integrity, or substance. Just a gimmicky figure. It’s unfortunate. I won’t be watching, and don’t even have an interest in the commercial-saturated YouTube replays. This man needs to disappear.
I couldn’t agree more. He was an absolute clown of a football player, a real lowlife.
What the hell do you mean a “ clown and lowlife” he was a showman and elite athlete! I’m so sick of you milk toast bums judging African American athletes who grew up playing sports and motivating themselves and each other with trash talk. Then you kiss the feet of ppl like Mcgregor and Gypsy king. What idiotic hypocritical garbage
Funny that your monitor is
“NoRacistsAllowed” when you post:
– “I’m so sick of you milk toast bums judging African American athletes”
– If that isn’t a racist comment, I don’t know what a racist comment is.
– Gary G
I mean exactly what I said. A clown and a lowlife. Do you need me to go further? The guy is an absolute loser. Classless bum. Also, nice try jumping to conclusions and assuming I’m a McGreggor fan. I say the exact same things about him, another classless clown. Put down the race card buddy, no one cares. I know it’s your go to and all, but try to come up with something else for once. It’s played out.
I didn’t see him pkay much,but anyone that makes it to the nfl,have definitely got talent.
You’re the clown! How do you know that man to say he has “absolutely no class, character or integrity? Because he showboated for get paid, entertain the fans and sell tickets? Who are you to say he should be cancelled from life? You’re not perfect and you’re not the judge
CJ throws a lot of people off with his confidence. Just like Floyd, Tyson and Ali. What do they have in common? All supreme athletes with confidence. Very few will relate because most of you dont have any confidence at all. He gets to be arrogant, cocky, outspoken. All the things we been taught not to do, just to have the good opinion of others. And he still rich and successful? No doubt will piss a lot of people off. lmao!
BTW, I dont recall you saying the same of Tyson Fury… Always been a Double standard, right?
I don’t say the same about Fury because I actually like Fury, but I do say the same about McGreggor. So there goes your double standard theory.
Ocho is about to get his azz embarrassed. But that check will be nice
I met burton back in the day – a true gent – great fight with Micky Ward – they set a record for punches thrown I think. I told him about the stats after a sparring session he did with Kyosta Tszyu and he wanted to chat all day. Super Cool dude – RIP.
FYI –
The final numbers read 1182 total punches thrown for Ward, 320 (27%) landed. 918 thrown for Burton, 421 (46%) landed. That’s 210 average combined punches thrown and over 74 average combined punches landed per round.
Wow, I didn’t know that Emmanual Augustus “Burton” was dead. WTF ??
I didn’t know Burton died either. I know he got shot a few years back and was in critical condition, but didn’t know he died. RIP if he did. He was/is?, a true character who contributed greatly to what a cool sport boxing is. Floyd Mayweather once said he was the tougher fighter he ever faced; much better than his record indicated.
*toughest
Chad is about to learn you don’t “play” boxing. This should go very badly for him.
Emmanuel Augustus (Burton) was a master at his craft.
The true drunken master was Jean Charles skarbouski.
Sorry correction it seems he survived – he was shot in the head while sleeping rough, least I heard he was in a coma and was on deaths door. He actually pulled through. A story below boxing fans are now almost desensitised to. Excellent article.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_a2ed3fa7-4c0f-5998-a029-e97d22842604.amp.html
Thank you for that article, Niki.
Fools and their money soon part.
Hmm, the point of the story was that he made no money.. some people will read articles before they comment etc.