Marvin Johnson

Career, Record, Stats
Marvin Johnson

Marvin Johnson (Pops) is a 70-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 14 years and 1 day, Johnson amassed a record of 43-6, which includes 35 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Marvin Johnson's Boxing Career

Marvin Johnson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on April 12, 1954. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on May 22, 1973 against Sylvester Wilder. Johnson defeated Wilder via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Johnson became a world champion at the age of 24 after 23 professional fights. He challenged Mate Parlov for the WBC light-heavyweight title and stopped the champion in the 10th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the WBA light-heavyweight world title as well.

Johnson's last fight was an 8th-round RTD loss to Leslie Stewart at age 33, on May 23, 1987, in which he lost his WBA light-heavyweight title.

Some of Marvin Johnson's best fights have been against Leslie Stewart and Eddie Davis. For a complete list of Johnson's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Marvin Johnson".

Johnson has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Marvin Johnson Losses".

Marvin Johnson's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
49
May 23, 1987 33 Leslie Stewart Leslie Stewart 26 23-1
loss
RTD
8
48
Sep 20, 1986 32 generic fighter pic Jean Marie Emebe
win
TKO
13
47
Feb 09, 1986 31 Leslie Stewart Leslie Stewart 24 18-0
win
TKO
7
46
Dec 04, 1985 31 generic fighter pic Frank Lux
win
KO
4
45
Oct 11, 1985 31 generic fighter pic Raleigh Searcy
win
TKO
4
44
Apr 21, 1985 31 Eddie Davis Eddie Davis 33 29-4-1
win
TKO
5
43
Jan 17, 1985 30 generic fighter pic Charles Henderson
win
TKO
2
42
Dec 13, 1984 30 generic fighter pic Eddie Collins
win
KO
2
41
Nov 08, 1984 30 generic fighter pic Charles Williams
win
UD
10
40
Aug 30, 1984 30 generic fighter pic Johnny Davis
win
UD
10
39
Jun 14, 1984 30 generic fighter pic Jerome Clouden
win
RTD
5
38
Mar 26, 1984 29 generic fighter pic Eddie Gonzales
win
KO
4
37
Jan 18, 1984 29 generic fighter pic Elvis Parks
win
TKO
4
36
Nov 21, 1983 29 generic fighter pic Mike Brothers
win
TKO
10
35
Feb 25, 1983 28 generic fighter pic Andros Ernie Barr
win
TKO
8
34
Oct 14, 1982 28 generic fighter pic Alvino Manson
win
KO
1
33
Apr 06, 1982 27 generic fighter pic Darnell Hayes
win
TKO
2
32
Mar 28, 1981 26 Michael Spinks Michael Spinks 24 15-0
loss
KO
4
31
Jan 28, 1981 26 generic fighter pic Rick Nash
win
TKO
3
30
Jan 15, 1981 26 generic fighter pic Eddie Straight
win
TKO
1
29
Sep 09, 1980 26 generic fighter pic Dave Lee Royster
win
KO
4
28
Mar 31, 1980 25 generic fighter pic Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
loss
TKO
11
27
Nov 30, 1979 25 generic fighter pic Víctor Galíndez
win
KO
11
26
Sep 20, 1979 25 generic fighter pic Carlos Marks
win
UD
10
25
Apr 22, 1979 25 Matthew Saad Muhammad Matthew Saad Muhammad 24 22-3-2
loss
TKO
8
24
Dec 02, 1978 24 generic fighter pic Mate Parlov
win
TKO
10
23
Sep 15, 1978 24 generic fighter pic Jerry Celestine
win
UD
10
22
Jun 17, 1978 24 generic fighter pic Lottie Mwale
loss
PTS
8
21
May 24, 1978 24 generic fighter pic John Baldwin
win
UD
10
20
Apr 03, 1978 23 Eddie Davis Eddie Davis 26 10-0-1
win
TKO
7
19
Jan 25, 1978 23 generic fighter pic Roberto Reynosa
win
KO
1
18
Nov 01, 1977 23 generic fighter pic Billy Douglas
win
TKO
5
17
Sep 28, 1977 23 generic fighter pic Johnny Fields
win
KO
1
16
Jul 26, 1977 23 Matthew Saad Muhammad Matthew Saad Muhammad 22 15-3-2
loss
TKO
12
15
Apr 22, 1977 23 generic fighter pic Tom Bethea
win
TKO
4
14
Feb 21, 1977 22 generic fighter pic Johnny Townsend
win
UD
10
13
Nov 30, 1976 22 generic fighter pic Vandell Woods
win
UD
10
12
Sep 14, 1976 22 generic fighter pic Wayne McGee
win
TKO
1
11
Apr 15, 1976 22 generic fighter pic Harold Carter
win
KO
2
10
Apr 03, 1976 21 generic fighter pic Ray Anderson
win
TKO
6
9
Nov 13, 1975 21 generic fighter pic Eddie Owens
win
KO
3
8
Apr 17, 1975 21 generic fighter pic Paul Cardoza
win
TKO
5
7
Jan 29, 1975 20 generic fighter pic Gary Summerhays
win
UD
10
6
Dec 11, 1974 20 generic fighter pic Jim Adams
win
TKO
1
5
Nov 12, 1974 20 generic fighter pic Johnny Words
win
TKO
6
4
Jul 17, 1974 20 generic fighter pic Ted Paxton
win
KO
2
3
Oct 30, 1973 19 generic fighter pic Chuck Warfield
win
TKO
5
2
Sep 17, 1973 19 generic fighter pic Al Byrd
win
TKO
1
1
May 22, 1973 19 generic fighter pic Sylvester Wilder
win
KO
2
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