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Total Fights | 77 |
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Wins | 54 |
Losses | 21 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 37 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 22 years and five months, Glen Johnson fought 77 times with 54 wins, 21 losses, and 2 draws.
Johnson retired from professional boxing with a record of 54-21-2, which included two light-heavyweight world-title wins and one successful title defense fight. He had a 48.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 37 of his total 77 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Johnson suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Bernard Hopkins in a middleweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Avni Yıldırım on August 15, 2015.
Some of Johnson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver, Clinton Woods, and Yusaf Mack.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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77 | Aug 15, 2015 | 46 | Avni Yıldırım | Loss | UD |
76 | Dec 13, 2014 | 45 | Erik Skoglund | Loss | UD |
75 | Jun 28, 2014 | 45 | Ilunga Makabu | Loss | TKO9 |
74 | Feb 21, 2014 | 45 | Jaime Velasquez | Win | TKO4 |
73 | Dec 18, 2013 | 44 | Bobby Gunn | Win | UD |
72 | Apr 19, 2013 | 44 | Junior Ramos | Win | TKO2 |
71 | Dec 15, 2012 | 43 | George Groves | Loss | UD |
70 | Jul 13, 2012 | 43 | Andrzej Fonfara | Loss | UD |
69 | Nov 5, 2011 | 42 | Lucian Bute | Loss * | UD |
68 | Jun 4, 2011 | 42 | Carl Froch | Loss * | MD |
67 | Nov 6, 2010 | 41 | Allan Green | Win | TKO8 |
66 | Aug 7, 2010 | 41 | Tavoris Cloud | Loss * | UD |
65 | Feb 5, 2010 | 41 | Yusaf Mack | Win | TKO6 |
64 | Nov 7, 2009 | 40 | Chad Dawson | Loss | UD |
63 | Feb 27, 2009 | 40 | Daniel Judah | Win | UD |
62 | Nov 11, 2008 | 39 | Aaron Norwood | Win | TKO4 |
61 | Apr 12, 2008 | 39 | Chad Dawson | Loss * | UD |
60 | Jan 15, 2008 | 39 | Hugo Pineda | Win | TKO8 |
59 | Jul 27, 2007 | 38 | Fred Moore | Win | KO5 |
58 | May 16, 2007 | 38 | Montell Griffin | Win | TKO11 |
57 | Sep 2, 2006 | 37 | Clinton Woods | Loss * | SD |
56 | Feb 24, 2006 | 37 | Richard Hall | Win | UD |
55 | Sep 30, 2005 | 36 | George Khalid Jones | Win | TKO10 |
54 | Jun 18, 2005 | 36 | Antonio Tarver | Loss * | UD |
53 | Dec 18, 2004 | 35 | Antonio Tarver | Win * | SD |
52 | Sep 25, 2004 | 35 | Roy Jones Jr. | Win * | KO9 |
51 | Feb 6, 2004 | 35 | Clinton Woods | Win * | UD |
50 | Nov 7, 2003 | 34 | Clinton Woods | Draw * | SD |
49 | May 18, 2003 | 34 | Eric Harding | Win | UD |
48 | Apr 4, 2003 | 34 | Daniel Judah | Draw | SD |
47 | Jan 24, 2003 | 34 | Julio César González | Loss | MD |
46 | Apr 14, 2002 | 33 | Derrick Harmon | Loss | UD |
45 | Jul 28, 2001 | 32 | Thomas Ulrich | Win | KO6 |
44 | Sep 23, 2000 | 31 | Toks Owoh | Win | TKO6 |
43 | Jun 2, 2000 | 31 | Omar Sheika | Loss | MD |
42 | Apr 15, 2000 | 31 | Silvio Branco | Loss | UD |
41 | Jan 28, 2000 | 31 | Syd Vanderpool | Loss | UD |
40 | Nov 27, 1999 | 30 | Sven Ottke | Loss * | UD |
39 | Oct 16, 1999 | 30 | Marcelo Zimmerman | Win | TKO1 |
38 | Jul 31, 1999 | 30 | Augustine Renteria | Win | TKO4 |
37 | Apr 22, 1999 | 30 | Troy Watson | Win | UD |
36 | Feb 26, 1999 | 30 | Armando Campas | Win | KO6 |
35 | Aug 4, 1998 | 29 | Joseph Kiwanuka | Loss | SD |
34 | Dec 13, 1997 | 28 | Merqui Sosa | Loss | UD |
33 | Jul 20, 1997 | 28 | Bernard Hopkins | Loss * | TKO11 |
32 | Jun 7, 1997 | 28 | Dave Hamilton | Win | TKO2 |
31 | Feb 25, 1997 | 28 | Sam Garr | Win | UD |
30 | Dec 6, 1996 | 27 | Ralph Monday | Win | KO1 |
29 | Nov 2, 1996 | 27 | Stacy Goodson | Win | KO2 |
28 | Oct 1, 1996 | 27 | Jeff Johnson | Win | TKO5 |
27 | Aug 24, 1996 | 27 | David McCluskey | Win | TKO3 |
26 | Jul 29, 1996 | 27 | Gerald Reed | Win | UD |
25 | Jun 15, 1996 | 27 | Tom Bentley | Win | TKO3 |
24 | Jun 11, 1996 | 27 | James Gatlin | Win | MD |
23 | Apr 2, 1996 | 27 | Kenneth Parker | Win | TKO3 |
22 | Mar 26, 1996 | 27 | Guy Stanford | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Feb 24, 1996 | 27 | Danny Mitchell | Win | KO2 |
20 | Jan 16, 1996 | 27 | Bill Bradley | Win | KO1 |
19 | Nov 28, 1995 | 26 | Jerome Hill | Win | TKO1 |
18 | Sep 8, 1995 | 26 | Melvin Wynn | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Jul 22, 1995 | 26 | Jesus Carlos Velez | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Jun 27, 1995 | 26 | John McClendon | Win | KO1 |
15 | Mar 25, 1995 | 26 | Tyrone Dillard | Win | KO1 |
14 | Feb 25, 1995 | 26 | Carlos Betancourt | Win | TKO1 |
13 | Feb 6, 1995 | 26 | Edison Martinez | Win | KO3 |
12 | Dec 16, 1994 | 25 | Bill Bradley | Win | UD |
11 | Nov 19, 1994 | 25 | Jesus Carlos Velez | Win | SD |
10 | Oct 15, 1994 | 25 | Gustavo Gonzalez | Win | UD |
9 | Sep 8, 1994 | 25 | Joe Harris | Win | TKO4 |
8 | Sep 3, 1994 | 25 | Jesus Carlos Velez | Win | UD |
7 | Aug 5, 1994 | 25 | Vincent Godbolt | Win | KO3 |
6 | Apr 8, 1994 | 25 | Ralph Monday | Win | UD |
5 | Oct 22, 1993 | 24 | Dwayne Waldon | Win | UD |
4 | Aug 30, 1993 | 24 | Anthony Brooks | Win | MD |
3 | Jun 26, 1993 | 24 | James Mullins | Win | KO3 |
2 | Mar 27, 1993 | 24 | Jerry Reyes | Win | KO3 |
1 | Feb 19, 1993 | 24 | Yurek Del Rio | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Glen Johnson (Gentleman) is a 55-year old retired Jamaican professional boxer. He was born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica on January 2, 1969. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 22 years — from 1993 to 2015.
Johnson made his professional boxing debut against Yurek Del Rio at the age of 24 on February 19, 1993, defeating Rio via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 31 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 21 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on July 20, 1997 after 32 professional fights, against Bernard Hopkins for the IBF title. He lost to Hopkins via 11th round TKO.
Johnson has won two world titles at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Johnson's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Johnson had a total of 21 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Turkish boxer Avni Yıldırım on August 15, 2015. Johnson lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 8 years, 8 months, and 10 days since this fight.
Johnson had a total of 12 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and one successful title defense. He won three of these fights, lost eight, and drew in one.
Glen Johnson fought for light-heavyweight world titles in 10 fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two light-heavyweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 18, 2004 | Antonio Tarver | Light-heavyweight | The Ring | SD |
Feb 6, 2004 | Clinton Woods | Light-heavyweight | IBF* | UD |
Glen Johnson had two light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 25, 2004 | Roy Jones Jr. | Light-heavyweight | IBF | KO |
Glen Johnson lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 18, 2005 | Antonio Tarver | Light-heavyweight | The Ring | UD |
Johnson fought a total of 77 times during his professional career, which includes 12 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
July 20, 1997: In his first world-title fight, Glen Johnson loses to Bernard Hopkins via 11th round TKO. He was fighting for the IBF middleweight title.
February 6, 2004: Johnson wins the IBF light-heavyweight title from Clinton Woods, by beating Woods via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 25, 2004: Johnson successfully defends the IBF light-heavyweight title against Roy Jones Jr., winning the fight via 9th round KO.
December 18, 2004: Johnson wins The Ring light-heavyweight title from Antonio Tarver, by beating Tarver via 12 round split decision.
February 5, 2010: Glen Johnson beats Yusaf Mack via 6th round TKO.
Johnson knocked out 37 of his 77 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 48.1%. Of his total 54 wins, 37 of them were via KO (68.5%).
Johnson's first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Clinton Woods via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Johnson won two world titles at light-heavyweight.
Johnson had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.