Glen Johnson Record & Stats

Glen Johnson Record & Stats

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In a career spanning 22 years and 5 months, Glen Johnson fought 77 times with 54 wins, 21 losses, and 2 draws. By his last professional fight on August 15, 2015, Johnson's boxing record stood at 54-21-2 (37 KO wins, 2 KO losses).

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Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
“Gentleman”
Born
Jan 2, 1969
Age
54
Debut
Feb 19, 1993
Record
54-21-2
Rounds
541
KOs
37 (48.1%)
Height
175 cm
Reach
191 cm
Ape Index
16 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
IBFTheRing
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Glen Johnson's record and stats
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      Glen Johnson (Gentleman) is a retired Jamaican professional boxer. He was born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica on January 2, 1969. Johnson made his professional boxing debut at the age of 24 on February 19, 1993. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. He is 54 years old, and will be turning 55 in 9 months and 4 days.

      Boxing Record

      Total Fights77
      Wins54
      Losses21
      Draws2
      No-Contests0
      KO Wins37
      Total Title Wins2
      Title Defenses1
      Title-Fight KO Wins1
      Losses via KO2
      #DateAgeOpponentResultVia
      77Aug 15, 201546 Avni YıldırımLossUD
      76Dec 13, 201445Erik SkoglundLossUD
      75Jun 28, 201445 Ilunga MakabuLossTKO9
      74Feb 21, 201445Jaime VelasquezWinTKO4
      73Dec 18, 201344Bobby GunnWinUD
      72Apr 19, 201344Junior RamosWinTKO2
      71Dec 15, 201243 George GrovesLossUD
      70Jul 13, 201243 Andrzej FonfaraLossUD
      69Nov 5, 201142 Lucian Bute LossUD
      68Jun 4, 201142 Carl Froch LossMD
      67Nov 6, 201041 Allan GreenWinTKO8
      66Aug 7, 201041 Tavoris Cloud LossUD
      65Feb 5, 201041 Yusaf MackWinTKO6
      64Nov 7, 200940 Chad DawsonLossUD
      63Feb 27, 200940Daniel JudahWinUD
      62Nov 11, 200839Aaron NorwoodWinTKO4
      61Apr 12, 200839 Chad Dawson LossUD
      60Jan 15, 200839Hugo PinedaWinTKO8
      59Jul 27, 200738Fred MooreWinKO5
      58May 16, 200738 Montell GriffinWinTKO11
      57Sep 2, 200637 Clinton Woods LossSD
      56Feb 24, 200637 Richard HallWinUD
      55Sep 30, 200536George Khalid JonesWinTKO10
      54Jun 18, 200536 Antonio Tarver LossUD
      53Dec 18, 200435 Antonio Tarver WinSD
      52Sep 25, 200435 Roy Jones Jr. WinKO9
      51Feb 6, 200435 Clinton Woods WinUD
      50Nov 7, 200334 Clinton Woods DrawSD
      49May 18, 200334Eric HardingWinUD
      48Apr 4, 200334Daniel JudahDrawSD
      47Jan 24, 200334 Julio César GonzálezLossMD
      46Apr 14, 200233Derrick HarmonLossUD
      45Jul 28, 200132Thomas UlrichWinKO6
      44Sep 23, 200031Toks OwohWinTKO6
      43Jun 2, 200031Omar SheikaLossMD
      42Apr 15, 200031Silvio BrancoLossUD
      41Jan 28, 200031Syd VanderpoolLossUD
      40Nov 27, 199930 Sven Ottke LossUD
      39Oct 16, 199930Marcelo ZimmermanWinTKO1
      38Jul 31, 199930Augustine RenteriaWinTKO4
      37Apr 22, 199930Troy WatsonWinUD
      36Feb 26, 199930Armando CampasWinKO6
      35Aug 4, 199829Joseph KiwanukaLossSD
      34Dec 13, 199728Merqui SosaLossUD
      33Jul 20, 199728 Bernard Hopkins LossTKO11
      32Jun 7, 199728Dave HamiltonWinTKO2
      31Feb 25, 199728Sam GarrWinUD
      30Dec 6, 199627Ralph MondayWinKO1
      29Nov 2, 199627Stacy GoodsonWinKO2
      28Oct 1, 199627Jeff JohnsonWinTKO5
      27Aug 24, 199627David McCluskeyWinTKO3
      26Jul 29, 199627Gerald ReedWinUD
      25Jun 15, 199627Tom BentleyWinTKO3
      24Jun 11, 199627James GatlinWinMD
      23Apr 2, 199627Kenneth ParkerWinTKO3
      22Mar 26, 199627Guy StanfordWinTKO2
      21Feb 24, 199627Danny MitchellWinKO2
      20Jan 16, 199627Bill BradleyWinKO1
      19Nov 28, 199526Jerome HillWinTKO1
      18Sep 8, 199526Melvin WynnWinTKO4
      17Jul 22, 199526Jesus Carlos VelezWinTKO2
      16Jun 27, 199526John McClendonWinKO1
      15Mar 25, 199526Tyrone DillardWinKO1
      14Feb 25, 199526Carlos BetancourtWinTKO1
      13Feb 6, 199526Edison MartinezWinKO3
      12Dec 16, 199425Bill BradleyWinUD
      11Nov 19, 199425Jesus Carlos VelezWinSD
      10Oct 15, 199425Gustavo GonzalezWinUD
      9Sep 8, 199425Joe HarrisWinTKO4
      8Sep 3, 199425Jesus Carlos VelezWinUD
      7Aug 5, 199425Vincent GodboltWinKO3
      6Apr 8, 199425Ralph MondayWinUD
      5Oct 22, 199324Dwayne WaldonWinUD
      4Aug 30, 199324Anthony BrooksWinMD
      3Jun 26, 199324James MullinsWinKO3
      2Mar 27, 199324Jerry ReyesWinKO3
      1Feb 19, 199324Yurek Del RioWinTKO1

      Titles

      Glen Johnson was a light-heavyweight world champion. He has held two world titles at the light-heavyweight weight division, one of which was a vacant title win, the other was a lineal championship win.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Light-heavyweightIBF, The Ring

      Statistics

      Glen Johnson is 175 cm tall (5' 8.90") with a reach of 191 cm (6' 3.20"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 16 cm (6.30"). Johnson has a 48.1% KO rate.

      Career Summary

      Glen Johnson's 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.

      Johnson 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 "Glen Johnson World Titles".

      Some of Johnson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver, Yusaf Mack, Clinton Woods, and Allan Green.

      Glen Johnson had a total of 21 losses in his professional boxing career — eight of them in title bouts and 13 in non-title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Bernard Hopkins via 11th round TKO on July 20, 1997, which ended his 32-fight win streak. He has been stopped two times and lost 19 times via decision. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Glen Johnson's losses".

      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 7 years, 7 months, and 14 days since this fight.

      Johnson retired from professional boxing with a record of 54-21-2, which included 37 knockout wins and two losses via knockout, and two title wins.

      Career Highlights

      Glen Johnson fought a total of 77 times during his professional career. These seven 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.

      • November 6, 2010: Glen Johnson beats Allan Green via 8th round TKO.

      • November 5, 2011: Glen Johnson loses to Lucian Bute via 12 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the IBF super-middleweight title.

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