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Total Fights | 87 |
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Wins | 76 |
Losses | 11 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 31 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 24 years and nine months, Harold Johnson fought 87 times with 76 wins and 11 losses.
Johnson retired from professional boxing with a record of 76-11, which included two world-championship elevations, three world-title wins, and four successful title defense fights at the light-heavyweight weight division. He had a 35.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 31 of his total 87 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Johnson suffered five knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Archie Moore in a light-heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 3rd round TKO defeat to Herschel Jacobs on March 30, 1971.
Some of Johnson's best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, and Jimmy Bivins), Von Clay, Tommy Merrill, Doug Jones, Charley Doc Williams, Gustav Scholz, Bob Satterfield, and Eddie Cotton.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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87 | Mar 30, 1971 | 42 | Herschel Jacobs | Loss | TKO3 |
86 | Jun 11, 1968 | 39 | Johnny Alford | Win | UD |
85 | Feb 3, 1968 | 39 | Lothar Stengel | Win | PTS |
84 | Aug 7, 1967 | 38 | Eddie Jones | Win | PTS |
83 | May 1, 1967 | 38 | Herschel Jacobs | Win | UD |
82 | Dec 6, 1966 | 38 | Pekka Kokkonen | Win | PTS |
81 | Jan 7, 1966 | 37 | Johnny Persol | Loss | UD |
80 | Apr 20, 1964 | 35 | Hank Casey | Win | KO8 |
79 | Dec 6, 1963 | 35 | Henry Hank | Win | UD |
78 | Jun 1, 1963 | 34 | Willie Pastrano | Loss * | SD |
77 | Mar 19, 1963 | 34 | Tommy Merrill | Win | TKO9 |
76 | Jun 23, 1962 | 33 | Gustav Scholz | Win * | UD |
75 | May 12, 1962 | 33 | Doug Jones | Win * | UD |
74 | Aug 29, 1961 | 33 | Eddie Cotton | Win * | SD |
73 | Jul 1, 1961 | 32 | Eddie Machen | Win | PTS |
72 | Apr 24, 1961 | 32 | Von Clay | Win * | TKO2 |
71 | Feb 7, 1961 | 32 | Jesse Bowdry | Win * | TKO9 |
70 | May 4, 1960 | 31 | Clarence Floyd | Win | UD |
69 | Nov 11, 1959 | 31 | Sonny Ray | Win | TKO10 |
68 | Aug 4, 1959 | 30 | Johnny York | Win | TKO6 |
67 | Dec 15, 1958 | 30 | Rudy Watkins | Win | KO6 |
66 | Dec 3, 1958 | 30 | Howard King | Win | UD |
65 | Apr 15, 1958 | 29 | Ollie Wilson | Win | TKO2 |
64 | Jan 17, 1958 | 29 | Bert Whitehurst | Win | UD |
63 | Dec 17, 1957 | 29 | Sid Peaks | Win | KO5 |
62 | Sep 10, 1957 | 29 | Wayne Bethea | Win | UD |
61 | May 31, 1957 | 28 | Clarence Hinnant | Win | KO1 |
60 | Mar 12, 1957 | 28 | Bob Satterfield | Win | UD |
59 | Dec 8, 1956 | 28 | Bert Whitehurst | Win | PTS |
58 | May 6, 1955 | 26 | Julio Mederos | Loss | TKO2 |
57 | Feb 11, 1955 | 26 | Paul Andrews | Win | KO6 |
56 | Dec 22, 1954 | 26 | Marty Marshall | Win | UD |
55 | Dec 7, 1954 | 26 | Julio Mederos | Win | UD |
54 | Oct 8, 1954 | 26 | Oakland Billy Smith | Loss | KO2 |
53 | Aug 11, 1954 | 26 | Archie Moore | Loss * | TKO14 |
52 | Mar 17, 1954 | 25 | Paul Andrews | Win | MD |
51 | Feb 15, 1954 | 25 | Charley Doc Williams | Win | TKO8 |
50 | Jan 29, 1954 | 25 | Jimmy Slade | Win | SD |
49 | Nov 19, 1953 | 25 | Chubby Wright | Win | UD |
48 | Nov 7, 1953 | 25 | Henry Hall | Win | UD |
47 | Sep 8, 1953 | 25 | Ezzard Charles | Win | SD |
46 | May 11, 1953 | 24 | Toxie Hall | Win | UD |
45 | Mar 21, 1953 | 24 | Billy Gilliam | Win | UD |
44 | Jan 16, 1953 | 24 | Jimmy Slade | Win | UD |
43 | Nov 24, 1952 | 24 | Niño Valdés | Win | UD |
42 | Oct 6, 1952 | 24 | Bob Satterfield | Win | KO2 |
41 | Sep 16, 1952 | 24 | Leonard Morrow | Win | KO3 |
40 | Aug 6, 1952 | 23 | Bob Satterfield | Loss | SD |
39 | Mar 17, 1952 | 23 | Clarence Henry | Win | SD |
38 | Jan 29, 1952 | 23 | Archie Moore | Loss | UD |
37 | Dec 10, 1951 | 23 | Archie Moore | Win | UD |
36 | Sep 24, 1951 | 23 | Archie Moore | Loss | UD |
35 | Jul 23, 1951 | 22 | Chubby Wright | Win | UD |
34 | Jun 18, 1951 | 22 | Elkins Brothers | Win | TKO10 |
33 | Feb 9, 1951 | 22 | Chuck Hunter | Win | PTS |
32 | Jan 22, 1951 | 22 | Dusty Wilkerson | Win | KO4 |
31 | Dec 18, 1950 | 22 | Harry Daniels | Win | KO2 |
30 | Feb 8, 1950 | 21 | Jersey Joe Walcott | Loss | KO3 |
29 | Dec 7, 1949 | 21 | Bert Lytell | Win | PTS |
28 | Oct 26, 1949 | 21 | Jimmy Bivins | Win | UD |
27 | Jul 25, 1949 | 20 | Henry Hall | Win | UD |
26 | Jun 16, 1949 | 20 | Henry Hall | Win | UD |
25 | Apr 26, 1949 | 20 | Archie Moore | Loss | UD |
24 | Feb 23, 1949 | 20 | Arturo Godoy | Win | UD |
23 | Dec 14, 1948 | 20 | Willie Brown | Win | KO7 |
22 | Nov 9, 1948 | 20 | Jim Holden | Win | PTS |
21 | Sep 28, 1948 | 20 | Agostinho Guedes | Win | TKO3 |
20 | May 13, 1948 | 19 | Vernon Williams | Win | PTS |
19 | Mar 29, 1948 | 19 | Kenny Harris | Win | UD |
18 | Mar 1, 1948 | 19 | Kenny Harris | Win | UD |
17 | Dec 11, 1947 | 19 | Kid Wolfe | Win | PTS |
16 | Nov 24, 1947 | 19 | Herbie Katz | Win | KO1 |
15 | Nov 6, 1947 | 19 | Jimmy Moore | Win | KO5 |
14 | Oct 6, 1947 | 19 | Eddie Beazley | Win | TKO1 |
13 | Aug 4, 1947 | 18 | Al Pinel | Win | PTS |
12 | Jul 8, 1947 | 18 | Tommy Ruth | Win | KO6 |
11 | May 26, 1947 | 18 | Fred Lester | Win | TKO8 |
10 | Apr 28, 1947 | 18 | Leon Szymurski | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Mar 10, 1947 | 18 | Tony Gillo | Win | PTS |
8 | Feb 17, 1947 | 18 | Joe Van Loan | Win | TKO2 |
7 | Feb 10, 1947 | 18 | Jim Holden | Win | KO4 |
6 | Jan 24, 1947 | 18 | Chappie Manning | Win | PTS |
5 | Jan 10, 1947 | 18 | Frank Lowry | Win | TKO2 |
4 | Oct 25, 1946 | 18 | Randy Ingram | Win | KO4 |
3 | Sep 9, 1946 | 18 | Jimmy Kennedy | Win | PTS |
2 | Aug 13, 1946 | 18 | Ted Simmons | Win | KO2 |
1 | Jun 18, 1946 | 17 | Dick Brewster | Win | KO2 |
* World-title fight
Harold Johnson (Hercules) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Manayunk, Pennsylvania on August 9, 1928. He was a light-heavyweight world champion. He died on February 19, 2015 at the age of 86 years. Johnson was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1993. His professional boxing career spanned more than 24 years — from 1946 to 1971.
Johnson made his professional boxing debut against Dick Brewster at the age of 17 on June 18, 1946, defeating Brewster via 2nd round KO. He went on to win 23 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on August 11, 1954 after 52 professional fights, against Archie Moore for the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He lost to Moore via 14th round TKO.
Harold Johnson was a one-time unified light-heavyweight world champion, and won one world title at light-heavyweight. He was elevated as world champion twice. For all the details about Johnson's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Johnson had a total of 11 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Herschel Jacobs at 42 years of age, on March 30, 1971. Johnson lost the fight via 3rd round TKO.
Johnson had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and four successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost two.
Harold Johnson fought for a light-heavyweight world title in three fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. He won one light-heavyweight belt. He was elevated as world champion twice, by WBA and WBC.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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May 12, 1962^ | Doug Jones | Light-heavyweight | NYSAC*, The Ring | UD |
Feb 7, 1961 | Jesse Bowdry | Light-heavyweight | NBA* | TKO |
Harold Johnson had five light-heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won four of them 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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Jun 23, 1962 | Gustav Scholz | Light-heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
May 12, 1962^ | Doug Jones | Light-heavyweight | NBA | UD |
Aug 29, 1961 | Eddie Cotton | Light-heavyweight | NBA | SD |
Apr 24, 1961 | Von Clay | Light-heavyweight | NBA | TKO |
Harold Johnson lost one world-title defense fight, and lost three titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 1, 1963 | Willie Pastrano | Light-heavyweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | SD |
Johnson fought a total of 87 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
August 11, 1954: In his first world-title fight, Harold Johnson loses to Archie Moore via 14th round TKO. He was fighting for the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring light-heavyweight titles.
February 7, 1961: Johnson wins the NBA light-heavyweight title from Jesse Bowdry, by beating Bowdry via 9th round TKO.
April 24, 1961: Johnson successfully defends the NBA light-heavyweight title against Von Clay, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
May 12, 1962: Johnson becomes a unified light-heavyweight world champion by beating Doug Jones via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the NBA, NYSAC , and The Ring light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
Johnson knocked out 31 of his 87 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 35.6%. Of his total 76 wins, 31 of them were via KO (40.8%).
Johnson's first world-title win was the NBA (vacant) belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Jesse Bowdry via 9 round TKO to win the title.
Johnson won one world title at light-heavyweight.
Johnson had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.