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Total Fights | 39 |
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Wins | 34 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 24 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning eight years and seven months, John Conteh fought 39 times with 34 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw.
Conteh retired from professional boxing with a record of 34-4-1, which included one light-heavyweight world-title win and three successful title defense fights. He had a 61.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 24 of his total 39 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Conteh's career was a 4th round TKO loss to Matthew Saad Muhammad in a light-heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over James Dixon on May 31, 1980.
Some of Conteh's best fights and notable victories include wins over Len Hutchins, Lonnie Bennett, Jorge Ahumada, Chris Finnegan, Yaqui López, Tom Bogs, and Leonardo Rodgers.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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39 | May 31, 1980 | 29 | James Dixon | Win | TKO5 |
38 | Mar 29, 1980 | 28 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Loss * | TKO4 |
37 | Aug 18, 1979 | 28 | Matthew Saad Muhammad | Loss * | UD |
36 | Jun 4, 1979 | 28 | Ivy Brown | Win | PTS |
35 | Apr 19, 1979 | 27 | Jesse Burnett | Draw | PTS |
34 | Sep 26, 1978 | 27 | Leonardo Rodgers | Win | KO7 |
33 | Jun 17, 1978 | 27 | Mate Parlov | Loss * | SD |
32 | Feb 7, 1978 | 26 | Joe Cokes | Win | PTS |
31 | Mar 5, 1977 | 25 | Len Hutchins | Win * | TKO3 |
30 | Oct 9, 1976 | 25 | Yaqui López | Win * | UD |
29 | Aug 16, 1975 | 24 | Willie Taylor | Win | UD |
28 | Mar 11, 1975 | 23 | Lonnie Bennett | Win * | TKO5 |
27 | Oct 1, 1974 | 23 | Jorge Ahumada | Win * | PTS |
26 | May 21, 1974 | 22 | Chris Finnegan | Win | TKO6 |
25 | Mar 12, 1974 | 22 | Tom Bogs | Win | RTD6 |
24 | Feb 12, 1974 | 22 | Les Stevens | Win | PTS |
23 | Dec 14, 1973 | 22 | Fred Lewis | Win | TKO3 |
22 | Oct 23, 1973 | 22 | Baby Boy Rolle | Win | PTS |
21 | Sep 10, 1973 | 22 | Vicente Rondón | Win | TKO9 |
20 | May 22, 1973 | 21 | Chris Finnegan | Win | PTS |
19 | Mar 13, 1973 | 21 | Rüdiger Schmidtke | Win | TKO12 |
18 | Feb 14, 1973 | 21 | Terry Daniels | Win | TKO7 |
17 | Jan 15, 1973 | 21 | Dave Matthews | Win | PTS |
16 | Dec 5, 1972 | 21 | Sam McGill | Win | TKO9 |
15 | Nov 14, 1972 | 21 | John Hudgins | Win | KO3 |
14 | Oct 31, 1972 | 21 | Bill Drover | Win | KO7 |
13 | Oct 10, 1972 | 21 | Ferenc Kristofcsak | Win | TKO1 |
12 | Sep 26, 1972 | 21 | Eddie Duncan | Loss | PTS |
11 | Jul 19, 1972 | 21 | Johnny Mac | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Jun 6, 1972 | 21 | Billy Aird | Win | TKO8 |
9 | Apr 25, 1972 | 20 | Joe Gholston | Win | TKO5 |
8 | Mar 28, 1972 | 20 | Ruben Figueroa | Win | KO2 |
7 | Feb 15, 1972 | 20 | Larry Sykes | Win | KO1 |
6 | Jan 25, 1972 | 20 | Wilhelm Janco | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Dec 7, 1971 | 20 | Emilio Okee | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Nov 24, 1971 | 20 | Tony Burwell | Win | PTS |
3 | Nov 16, 1971 | 20 | Frank Bullard | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Nov 8, 1971 | 20 | Pierre Minier | Win | TKO5 |
1 | Oct 18, 1971 | 20 | Okacha Boubekeur | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
John Conteh is a 72-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire, England on May 27, 1951. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 8 years — from 1971 to 1980.
Conteh made his professional boxing debut against Okacha Boubekeur at the age of 20 on October 18, 1971, defeating Boubekeur via 1st round KO. He went on to win 10 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on October 1, 1974 after 26 professional fights, against Jorge Ahumada for the light-heavyweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Ahumada via 15 round undefined to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Conteh has won one world title at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Conteh's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Conteh had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against James Dixon on May 31, 1980. Conteh won the fight via 5th round TKO. It's been 43 years, 11 months, and 2 days since this fight.
Conteh had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost three.
John Conteh fought for a light-heavyweight world title in four fights and won once. He won one light-heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 1, 1974 | Jorge Ahumada | Light-heavyweight | WBC* | PTS |
John Conteh had three light-heavyweight world-title defense fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 5, 1977 | Len Hutchins | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Oct 9, 1976 | Yaqui López | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Mar 11, 1975 | Lonnie Bennett | Light-heavyweight | WBC | TKO |
Conteh fought a total of 39 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 three fights are the highlight of his career.
October 1, 1974: Conteh wins his first world title by defeating Jorge Ahumada via 15 round PTS. He is now the WBC light-heavyweight world champion.
March 11, 1975: Conteh successfully defends the WBC light-heavyweight title against Lonnie Bennett, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
March 5, 1977: Conteh successfully defends the WBC light-heavyweight title against Len Hutchins, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
Conteh knocked out 24 of his 39 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 61.5%. Of his total 34 wins, 24 of them were via KO (70.6%).
Conteh's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Jorge Ahumada via 15 round PTS to win the title.
Conteh won one world title at light-heavyweight.
Conteh had 3 successful title defense fights.