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Johnny Nelson Record

45-12-2
Total Fights59
Wins45
Losses12
Draws2
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses13
Title-Fight KOs7
KO Wins29
KO Losses1
Johnny Nelson Record & Stats
Johnny Nelson's Record
Johnny Nelson's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Johnny Nelson's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 19 years and eight months, Johnny Nelson fought 59 times with 45 wins, 12 losses, and 2 draws.

      Nelson retired from professional boxing with a record of 45-12-2, which included one cruiserweight world-title win and 13 successful title defense fights. He had a 49.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 29 of his total 59 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Nelson's career was a 3rd round TKO loss to Norbert Ekassi, which was not a world title fight.

      His last fight was a 12-round split decision victory over Vincenzo Cantatore on November 26, 2005. Nelson successfully defended the cruiserweight WBO title in this fight.

      Some of Nelson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Carl Thompson, Adam Watt, Christophe Girard, Willard Lewis, Rüdiger May, Pietro Aurino, and Ezra Sellers.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      59Nov 26, 200538Vincenzo CantatoreWin *SD
      58Sep 4, 200437Rüdiger MayWin *TKO7
      57Nov 15, 200336Alexander PetkovicWin *MD
      56Nov 23, 200235Guillermo JonesDraw *SD
      55Apr 6, 200235Ezra SellersWin *KO8
      54Nov 24, 200134Alexander VasilevWinUD
      53Jul 21, 200134Marcelo DomínguezWin *UD
      52Jan 27, 200134George AriasWin *UD
      51Oct 7, 200033Adam WattWin *TKO5
      50Apr 8, 200033Pietro AurinoWin *TKO7
      49Nov 6, 199932Christophe GirardWin *KO4
      48Sep 18, 199932Sione AsipeliWin *UD
      47Aug 7, 199932Willard LewisWin *RTD4
      46May 15, 199932Bruce ScottWin *UD
      45Mar 27, 199932Carl ThompsonWin *TKO5
      44Jul 18, 199831Peter ObohWinRTD6
      43Oct 11, 199730Dirk WallynWinTKO1
      42Jul 19, 199730Michael MurrayWinPTS
      41Feb 22, 199730Patrice AouissiWinTKO7
      40Dec 14, 199629Dennis AndriesWinTKO7
      39Jan 20, 199629Tony BoothWinKO2
      38Dec 3, 199528Adílson RodriguesLossUD
      37Aug 22, 199528Adílson RodriguesLossSD
      36Nov 5, 199427Nikolay KulpinWinUD
      35Apr 5, 199427Henry AkinwandeLossPTS
      34Nov 19, 199326Jimmy ThunderWinUD
      33Oct 1, 199326Franco WanyamaLossDQ
      32Aug 11, 199326Tom CollinsWinTKO1
      31Apr 30, 199326Dave RussellWinTKO11
      30Oct 24, 199225Corrie SandersLossUD
      29Aug 14, 199225Norbert EkassiLossTKO3
      28May 16, 199225James WarringLoss *UD
      27Mar 12, 199124Yves MonsieurWinRTD8
      26Dec 14, 199023Markus BottWinTKO12
      25Sep 5, 199023Andre SmithWinPTS
      24Jun 27, 199023Arthur WeathersWinTKO2
      23Mar 28, 199023Lou GentWinKO4
      22Feb 14, 199023Dino HomseyWinTKO7
      21Jan 27, 199023Carlos De LeonDraw *SD
      20Oct 2, 198922Ian BullochWinKO2
      19May 21, 198922Andy StraughnWinKO8
      18Apr 4, 198922Steve MorminoWinTKO2
      17Oct 26, 198821Danny LawfordWinTKO2
      16Aug 31, 198821Andrew GerrardWinPTS
      15Jun 6, 198821Lennie HowardWinKO2
      14May 4, 198821Crawford AshleyWinPTS
      13Apr 25, 198821Kenny JonesWinKO1
      12Feb 24, 198821Cordwell HyltonWinKO1
      11Feb 1, 198821Dennis BaileyLossPTS
      10Dec 14, 198720Jon McBeanWinTKO6
      9Jun 3, 198720Byron PullenWinTKO3
      8Apr 28, 198720Brian SchumacherLossPTS
      7Mar 10, 198720Sean DalyWinTKO1
      6Mar 2, 198720Doug YoungWinPTS
      5Jan 19, 198720George CarmenWinPTS
      4Nov 20, 198619Chris LittleWinPTS
      3Oct 3, 198619Magne HavnaaLossPTS
      2May 15, 198619Tommy TaylorLossPTS
      1Mar 18, 198619Peter BrownLossPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Johnny Nelson (The Entertainer) is a 57-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England on January 4, 1967. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1986 to 2005.

      Nelson made his professional boxing debut against Peter Brown at the age of 19 on March 18, 1986, losing to Brown via 6 round PTS.

      He had his first world title fight on January 27, 1990 at the age of 23, after 20 professional fights, against Carlos De Leon with the WBC title on the line. The fight ended in a split decision draw.

      Nelson has won one world title at cruiserweight. For all the details about Nelson's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Nelson had a total of 12 losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a cruiserweight title defense bout against Vincenzo Cantatore on November 26, 2005. Nelson won the fight via 12 round split decision and defended his WBO title. It's been 18 years, 4 months, and 28 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Nelson had a total of 16 world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and 13 successful title defenses. He won 13 of these fights, lost one, and drew in two.

      Title Wins

      Johnny Nelson fought for a cruiserweight world title in three fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one cruiserweight belt.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Mar 27, 1999Carl ThompsonCruiserweightWBOTKO

      Title Defenses

      Johnny Nelson had 13 cruiserweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Nov 26, 2005Vincenzo CantatoreCruiserweightWBOSD
      Sep 4, 2004Rüdiger MayCruiserweightWBOTKO
      Nov 15, 2003Alexander PetkovicCruiserweightWBOMD
      Nov 23, 2002Guillermo JonesCruiserweightWBOSD (draw)
      Apr 6, 2002Ezra SellersCruiserweightWBOKO
      Jul 21, 2001Marcelo DomínguezCruiserweightWBOUD
      Jan 27, 2001George AriasCruiserweightWBOUD
      Oct 7, 2000Adam WattCruiserweightWBOTKO
      Apr 8, 2000Pietro AurinoCruiserweightWBOTKO
      Nov 6, 1999Christophe GirardCruiserweightWBOKO
      Sep 18, 1999Sione AsipeliCruiserweightWBOUD
      Aug 7, 1999Willard LewisCruiserweightWBORTD
      May 15, 1999Bruce ScottCruiserweightWBOUD

      Highlights

      Nelson fought a total of 59 times during his professional career, which includes 16 world-title fights at the cruiserweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.

      • January 27, 1990: In his first world-title fight, Johnny Nelson has a draw against Carlos De Leon via 12 round split decision. He was fighting for the WBC cruiserweight title.

      • March 27, 1999: Nelson wins the WBO cruiserweight title from Carl Thompson, by beating Thompson via 5th round TKO.

      • August 7, 1999: Nelson successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Willard Lewis, winning the fight via 4th round RTD.

      • November 6, 1999: Nelson successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Christophe Girard, winning the fight via 4th round KO.

      • October 7, 2000: Nelson successfully defends the WBO cruiserweight title against Adam Watt, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.

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