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Total Fights | 59 |
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Wins | 45 |
Losses | 12 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 13 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 29 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | Nov 26, 2005 | 38 | Vincenzo Cantatore | Win * | SD |
58 | Sep 4, 2004 | 37 | Rüdiger May | Win * | TKO7 |
57 | Nov 15, 2003 | 36 | Alexander Petkovic | Win * | MD |
56 | Nov 23, 2002 | 35 | Guillermo Jones | Draw * | SD |
55 | Apr 6, 2002 | 35 | Ezra Sellers | Win * | KO8 |
54 | Nov 24, 2001 | 34 | Alexander Vasilev | Win | UD |
53 | Jul 21, 2001 | 34 | Marcelo Domínguez | Win * | UD |
52 | Jan 27, 2001 | 34 | George Arias | Win * | UD |
51 | Oct 7, 2000 | 33 | Adam Watt | Win * | TKO5 |
50 | Apr 8, 2000 | 33 | Pietro Aurino | Win * | TKO7 |
49 | Nov 6, 1999 | 32 | Christophe Girard | Win * | KO4 |
48 | Sep 18, 1999 | 32 | Sione Asipeli | Win * | UD |
47 | Aug 7, 1999 | 32 | Willard Lewis | Win * | RTD4 |
46 | May 15, 1999 | 32 | Bruce Scott | Win * | UD |
45 | Mar 27, 1999 | 32 | Carl Thompson | Win * | TKO5 |
44 | Jul 18, 1998 | 31 | Peter Oboh | Win | RTD6 |
43 | Oct 11, 1997 | 30 | Dirk Wallyn | Win | TKO1 |
42 | Jul 19, 1997 | 30 | Michael Murray | Win | PTS |
41 | Feb 22, 1997 | 30 | Patrice Aouissi | Win | TKO7 |
40 | Dec 14, 1996 | 29 | Dennis Andries | Win | TKO7 |
39 | Jan 20, 1996 | 29 | Tony Booth | Win | KO2 |
38 | Dec 3, 1995 | 28 | Adílson Rodrigues | Loss | UD |
37 | Aug 22, 1995 | 28 | Adílson Rodrigues | Loss | SD |
36 | Nov 5, 1994 | 27 | Nikolay Kulpin | Win | UD |
35 | Apr 5, 1994 | 27 | Henry Akinwande | Loss | PTS |
34 | Nov 19, 1993 | 26 | Jimmy Thunder | Win | UD |
33 | Oct 1, 1993 | 26 | Franco Wanyama | Loss | DQ |
32 | Aug 11, 1993 | 26 | Tom Collins | Win | TKO1 |
31 | Apr 30, 1993 | 26 | Dave Russell | Win | TKO11 |
30 | Oct 24, 1992 | 25 | Corrie Sanders | Loss | UD |
29 | Aug 14, 1992 | 25 | Norbert Ekassi | Loss | TKO3 |
28 | May 16, 1992 | 25 | James Warring | Loss * | UD |
27 | Mar 12, 1991 | 24 | Yves Monsieur | Win | RTD8 |
26 | Dec 14, 1990 | 23 | Markus Bott | Win | TKO12 |
25 | Sep 5, 1990 | 23 | Andre Smith | Win | PTS |
24 | Jun 27, 1990 | 23 | Arthur Weathers | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Mar 28, 1990 | 23 | Lou Gent | Win | KO4 |
22 | Feb 14, 1990 | 23 | Dino Homsey | Win | TKO7 |
21 | Jan 27, 1990 | 23 | Carlos De Leon | Draw * | SD |
20 | Oct 2, 1989 | 22 | Ian Bulloch | Win | KO2 |
19 | May 21, 1989 | 22 | Andy Straughn | Win | KO8 |
18 | Apr 4, 1989 | 22 | Steve Mormino | Win | TKO2 |
17 | Oct 26, 1988 | 21 | Danny Lawford | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Aug 31, 1988 | 21 | Andrew Gerrard | Win | PTS |
15 | Jun 6, 1988 | 21 | Lennie Howard | Win | KO2 |
14 | May 4, 1988 | 21 | Crawford Ashley | Win | PTS |
13 | Apr 25, 1988 | 21 | Kenny Jones | Win | KO1 |
12 | Feb 24, 1988 | 21 | Cordwell Hylton | Win | KO1 |
11 | Feb 1, 1988 | 21 | Dennis Bailey | Loss | PTS |
10 | Dec 14, 1987 | 20 | Jon McBean | Win | TKO6 |
9 | Jun 3, 1987 | 20 | Byron Pullen | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Apr 28, 1987 | 20 | Brian Schumacher | Loss | PTS |
7 | Mar 10, 1987 | 20 | Sean Daly | Win | TKO1 |
6 | Mar 2, 1987 | 20 | Doug Young | Win | PTS |
5 | Jan 19, 1987 | 20 | George Carmen | Win | PTS |
4 | Nov 20, 1986 | 19 | Chris Little | Win | PTS |
3 | Oct 3, 1986 | 19 | Magne Havnaa | Loss | PTS |
2 | May 15, 1986 | 19 | Tommy Taylor | Loss | PTS |
1 | Mar 18, 1986 | 19 | Peter Brown | Loss | PTS |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 27, 1999 | Carl Thompson | Cruiserweight | WBO | TKO |
Johnny Nelson had 13 cruiserweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Nov 26, 2005 | Vincenzo Cantatore | Cruiserweight | WBO | SD |
Sep 4, 2004 | Rüdiger May | Cruiserweight | WBO | TKO |
Nov 15, 2003 | Alexander Petkovic | Cruiserweight | WBO | MD |
Nov 23, 2002 | Guillermo Jones | Cruiserweight | WBO | SD (draw) |
Apr 6, 2002 | Ezra Sellers | Cruiserweight | WBO | KO |
Jul 21, 2001 | Marcelo Domínguez | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
Jan 27, 2001 | George Arias | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
Oct 7, 2000 | Adam Watt | Cruiserweight | WBO | TKO |
Apr 8, 2000 | Pietro Aurino | Cruiserweight | WBO | TKO |
Nov 6, 1999 | Christophe Girard | Cruiserweight | WBO | KO |
Sep 18, 1999 | Sione Asipeli | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
Aug 7, 1999 | Willard Lewis | Cruiserweight | WBO | RTD |
May 15, 1999 | Bruce Scott | Cruiserweight | WBO | UD |
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.
Nelson knocked out 29 of his 59 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 49.2%. Of his total 45 wins, 29 of them were via KO (64.4%).
Nelson's first world-title win was the WBO belt at cruiserweight. He defeated Carl Thompson via 5 round TKO to win the title.
Nelson won one world title at cruiserweight.
Nelson had 13 successful title defense fights.