Callum Johnson

Callum Johnson
Data
Birth Name	Callum Johnson
Fight name	The One
Weight class	Light heavyweight
nationality	British
birthday	August 20, 1985
place of birth	Boston
style	Left delivery
Combat Statistics
Struggles	19th
Victories	18th
Knockout victories	13
Defeats	1
Profile in the BoxRec database

Callum Johnson (* 20th August 1985 in Boston , Lincolnshire ) is a British professional boxer in light heavyweight . He is managed by Naseem Hamed , promoted by Matchroom Sport and coached by Joe Gallagher .

Amateur career

As an amateur, Johnson boxed under the Scottish flag in the light heavyweight division and was Scottish champion in 2007 and 2009, and in 2008 he was unable to compete in the final due to injury. In October 2010 he won the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, by beating Krystian Borucki (8: 1), Obed Mbwakongo (6: 2), Jermaine Asare (TKO) and Tommy McCarthy (8: 1). Already at the Championships of the Commonwealth in March of the same year, he had moved into the finals, where he won silver without a fight against Dinesh Kumar .

Professional career

Callum Johnson made his professional debut on December 4, 2010 at Braehead Arena, Scotland . In the following years he won 15 fights, 11 of them prematurely, 8 of them within just two rounds. He then boxed on September 24, 2016 in the Manchester Arena against Willbeforce Shihepo for the vacant Commonwealth light heavyweight championship and won by knockout (knockout) in the ninth round after he had his opponent on the ground in the seventh round .

On March 24, 2018, he won the first round of a technical knockout (TKo) against Frank Buglioni at the O2 Arena in London , defending his Commonwealth title and also winning the British championship .

On October 6, 2018, he was already boxing for the IBF world light heavyweight title, but lost the fight in Chicago by knockout in the fourth round against Russian title holder Artur Beterbijew . He won his next fight prematurely against Sean Monaghan in March 2019.

19 wins (13 knockout wins), 1 defeat (1 knockout defeats)
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Johnson
2010	December 4th	Braehead Arena , Glasgow	Phillip Townley	Victory / TKO 2nd round
2011	March 12th	Braehead Arena, Glasgow	Jody Meikle	Victory / points win 4th round
	16th of July	Echo Arena , Liverpool	Lee Duncan	Victory / points win 4th round
2012	March 10th	Braehead Arena, Glasgow	Tommy Tolan	Victory / KO 1st round
	May 18	Bowlers Exhibition Center, Manchester	James Tucker	Victory / TKO 7th round
2013	31. May	Town Hall , Walsall	John Anthony	Victory / Disqualification 7th round
2014	17th of May	North Kesteven Center, North Hykeham	Egidijus Kakstys	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	June 27th	Braehead Arena, Glasgow	Nathan King	Victory / points win 4th round
	4th of October	First Direct Arena , Leeds	Luke Allon	Victory / TKO 3rd round
	November 7th	North Kesteven Center, North Hykeham	Josef Obeslo	Victory / TKO 1st round
2015	7th March	Meres Leisure Center, Grantham	Bartlomiej Grafka	Victory / TKO 2nd round
	11 April	First Direct Arena, Leeds	Jose Manuel Iglesias	Victory / KO 1st round
	June 26th	Echo Arena, Liverpool	Tsvetozar Iliev	Victory / points win 4th round
2016	May 7th	Manchester Arena , Manchester	Richard Horton	Victory / TKO 1st round
	18th of June	Event City, Trafford Park, Manchester	Norbert Szekeres	Victory / TKO 1st round
	September 24th	Manchester Arena, Manchester	Willbeforce Shihepo	Victory / KO 9th round of vacant Commonwealth Championship title
2018	March 24th	O2 Arena , Greenwich	Frank Buglioni	Victory / TKO 1st round title defense Commonwealth Championship vacant British Boxing Board of Control Championship title
	October 6th	Wintrust Arena , Chicago	Artur Beterbiev	Loss / KO 4th round IBF World Championship
2019	9th March	Casino Arena, Verona , New York	Sean Monaghan	Victory / TKO 3rd round
2020	July 4th	Manchester Arena, Manchester	Igor Mikhalkin	Pending title fight of the EBU
Source: Callum Johnson in the BoxRec database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 19th Commonwealth Games - New Delhi, India - October 5-13 2010