Glen Johnson (boxer)
Glen Johnson (* 2. January 1969 in Clarendon , Jamaica , as Glengoffe Donovan Johnson ) is a Jamaican boxer who sensationally was 2004 world champion boxer.
Career
Johnson's amateur career was 35-5. He boxed mostly in Florida. Eventually he turned pro. After 30 wins against unknown middleweight opponents, he met the light middleweight Sam Garr who had 20 wins against equally bad opponents and scored him. He was then listed in the top ten in the middleweight division by Ring Magazine, which thought a lot of him. Shortly afterwards he got a title fight against Bernard Hopkins but had no chance and went KO. It was the only knockout loss in the good taker's career that had something to do with the fact that he had difficulty getting the weight off. He immediately moved up a class.
In the super middleweight division he lost to the puncher Merqui Sosa and the weak former world class boxer Kiwanuka, who could still beat him on points, but got another title fight at the IBF against Sven Ottke in 1999 . He was only barely defeated. He then lost three more times in a row in 2000, against southpaw Syd Vanderpool, Silvio Branco and Omar Sheika .
Sensational success in the light heavyweight division
In 2001 he was invited to Germany as the opponent of the undefeated amateur star Thomas Ulrich . Here he landed his first big win and knocked out Ulrich. But in 2002 he lost again in his only fight that year against Derek Harmon. In 2003 he started again with a defeat against Julio González . At this time, however, the big turning point in his career with his new manager Henry Foster and especially with the new Cuban coach Orlando Cuellar.
He boxed with Daniel Judah in a draw and defeated his first US American world class opponent southpaw Eric Harding . He was then allowed to box for the IBF light heavyweight title, against the Englishman Clinton Woods . The first fight was a draw, the rematch in 2004 he won on points.
Shortly before that, Antonio Tarver , another southpaw, had knocked out the weak superstar Roy Jones junior , Jones did not want to play again directly against Tarver and arranged a match with the lower-rated Johnson. But here, too, Jones Jr was in weak form and lost significantly by a knockout. Even now Johnson was not yet considered number one, that was the first Jones conqueror Tarver. At the end of the year he also defeated this, albeit by a controversial split decision, and was named boxer of the year by Ring Magazine and USA Today .
In 2005 he lost in a rematch with Tarver, in 2006 he lost in the third fight for the first time against Woods. After he was then able to win his next three fights, he got on April 12, 2008 the chance against Chad Dawson , the world champion of the WBC to compete. He lost this fight by a unanimous decision on points.
List of professional fights
50 wins (34 knockout wins), 15 losses (1 knockout loss), 2 draws | |||||
year | Day | place | opponent | Result for Johnson | |
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1993 | 19th of February | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 1st round | |
27th of March | Georgetown, Cayman Islands |
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Victory / KO 3rd round | ||
June 26th | Newcastle, North Carolina, United States |
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Victory / KO 3rd round | ||
August 30th | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (majority decision) / 4 rounds | ||
October 22nd | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
1994 | April 8th | Cape Coral, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 4 rounds | |
5th of August | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 3rd round | ||
September 3 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
September 8th | Davie Arena, Davie, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
15th October | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 6 rounds | ||
November 19th | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Points win (split decision) / 8 rounds | ||
December 16 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | ||
1995 | February 6th | West Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 3rd round | |
February 25 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
25th March | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 1st round | ||
June 27th | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 1st round | ||
22nd of July | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
September 8th | Hialeah, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
November 28th | Bell Auditorium, Augusta, Georgia, United States |
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Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
1996 | January 16 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 1st round | |
February 24th | Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
26th of March | Immokalee, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
12. April | Atlantis Casino, Cupecoy Bay, St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles |
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Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
June 11th | Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States |
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Point victory (majority decision) / 6 rounds | ||
15th June | Nassau, Bahamas |
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Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
29th of July | Hallandale, Florida, United States |
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Points win / 10 rounds | ||
August 24th | Valdosta, Georgia, United States |
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Victory / TKO 3rd round | ||
October 1 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 5th round | ||
November 2 | Nassau, Bahamas |
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Victory / KO 2nd round | ||
6th of December | Miami, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 1st round | ||
1997 | February 25 | Pyramid, Long Beach, California, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | |
June 7th | Hawthorne Race Course, Cicero, Illinois, United States |
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Victory / TKO 2nd round | ||
20th of July | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, United States |
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Defeat / TKO 11th round | ||
13th December | Concord Plaza Expo Center, Northlake, Illinois, United States |
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Point loss (unanimous) / 10 rounds | ||
1998 | 4th of August | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States |
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Loss of points (split decision) / 10 rounds | |
1999 | February 26th | Sho-Ka Reservation, Hopland, California, United States |
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Victory / KO 6th round | |
April 22 | Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
July 31 | Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
October, 16th | Oranjestad, Aruba |
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Victory / TKO 1st round | ||
November 27th | Philipshalle , Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | ||
2000 | January 28th | The Ruins, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Point loss (unanimous) / 10 rounds | |
April 15th | Padova, Veneto, Italy |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | ||
2th of June | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Point loss (majority decision) / 10 rounds | ||
September 23rd | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom |
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Victory / TKO 6th round | ||
2001 | July 28th | Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany |
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Victory / KO 6th round | |
2002 | April 14th | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Point loss (unanimous) / 10 rounds | |
2003 | January 24th | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Commerce, California, United States |
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Point loss (majority decision) / 10 rounds | |
4. April | Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, United States |
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Tie / 10 rounds | ||
May 18 | Jimmy's Bronx Cafe, Bronx, New York, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | ||
November 7th | Hillsborough Leisure Center, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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Tie / 12 rounds | ||
2004 | February 6th | Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
25th of September | FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
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Victory / KO 9th round | ||
December 18th | Staples Center , Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Points win (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2005 | 18th of June | FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | |
30. September | Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks, California, United States |
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Victory / TKO 10th round | ||
2006 | February 24th | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds | |
September 2nd | Bolton Arena, Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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Loss of points (split decision) / 12 rounds | ||
2007 | May 16 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 11th round | |
July 27th | Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel, Miami, Florida, United States |
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Victory / KO 5th round | ||
2008 | January 5th | Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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Victory / TKO 8th round | |
12. April | St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, United States |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | ||
November 11th | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 4th round | ||
2009 | 27th of February | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States |
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Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds | |
November 7th | XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | ||
2010 | February 5th | NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
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Victory / TKO 6th round | |
August 7th | Scottrade Center , Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
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Loss of points (unanimously) / 12 rounds | ||
November 6th | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
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Victory / KO 8th round | ||
2011 | June 4th | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States |
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Point loss (majority decision) / 12 rounds | |
(Source: Glen Johnson in the BoxRec database) |
Web links
- Glen Johnson in the BoxRec database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Johnson, Glen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, Glengoffe Donovan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | jamaican boxer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd January 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Clarendon |