John Conteh

Career, Record, Stats

John Conteh is a 73-year-old retired British professional boxer. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 8 years, 7 months, and 13 days, Conteh amassed a record of 34-4-1, which includes 24 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

John Conteh's Boxing Career

John Conteh was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire, England on May 27, 1951. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on October 18, 1971 against Okacha Boubekeur. Conteh defeated Boubekeur via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Conteh became a world champion at the age of 23 after 26 professional fights. He challenged Jorge Ahumada for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title and defeated Ahumada via 15 round points decision, winning his first world title.

Conteh's last fight was a 5th-round TKO victory over James Dixon at age 29, on May 31, 1980.

Some of John Conteh's best fights have been against Vicente Rondón. For a complete list of Conteh's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of John Conteh".

Conteh has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "John Conteh Losses".

John Conteh's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
39	May 31, 1980	29	James Dixon	win	TKO 5
38	Mar 29, 1980	28	Matthew Saad Muhammad 25 24-3-2	loss	TKO 4
37	Aug 18, 1979	28	Matthew Saad Muhammad 25 23-3-2	loss	UD 15
36	Jun 04, 1979	28	Ivy Brown	win	PTS 10
35	Apr 19, 1979	27	Jesse Burnett	draw	PTS 10
34	Sep 26, 1978	27	Leonardo Rodgers	win	KO 7
33	Jun 17, 1978	27	Mate Parlov	loss	SD 15
32	Feb 07, 1978	26	Joe Cokes	win	PTS 10
31	Mar 05, 1977	25	Len Hutchins	win	TKO 3
30	Oct 09, 1976	25	Yaqui López	win	UD 15
29	Aug 16, 1975	24	Willie Taylor	win	UD 10
28	Mar 11, 1975	23	Lonnie Bennett	win	TKO 5
27	Oct 01, 1974	23	Jorge Ahumada	win	PTS 15
26	May 21, 1974	22	Chris Finnegan	win	TKO 6
25	Mar 12, 1974	22	Tom Bogs	win	RTD 6
24	Feb 12, 1974	22	Les Stevens	win	PTS 10
23	Dec 14, 1973	22	Fred Lewis	win	TKO 3
22	Oct 23, 1973	22	Baby Boy Rolle	win	PTS 15
21	Sep 10, 1973	22	Vicente Rondón 35 40-11-1	win	TKO 9
20	May 22, 1973	21	Chris Finnegan	win	PTS 15
19	Mar 13, 1973	21	Rüdiger Schmidtke	win	TKO 12
18	Feb 14, 1973	21	Terry Daniels	win	TKO 7
17	Jan 15, 1973	21	Dave Matthews	win	PTS 10
16	Dec 05, 1972	21	Sam McGill	win	TKO 9
15	Nov 14, 1972	21	John Hudgins	win	KO 3
14	Oct 31, 1972	21	Bill Drover	win	KO 7
13	Oct 10, 1972	21	Ferenc Kristofcsak	win	TKO 1
12	Sep 26, 1972	21	Eddie Duncan	loss	PTS 10
11	Jul 19, 1972	21	Johnny Mac	win	TKO 2
10	Jun 06, 1972	21	Billy Aird	win	TKO 8
9	Apr 25, 1972	20	Joe Gholston	win	TKO 5
8	Mar 28, 1972	20	Ruben Figueroa	win	KO 2
7	Feb 15, 1972	20	Larry Sykes	win	KO 1
6	Jan 25, 1972	20	Wilhelm Janco	win	TKO 1
5	Dec 07, 1971	20	Emilio Okee	win	TKO 5
4	Nov 24, 1971	20	Tony Burwell	win	PTS 8
3	Nov 16, 1971	20	Frank Bullard	win	TKO 2
2	Nov 08, 1971	20	Pierre Minier	win	TKO 5
1	Oct 18, 1971	20	Okacha Boubekeur	win	KO 1

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