On March 29, 1980, John Conteh and Matthew Saad Muhammad met again in an immediate rematch.
Conteh came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 11 days. Muhammad was on a 11-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 11 days.
In the rematch, Matthew Saad Muhammad stopped John Conteh via TKO in the 4th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring light-heavyweight titles. Muhammad improves his record to 25-3-2 (17 KOs), while Conteh adds a loss to his record at 33-4-1.
On August 18, 1979, a 28-year-old John Conteh (33-2-1, 23 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBC title held by 25-year-old American boxer Matthew Saad Muhammad (23-3-2, 16 KOs).
Conteh came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 14 days. Muhammad was on a 10-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Matthew Saad Muhammad defeated John Conteh via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC light-heavyweight title. Muhammad improves his record to 24-3-2, while Conteh adds a loss to his record at 33-3-1.
On June 17, 1978, a 27-year-old John Conteh (31-1, 22 KOs) got a shot at the light-heavyweight WBC title held by Mate Parlov.
Conteh came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 10 days.
John Conteh was defending his light-heavyweight titles and, fighting for the light-heavyweight WBC titles against Mate Parlov and lost via split decision in the 15-round light-heavyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 31-2.
On September 26, 1972, a 21-year-old John Conteh (11-0, 10 KOs) and Eddie Duncan met in the ring.
Conteh came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 7 days.
John Conteh lost to Eddie Duncan via points decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 11-1.