John Conteh Losses

John Conteh had four losses in his professional boxing career of 39 fights — three of them in world-title fights and one in a non-title fight. One of these losses came via way of KO. Here is the complete list of Conteh's losses in reverse chronological order:
  • 1.

    John Conteh loses to Matthew Saad Muhammad in their 2nd fight

    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.

  • 2.

    John Conteh loses to Matthew Saad Muhammad in their 1st fight

    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.

  • 3.

    John Conteh loses to Mate Parlov

    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 a loss to his record at 31-2.

  • 4.

    John Conteh loses to Eddie Duncan

    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 a loss to his record at 11-1.

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