Johnny Nelson

Career, Record, Stats

Johnny Nelson (The Entertainer) is a 57-year-old retired British professional boxer. He is a former cruiserweight world champion. In a career spanning 19 years, 8 months, and 8 days, Nelson amassed a record of 45-12-2, which includes 29 wins via KO, 7 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Johnny Nelson's Boxing Career

Johnny Nelson was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England on January 4, 1967. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on March 18, 1986 against Peter Brown. Nelson lost to Brown via 6 round points decision. Not a good start!

Nelson got his first shot at a world title at the age of 23 after 20 professional fights. On January 27, 1990 Nelson challenged Carlos De Leon's WBC cruiserweight title but lost via 12-round split decision.

He became a world champion on March 27, 1999 at the age of 32 years, after by defeating Carl Thompson, the then-reining WBO cruiserweight champion, via 5th round TKO. This was his 45th fight as a professional.

Nelson's last fight was a split decision victory over Vincenzo Cantatore at age 38, on November 26, 2005, in which he successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight championship.

Some of Johnny Nelson's best fights have been against Carl Thompson, Carlos De León, and Guillermo Jones. For a complete list of Nelson's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Johnny Nelson".

Nelson has 12 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Johnny Nelson Losses".

Johnny Nelson's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
59	Nov 26, 2005	38	Vincenzo Cantatore	win	SD 12
58	Sep 04, 2004	37	Rüdiger May	win	TKO 7
57	Nov 15, 2003	36	Alexander Petkovic	win	MD 12
56	Nov 23, 2002	35	Guillermo Jones 30 29-2-1	draw	SD 12
55	Apr 06, 2002	35	Ezra Sellers	win	KO 8
54	Nov 24, 2001	34	Alexander Vasilev	win	UD 12
53	Jul 21, 2001	34	Marcelo Domínguez	win	UD 12
52	Jan 27, 2001	34	George Arias	win	UD 12
51	Oct 07, 2000	33	Adam Watt	win	TKO 5
50	Apr 08, 2000	33	Pietro Aurino	win	TKO 7
49	Nov 06, 1999	32	Christophe Girard	win	KO 4
48	Sep 18, 1999	32	Sione Asipeli	win	UD 12
47	Aug 07, 1999	32	Willard Lewis	win	RTD 4
46	May 15, 1999	32	Bruce Scott	win	UD 12
45	Mar 27, 1999	32	Carl Thompson 34 24-4	win	TKO 5
44	Jul 18, 1998	31	Peter Oboh	win	RTD 6
43	Oct 11, 1997	30	Dirk Wallyn	win	TKO 1
42	Jul 19, 1997	30	Michael Murray	win	PTS 4
41	Feb 22, 1997	30	Patrice Aouissi	win	TKO 7
40	Dec 14, 1996	29	Dennis Andries	win	TKO 7
39	Jan 20, 1996	29	Tony Booth	win	KO 2
38	Dec 03, 1995	28	Adílson Rodrigues	loss	UD 12
37	Aug 22, 1995	28	Adílson Rodrigues	loss	SD 12
36	Nov 05, 1994	27	Nikolay Kulpin	win	UD 12
35	Apr 05, 1994	27	Henry Akinwande	loss	PTS 10
34	Nov 19, 1993	26	Jimmy Thunder	win	UD 12
33	Oct 01, 1993	26	Franco Wanyama	loss	DQ 10
32	Aug 11, 1993	26	Tom Collins	win	TKO 1
31	Apr 30, 1993	26	Dave Russell	win	TKO 11
30	Oct 24, 1992	25	Corrie Sanders 26 16-0	loss	UD 10
29	Aug 14, 1992	25	Norbert Ekassi	loss	TKO 3
28	May 16, 1992	25	James Warring	loss	UD 12
27	Mar 12, 1991	24	Yves Monsieur	win	RTD 8
26	Dec 14, 1990	23	Markus Bott	win	TKO 12
25	Sep 05, 1990	23	Andre Smith	win	PTS 8
24	Jun 27, 1990	23	Arthur Weathers	win	TKO 2
23	Mar 28, 1990	23	Lou Gent	win	KO 4
22	Feb 14, 1990	23	Dino Homsey	win	TKO 7
21	Jan 27, 1990	23	Carlos De Leon 30 45-5	draw	SD 12
20	Oct 02, 1989	22	Ian Bulloch	win	KO 2
19	May 21, 1989	22	Andy Straughn	win	KO 8
18	Apr 04, 1989	22	Steve Mormino	win	TKO 2
17	Oct 26, 1988	21	Danny Lawford	win	TKO 2
16	Aug 31, 1988	21	Andrew Gerrard	win	PTS 8
15	Jun 06, 1988	21	Lennie Howard	win	KO 2
14	May 04, 1988	21	Crawford Ashley	win	PTS 8
13	Apr 25, 1988	21	Kenny Jones	win	KO 1
12	Feb 24, 1988	21	Cordwell Hylton	win	KO 1
11	Feb 01, 1988	21	Dennis Bailey	loss	PTS 8
10	Dec 14, 1987	20	Jon McBean	win	TKO 6
9	Jun 03, 1987	20	Byron Pullen	win	TKO 3
8	Apr 28, 1987	20	Brian Schumacher	loss	PTS 8
7	Mar 10, 1987	20	Sean Daly	win	TKO 1
6	Mar 02, 1987	20	Doug Young	win	PTS 6
5	Jan 19, 1987	20	George Carmen	win	PTS 6
4	Nov 20, 1986	19	Chris Little	win	PTS 6
3	Oct 03, 1986	19	Magne Havnaa	loss	PTS 4
2	May 15, 1986	19	Tommy Taylor	loss	PTS 6
1	Mar 18, 1986	19	Peter Brown	loss	PTS 6

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