On December 3, 1995, a 28-year-old Johnny Nelson (25-11-1, 17 KOs) and Adílson Rodrigues met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a heavyweight bout.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 11 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Adílson Rodrigues via unanimous decision in the 12-round heavyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 25-12-1.
On August 22, 1995, a 28-year-old Johnny Nelson (25-10-1, 17 KOs) and Adílson Rodrigues met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 17 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Adílson Rodrigues via split decision in the 12-round heavyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 25-11-1.
On April 5, 1994, a 27-year-old Johnny Nelson (24-9-1, 17 KOs) and Henry Akinwande met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 17 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Henry Akinwande via points decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 24-10-1.
On October 1, 1993, a 26-year-old Johnny Nelson (23-8-1, 17 KOs) and Franco Wanyama met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 20 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Franco Wanyama via disqualification in the 12-round cruiserweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 23-9-1.
On October 24, 1992, a 25-year-old Johnny Nelson (21-7-1, 15 KOs) and a 26-year-old South African boxer Corrie Sanders (16-0, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 10 days. Sanders was on a 16-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 2 days.
Corrie Sanders defeated Johnny Nelson via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Sanders improves his record to 17-0, while Nelson adds a loss to his record at 21-8-1.
On August 14, 1992, a 25-year-old Johnny Nelson (21-6-1, 15 KOs) and Norbert Ekassi met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 29 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Norbert Ekassi via TKO in the 3rd round, and adds an loss to his record at 21-7-1.
On May 16, 1992, a 25-year-old Johnny Nelson (21-5-1, 15 KOs) got a shot at the cruiserweight IBF title held by James Warring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 4 days.
Johnny Nelson was defending his cruiserweight titles and, fighting for the cruiserweight IBF titles against James Warring and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round cruiserweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 21-6-1.
On February 1, 1988, a 21-year-old Johnny Nelson (6-4, 3 KOs) and Dennis Bailey met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 18 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Dennis Bailey via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 6-5.
On April 28, 1987, a 20-year-old Johnny Nelson (4-3, 1 KO) and Brian Schumacher met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 14% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 18 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Brian Schumacher via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 4-4.
On October 3, 1986, a 19-year-old Johnny Nelson (0-2, 0 KOs) and Magne Havnaa met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 0% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Magne Havnaa via points decision in the 4-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 0-3.
On May 15, 1986, a 19-year-old Johnny Nelson (0-1, 0 KOs) and Tommy Taylor met in the ring.
Nelson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 0% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 27 days.
Johnny Nelson lost to Tommy Taylor via points decision in the 6-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 0-2.
On March 18, 1986, a 19-year-old Johnny Nelson (debutant) and Peter Brown met in the ring.
Johnny Nelson lost to Peter Brown via points decision in the 6-round fight, making an unsuccessful professional debut.