Marvin Johnson

Career, Record, Stats

Marvin Johnson (Pops) is a 70-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 14 years and 1 day, Johnson amassed a record of 43-6, which includes 35 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Marvin Johnson's Boxing Career

Marvin Johnson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on April 12, 1954. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on May 22, 1973 against Sylvester Wilder. Johnson defeated Wilder via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Johnson became a world champion at the age of 24 after 23 professional fights. He challenged Mate Parlov for the WBC light-heavyweight title and stopped the champion in the 10th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the WBA light-heavyweight world title as well.

Johnson's last fight was an 8th-round RTD loss to Leslie Stewart at age 33, on May 23, 1987, in which he lost his WBA light-heavyweight title.

Some of Marvin Johnson's best fights have been against Leslie Stewart and Eddie Davis. For a complete list of Johnson's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Marvin Johnson".

Johnson has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Marvin Johnson Losses".

Marvin Johnson's Boxing Record

Total Fights

Wins

Losses

Draws

KO Wins

KO Losses

Title Fights

Title-Fight Wins

Title Defenses

Title-Fight KOs

Title-Fight Dec.

Undisputed

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
49	May 23, 1987	33	Leslie Stewart 26 23-1	loss	RTD 8
48	Sep 20, 1986	32	Jean Marie Emebe	win	TKO 13
47	Feb 09, 1986	31	Leslie Stewart 24 18-0	win	TKO 7
46	Dec 04, 1985	31	Frank Lux	win	KO 4
45	Oct 11, 1985	31	Raleigh Searcy	win	TKO 4
44	Apr 21, 1985	31	Eddie Davis 33 29-4-1	win	TKO 5
43	Jan 17, 1985	30	Charles Henderson	win	TKO 2
42	Dec 13, 1984	30	Eddie Collins	win	KO 2
41	Nov 08, 1984	30	Charles Williams	win	UD 10
40	Aug 30, 1984	30	Johnny Davis	win	UD 10
39	Jun 14, 1984	30	Jerome Clouden	win	RTD 5
38	Mar 26, 1984	29	Eddie Gonzales	win	KO 4
37	Jan 18, 1984	29	Elvis Parks	win	TKO 4
36	Nov 21, 1983	29	Mike Brothers	win	TKO 10
35	Feb 25, 1983	28	Andros Ernie Barr	win	TKO 8
34	Oct 14, 1982	28	Alvino Manson	win	KO 1
33	Apr 06, 1982	27	Darnell Hayes	win	TKO 2
32	Mar 28, 1981	26	Michael Spinks 24 15-0	loss	KO 4
31	Jan 28, 1981	26	Rick Nash	win	TKO 3
30	Jan 15, 1981	26	Eddie Straight	win	TKO 1
29	Sep 09, 1980	26	Dave Lee Royster	win	KO 4
28	Mar 31, 1980	25	Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	loss	TKO 11
27	Nov 30, 1979	25	Víctor Galíndez	win	KO 11
26	Sep 20, 1979	25	Carlos Marks	win	UD 10
25	Apr 22, 1979	25	Matthew Saad Muhammad 24 22-3-2	loss	TKO 8
24	Dec 02, 1978	24	Mate Parlov	win	TKO 10
23	Sep 15, 1978	24	Jerry Celestine	win	UD 10
22	Jun 17, 1978	24	Lottie Mwale	loss	PTS 8
21	May 24, 1978	24	John Baldwin	win	UD 10
20	Apr 03, 1978	23	Eddie Davis 26 10-0-1	win	TKO 7
19	Jan 25, 1978	23	Roberto Reynosa	win	KO 1
18	Nov 01, 1977	23	Billy Douglas	win	TKO 5
17	Sep 28, 1977	23	Johnny Fields	win	KO 1
16	Jul 26, 1977	23	Matthew Saad Muhammad 22 15-3-2	loss	TKO 12
15	Apr 22, 1977	23	Tom Bethea	win	TKO 4
14	Feb 21, 1977	22	Johnny Townsend	win	UD 10
13	Nov 30, 1976	22	Vandell Woods	win	UD 10
12	Sep 14, 1976	22	Wayne McGee	win	TKO 1
11	Apr 15, 1976	22	Harold Carter	win	KO 2
10	Apr 03, 1976	21	Ray Anderson	win	TKO 6
9	Nov 13, 1975	21	Eddie Owens	win	KO 3
8	Apr 17, 1975	21	Paul Cardoza	win	TKO 5
7	Jan 29, 1975	20	Gary Summerhays	win	UD 10
6	Dec 11, 1974	20	Jim Adams	win	TKO 1
5	Nov 12, 1974	20	Johnny Words	win	TKO 6
4	Jul 17, 1974	20	Ted Paxton	win	KO 2
3	Oct 30, 1973	19	Chuck Warfield	win	TKO 5
2	Sep 17, 1973	19	Al Byrd	win	TKO 1
1	May 22, 1973	19	Sylvester Wilder	win	KO 2

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