On May 23, 1987, Marvin Johnson and Leslie Stewart met again in a rematch.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 3 days. Stewart was on a 5-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 3 days.
Marvin Johnson refused to continue the fight in the 8th round, and Leslie Stewart is crowned the new light-heavyweight world champion. Stewart improves his record to 24-1 (16 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 43-6.
On March 28, 1981, a 26-year-old Marvin Johnson (27-4, 21 KOs) and a 24-year-old Michael Spinks (15-0, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months. Spinks was on a 15-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 4 days.
Michael Spinks stopped Marvin Johnson via KO in the 4th round. Spinks improves his record to 16-0 (11 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 27-5.
On March 31, 1980, the 25-year-old WBA light-heavyweight world champion, Marvin Johnson (24-3, 18 KOs), faced Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, in a title defense fight.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 1 day.
Marvin Johnson was defending his light-heavyweight WBA titles against Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and lost via TKO in the 11th round, and adds an loss to his record at 24-4.
On April 22, 1979, Marvin Johnson and Matthew Saad Muhammad met again in a rematch.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 20 days. Muhammad was on a 9-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 29 days.
In the rematch, Matthew Saad Muhammad stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC light-heavyweight champion. Muhammad improves his record to 23-3-2 (16 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 22-3.
On June 17, 1978, a 24-year-old Marvin Johnson (20-1, 16 KOs) and Lottie Mwale met in the ring.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 24 days.
Marvin Johnson lost to Lottie Mwale via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 20-2.
On July 26, 1977, a 23-year-old Marvin Johnson (15-0, 12 KOs) and a 22-year-old Matthew Saad Muhammad (15-3-2, 9 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 4 days. Muhammad was on a 2-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 3 days.
Matthew Saad Muhammad stopped Marvin Johnson via TKO in the 12th round. Muhammad improves his record to 16-3-2 (10 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 15-1.