On January 25, 2002, a 35-year-old Reggie Johnson (42-6-1, 24 KOs) and a 33-year-old Antonio Tarver (18-1, 16 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 49% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months. Tarver was on a 2-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
Antonio Tarver defeated Reggie Johnson via split decision in the 12-round light-heavyweight fight. Tarver improves his record to 19-1, while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 42-7-1.
On June 5, 1999, the 32-year-old IBF light-heavyweight champion, Reggie Johnson (39-5-1, 24 KOs), and the 30-year-old WBA and WBC light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. (39-1, 33 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 9 days. Jones Jr. was on a 5-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Roy Jones Jr. defeated Reggie Johnson via unanimous decision and wins the IBF, WBA, and WBC light-heavyweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion. Jones Jr. improves his record to 40-1, while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 39-6-1.
On October 13, 1995, Reggie Johnson and Jorge Castro met again in an immediate rematch.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 1 day. Castro was on a 27-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 16 days.
Jorge Castro defeated Reggie Johnson via split decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. Castro improves his record to 98-4-2, while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 35-5-1.
On August 12, 1994, 27-year-old Reggie Johnson (35-3-1, 22 KOs) and 26-year-old Jorge Castro (93-4-2, 65 KOs) fought for the vacant WBA middleweight title.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 24 days. Castro was on a 23-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 26 days.
Jorge Castro defeated Reggie Johnson via split decision . Castro improves his record to 94-4-2, while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 35-4-1.
On October 1, 1993, the 27-year-old WBA middleweight world champion, Reggie Johnson (34-2-1, 21 KOs), faced a 30-year-old John David Jackson (29-0, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 27 days. Jackson was on a 29-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 28 days.
John David Jackson defeated Reggie Johnson via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title. Jackson improves his record to 30-0, while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 34-3-1.
On June 29, 1991, a 24-year-old Reggie Johnson (29-1-1, 19 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight IBF title held by 22-year-old James Toney (26-0-1, 19 KOs).
Johnson came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 21 days. Toney was on a 6-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 19 days.
James Toney defeated Reggie Johnson via split decision and successfully defended his IBF middleweight title. Toney improves his record to 27-0-1, while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 29-2-1.
On January 29, 1985, an 18-year-old Reggie Johnson (6-0, 3 KOs) and Adam George met in the ring.
Johnson came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 2 days.
Reggie Johnson lost to Adam George via unanimous decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 6-1.