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Marvin Johnson

4335 KOs

65 KOs

0Draws

Last six: W-W-W-W-W-L

Career

division

Light Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

49

rounds

282

KO %

81.4%

KO wins

35

KO losses

5

career

1973–1987

debut

1973-05-22

last fight

1987-05-23

Profile

sex

M

stance

southpaw

height

5′ 11″ / 180cm

nationality

United States

origin

Indianapolis, IN, USA

city / state / zip

Indianapolis, Indiana

dob

1954-04-12

age

72

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Can De La Hoya-Mayweather fix boxing's ills?

2007-05-04 · Fox Sports

True it may lack some of the political intrigue of Muhammad Ali's first fight against Joe Frazier or the racially-charged atmosphere that dominated much of the buildup to Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney or Jack Johnson-Jim Jeffries. The glamour of Sugar Ray Leonard's marquee fights with Roberto Duran Thomas Hearns or Marvin Hagler may be missing.…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

23 1 0

L-RTD

National Stadium, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad And Tobago

WBA World light heavyweight title

8 of 12 · 175 / 175 lbs

Referee: Bernie Soto

Jean-Marie Emebe

24 2 0

W-TKO

Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

WBA World light heavyweight title

13 of 15 · 175 / 175 lbs · 1:41

Referee: Luis Rivera

18 0 0

W-TKO

Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

vacant WBA World light heavyweight title

7 of 15 · 175 / 175 lbs · 0:56

7 18 0

W-KO

Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

4 of 10 · 177 / 172 lbs

3 4 0

W-KO

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

4 of 10

29 4 1

W-TKO

Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

USBA Light Heavyweight Title

5 of 12 · 173 / 174 lbs · 0:59

Referee: Paul Venti

Charles Henderson

16 4 0

W-KO

Merrillville, Indiana, United States

2

8 10 2

W-KO

Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

2 of 10 · 177 / 177 lbs · 1:35

Referee: Larry Hazzard

Charles Williams

12 3 2

W-UD

Tyndall Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

10 of 10 · 175 / 175 lbs

Judges: Lance Rhodes 90-99 | Gary Merritt 91-99 | Mike DeFabis 89-100

Referee: Mike DeFabis

16 6 0

W-PTS

Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

10 of 10

19 2 0

W-KO

Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

5

22 4 0

W-KO

Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

4 · 177 / 177 lbs

13 7 0

W-KO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

4

13 3 0

W-TKO

Americana Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, United States

10 of 10 · 175 / 176 lbs

Andros Ernie Barr

29 8 0

W-KO

Nassau, Bahamas

8

10 1 0

W-KO

Tyndall Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

1 · 1:00

Referee: Mike DeFabis

11 20 0

W-TKO

Civic Center, Danville, Illinois, United States

2 of 10 · 177 / 179 lbs · 1:55

Judges: John Naylor | Jim Lebel

Referee: Ed Stage

15 0 0

L-KO

Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

4 of 10 · 174 / 176 lbs · 1:22

Judges: Frank Brunette | Milo Savage

Referee: Joe Cortez

0 0 0

W-KO

Atkinson Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

3

2 3 0

W-KO

Tyndall Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

1

12 14 1

W-KO

Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

4

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad

35 4 1

L-TKO

Stokley Athletics Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

WBA World light heavyweight title

11 of 15 · 175 / 174 lbs · 2:43

Judges: Luis Sulbaran 98-96 | Guillermo Bauza 99-94

Referee: Carlos Berrocal (97-93)

Victor Galindez

51 5 2

W-KO

Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

WBA World light heavyweight title

11 of 15 · 174 / 175 lbs · 0:20

Referee: Jesus Celis

29 33 2

W-PTS

Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

10 of 10 · 175 / 170 lbs

Matthew Saad Muhammad

22 3 2

L-TKO

Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

WBC World light heavyweight title

8 of 15 · 175 / 175 lbs

Judges: Tom Catterson

Referee: George DeFabis

22 1 1

W-TKO

Sports Palace, Marsala, Sicilia, Italy

WBC Light Heavyweight Title

10 of 15

Jerry Celestine

15 1 1

W-PTS

Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

10 of 10

7 0 0

L-PTS

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia

8 of 8

Referee: Jozef Vikopv

32 3 0

W-PTS

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

10 of 10

10 0 1

W-KO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

7

Roberto Reynosa

0 6 0

W-KO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

1

35 13 1

W-TKO

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

5 of 10 · 175 / 176 lbs · 2:35

4 1 0

W-KO

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

1

Matthew Saad Muhammad

15 3 2

L-TKO

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

NABF Light Heavyweight Title

12 of 12 · 1:12

Judges: Paul Harris 51-51 | Harold Lederman 51-48

Referee: Ozzie Sadler (49-53)

22 15 3

W-KO

Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

4 of 10 · 2:50

Johnny Townsend

8 6 0

W-PTS

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

10 of 10 · 176 / 178 lbs

7 2 0

W-PTS

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

10 of 10

4 2 1

W-TKO

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1 · 176 / 178 lbs

19 36 4

W-TKO

Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

2 of 10

Referee: Joe Sgro

36 17 4

W-TKO

Fairgrounds Coliseum, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

6 of 10

36 25 3

W-KO

Tyndall Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

3 of 10 · 175 / 174 lbs

23 8 0

W-KO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

4

Gary Summerhays

22 6 2

W-PTS

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

10 of 10

6 3 0

W-KO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

1

2 0 0

W-TKO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

6

2 15 0

W-KO

High Chaparal, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2

1 0 0

W-TKO

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

5 · 175 / 175 lbs

0 1 1

W-KO

Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

1 of 8 · 175 / 175 lbs

Sylvester Wilder

4 8 0

W-KO

Tyndall Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

2 of 6 · 175 lbs · 1:30