SPORT & NOTE
Marvin JOHNSON

Male

Light-Heavyweight, USA, Indianapolis, Indiana
Born: April 12, 1954, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Height: 5ft 10 1/2in, mt 1,78
southpaw

as an amateur:
1971 National Golden Gloves Light-Heavyweight Championship;
1971 National AAU Light-Heavyweight Championship;
1972 National Golden Gloves Middleweight Championship;
1972 Munchen, Germany, Olympic Games Middleweight bronze medal
W PTS 5-0 Ewald Jarmer, France;
W PTS 5-0 Alejandro Montoya, Cuba;
L TKO 2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev, USSR

Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1971
Fort Worth, Texas, US National Golden Gloves winner, 81 kg
+ Mar. 18Dave HillFort Worth, Texas WKO 1
+ Mar. 19Thomas GiacobbeFort Worth, Texas WTKO 1
+ Mar. 22Felton WoodsFort Worth, Texas WPTS
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States National Championships winner, 81 kg
+ May 1Hernando MolyneauxNew Orleans, Louisiana WKO 1
Latham, New York, North American Championships winner, 81 kg
+ May 31William TitleyLatham, New York WTKO 1
Essen, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs USA, 75 kg
+ Aug. 8SchuetzEssen, West Germany WRSC 2
1972
London, England, Dual Match England vs USA, 75 kg
- Feb. 3Alan MinterLondon, England LPTS
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US National Golden Gloves winner, 75 kg
+ Mar. 19Joey HadleyMinneapolis, Minnesota WPTS
+ Mar. 20Don RuckerMinneapolis, Minnesota WKO 2

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1973
+ May 22Sylvester WilderIndianapolis, USAKO 2
+ Sept. 17Al ByrdFort Wayne, USAKO 1
+ Oct. 30Chuck WarfieldFort Wayne, USATKO 5
1974
+ July 17Ted PaxtonChicago, USAKO 2
+ Nov. 12Johnny WordsIndianapolis, USATKO 6
+ Dec. 11Jim AdamsIndianapolis, USAKO 1
1975
+ Jan. 29Gary SummerhaysIndianapolis, USAW 10
+ Apr. 17Paul CardozaIndianapolis, USAKO 4
+ Nov. 13Eddie OwensIndianapolis, USAKO 3
1976
+ Apr. 3Ray AndersonIndianapolis, USATKO 6
+ Apr. 15 Harold CarterIndianapolis, USAKO 2
+ Sept. 14Wayne McGeePhiladelphia, USATKO 1
+ Nov. 30Vandell WoodsPhiladelphia, USAW 10
1977
+ Feb. 21Johnny TownsendPhiladelphia, USAW 10
+ Apr. 22Tom BetheaIndianapolis, USAKO 4
- July 26Matthew Saad MuhammadPhiladelphia, USATKO by 12
(For vacant NABF Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 29Johnny FieldsCleveland, USAKO 1
+ Nov. 1Billy DouglasPhiladelphia, USATKO 5
1978
+ Jan. 25Roberto ReynosaIndianapolis, USAKO 1
+ Apr. 3 Eddie DavisIndianapolis, USAKO 7
+ May 24Johnny BaldwinPhiladelphia, USAW 10
- June 17Lottie MwaleBelgrade, YugoslaviaL 8
+ Sept. 15Jerry CelestineNew Orleans, USAW 10
+ Dec. 2 Mate ParlovMarsala, ItalyTKO 10
(Won WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
1979
- Apr. 22Matthew Saad MuhammadIndianapolis, USATKO by 8
(Lost WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 20Carlos MarksIndianapolis, USAW 10
+ Nov. 30Victor GalindezNew Orleans, USAKO 11
(Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
1980
- Mar. 31Eddie Mustafa MuhammadKnoxville, USATKO by 11
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 9Dave Lee RoysterAtlantic City, USAKO 4
1981
+ Jan. 15Eddie StraightIndianapolis, USAKO 1
+ Jan. 28Rick NashIndianapolis, USAKO 3
- Mar. 28Michael SpinksAtlantic City, USAKO by 4
1982
+ Apr. 6Darnell HayesDanville, USATKO 2
+ Oct. 14Alvino MansonIndianapolis, USAKO 1
1983
+ Feb. 25Andros Ernie BarrNassau, BahamasKO 8
+ Nov. 21Mike BrothersChicago, USATKO 10
1984
+ Jan. 18Elvis ParksIndianapolis, USAKO 4
+ Mar. 26Eddie GonzalesAtlantic City, USAKO 4
+ June 14Jerome CloudenAtlantic City, USAKO 5
+ Aug. 30Johnny DavisAtlantic City, USAW 10
+ Nov. 8Charles WilliamsIndianapolis, USAW 10
+ Dec. 13Eddie CollinsAtlantic City, USAKO 2
1985
+ Jan. 17Charles HendersonMerrillville, USAKO 2
+ Apr. 21 Eddie DavisAtlantic City, USATKO 5
(Won vacant USBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 11Raleigh SearcyTerre Haute, USAKO 4
+ Dec. 4Frank LuxIndianapolis, USAKO 4
1986
+ Feb. 9Leslie StewartIndianapolis, USATKO 7
(Regained vacant WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 20Jean-Marie EmebeIndianapolis, USATKO 13
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
1987
- May 23Leslie StewartPort-of-Spain, Trinidad and TobagoTKO by 8
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

 

Summary

Total bouts: 49, Won: 43 (35 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0