Chris Johnson (Boxer)

Chris Omar Johnson ( born August 8, 1971 in Manchester Parish, Jamaica ) is a retired Canadian boxer Jamaican descent.

Private

Chris Johnson grew up in Kitchener, Ontario with his three brothers Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and his two sisters, Angelina and Necoal on.

Career

Amateur

Johnson was 1990-1992 Canadian champion at middleweight ( - 75kg).

In 1990, Johnson the Commonwealth Games, where he later professional Joseph Laryea, Ghana (5-0 ) defeated in the final. At the Goodwill Games in the same year he reached after a victory over Rostislav Saulitschni, Soviet Union ( 4-1 ), the semi-finals, which he compared Sven Ottke, Germany ( 4-1 ), lost and thus won the bronze medal.

At the Pan American Games in 1991 Johnson won after a final defeat by Ramón Garbey, Cuba (RSC 2 ), the silver medal. In the same year he also took part in the World Championships. After victories over Altangereb Bandi, Mongolia (RSC 3 ), and Kim Bo Ahn, South Korea ( 29:4 ), he reached the semifinals, which he compared Tommaso Russo, Italy ( 27:21 ), lost.

Also at the 1992 Olympics won Johnson the bronze medal. During the tournament he beat Mohamed Siluvangi, Congo (RSC 3 ), and Stefan Trendafilov, Bulgaria ( RSC 1 ) before the semi-final to Chris Byrd, United States ( 17:3 ), failed.

Professional

In 1993, Johnson made ​​his professional debut with a win by technical knockout in the third round against Berry Butler. The other 17 fighting ended successfully for him before he got the chance in July 1997 for the WBC International super middleweight title fight, but lost the duel against Herol Graham by technical knockout in the eighth round. After that fight, Johnson got no further opportunities to more title fights. He won a further eight fights, where he rose to the heavyweight division and won the rather insignificant heavyweight title of World Boxing Federation and the NABF. In January 2001, he lost his NABF title by one point defeat against Reggie Johnson. After even his next fight against Antonio Tarver he lost ( 10 KO ), Johnson ended his active career.

Coach

In 2006, Johnson, a martial arts academy named " Chris Johnson 's Fighting Alliance ", known today as " Clancy's Boxing Academy ". In this he trains amateur and professional boxers. His most famous protégé was the IBF world champion in the junior featherweight champion Steve Molitor.

Web Links & Resources

  • Http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
  • Http://boxrec.com
  • Http://www.fightingalliance.ca
  • Boxer ( Canada )
  • Olympian (Canada)
  • Canadian
  • Born in 1971
  • Man
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