Glen Johnson (boxer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Glengoffe Donovan Johnson (born January 2, 1969 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

and Ring magazine

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

light heavyweight champion.

Amateur career

Johnson arrived in southern Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

from Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

at the age of 15. He would not begin boxing as an amateur until a few years later.
Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson was a late bloomer of the sport, starting at 20 years old in Miami, Florida at an emerging police boxing gym. Johnson compiled an amateur record of 35-5 and was a two-time Florida State Golden Gloves Champion, once at 165 and at the other at 178-pounds.

Professional career

Johnson won his first 32 professional fights before challenging Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

for the IBF middleweight title in 1997. He suffered a technical knockout in the 11th round.

He added eight more to his tally of losses before drawing with and then beating Clinton Woods

Clinton Woods

Clinton Woods , is a retired professional boxer from Sheffield, England. He is the former IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth light heavyweight champion....

with a unanimous decision to earn the IBF light heavyweight title. His next fight came against former champion Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Jones, Jr. is an American boxer. As a professional he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight divisions...

In an upset, he knocked Jones out in the ninth round of their September 2004 fight.

The subsequent split decision victory over Antonio Tarver

Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....

that December made him The Ring light heavyweight boxing champion. He was chosen the 2004 fighter of the year by the Boxing Writer's Association of America.

Johnson lost the light heavyweight title to Antonio Tarver in the rematch. He then challenged old foe Woods once again for the IBF title. This time Woods beat him by a split decision. He then came back and defeated former champion Montell Griffin

Montell Griffin

Montell Julian Griffin is an American boxer. He is best known for his two bouts at Light Heavyweight with Roy Jones Jr.- Professional career :...

in May 2007.

Johnson lost a unanimous decision to Chad Dawson

Chad Dawson

"Bad" Chad Dawson is an American boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, and the former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson is rated by The Ring Magazine as the number four Light Heavyweight boxer in the world.-Early life:...

on April 12, 2008, for the WBC light heavyweight title. On November 7, 2009, Johnson lost a rematch with Dawson via unanimous decision in Hartford, CT.
The judges scores were 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111 for Dawson.

Glen "The Road warrior" Johnson often prepares for his fights at Danny Hawk's World Famous Normandy Gym in Miami Beach, FL, taking advantage of the high quality sparring available at Hawk's Gym and also in thump boxing gym on 8100 sw 81 st street

On August 7, 2010 Johnson challenged Tavoris Cloud

Tavoris Cloud

Tavoris Karod Cloud is an American professional boxer born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, and the current IBF light heavyweight champion.-Early life:...

for the IBF light heavyweight title but lost a close decision 116-112 from all 3 judges despite landing more punches according to CompuBox.

Glen Johnson has joined the Super Six World Boxing Classic

Super Six World Boxing Classic

The Super Six World Boxing Classic is a boxing super middleweight tournament organized by Showtime in co-operation with Sauerland Event. The winner of the tournament will hold the Ring, WBA, and WBC super middleweight titles....

replacing Mikkel Kessler

Mikkel Kessler

Mikkel Kessler is a Danish professional boxer and former two time WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion. In his professional career he has a record of 44–2 with 33 knockouts...

due to Kessler eye injury. Glen Johnson defeated Allen Green by a knockout in the eighth round, on November 6, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada and with that win proceeded to the Semi-Final of the Super 6 Tournament where he faced Carl Froch for a place in the Super 6 Final and WBC world Super-Middleweight title. Johnson Lost the fight by Majority decision with one judge scoring the contest a draw and the remaining two judges scoring in favour of Froch.

Professional boxing record

Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...

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Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson

Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson was a Boxing Super Middleweight fight for the IBF World title at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec in Canada and will be distributed by Showtime. Bute had hoped to match him with former titleholder Mikkel Kessler of Denmark. When Kessler declined the bout -- he...

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Carl Froch

Carl Froch is an English professional boxer and is a two-time and reigning WBC super middleweight champion. He previously held the British, Commonwealth, & English titles at super middleweight.-Amateur:...

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Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson

Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson was a Super Middleweight championship fight for the WBC Middleweight championship. The winner of the bout is going to the Finals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and face WBA Champion Andre Ward, after his decision win over Arthur Abraham in May 2011...

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Allan Green

Allan Lamar Green is a professional boxer of the super middleweight division. A notable contender, Green has a current record of 30 wins with 21 knockouts, and three losses.-Amateur career:...

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Tavoris Cloud

Tavoris Karod Cloud is an American professional boxer born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, and the current IBF light heavyweight champion.-Early life:...

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Yusaf Mack

Yusaf Mack is a professional boxer, currently residing in his hometown of New York, New York. Mack has fought in the middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight divisions and has held titles from the USBA , NABA, UBA, and NABF...

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Chad Dawson

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Daniel Judah

Daniel Harvey Judah is an American southpaw professional cruiserweight and light heavyweight boxer.His 33-fight record through 10/28/08 is 23-7-3, with 10 wins coming via knockout.He is the brother of Jr...

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Aaron Norwood
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Chad Dawson

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Hugo Pineda
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Fred Moore

Fred Moore (boxer)

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Montell Griffin

Montell Julian Griffin is an American boxer. He is best known for his two bouts at Light Heavyweight with Roy Jones Jr.- Professional career :...

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Clinton Woods

Clinton Woods , is a retired professional boxer from Sheffield, England. He is the former IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth light heavyweight champion....

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Richard Hall
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George Khalid Jones
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Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....

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Antonio Tarver

Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....

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Roy Jones Jr.
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Clinton Woods

Clinton Woods , is a retired professional boxer from Sheffield, England. He is the former IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth light heavyweight champion....

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Clinton Woods

Clinton Woods , is a retired professional boxer from Sheffield, England. He is the former IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth light heavyweight champion....

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Eric Harding

-Career:Harding turned pro in 1991 and was undefeated in his first 20 fights. These wins included a fight in which he defeated future champion Montell Griffin by split decision to win the NABF light heavyweight title on Nov 13, 1998, and a unanimous decision over then undefeated contender Antonio...

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Daniel Judah

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Julio Cesar Gonzalez

Julio César González Ibarra is a Mexican boxer and the former Lineal & WBO light heavyweight champion.Gonzalez was born in Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, and still claims Mexico as his native country although he has lived in the United States for several years...

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Derrick Harmon
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Thomas Ulrich

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Omar Sheika

Omar Sheika is an American boxer of Palestinian descent. As of October 2010 he holds a professional record of 30 wins and 10 losses.-Amateur career:...

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Silvio Branco

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Syd Vanderpool

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Sven Ottke

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Marcelo Zimmerman
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Augustine Renteria
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Troy Watson
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Armando Campas
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Joseph Kiwanuka
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Merqui Sosa
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Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

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Dave Hamilton
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Sam Garr
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Ralph Monday
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Stacy Goodson
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Jeff Johnson
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David McCluskey
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Gerald Reed
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Tom Bentley
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James Gatlin
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Kenneth Parker
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Guy Stanford
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Danny Mitchell
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Bill Bradley
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Jerome Hill
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Melvin Wynn
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Jesus Carlos Velez
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John McClendon
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Tyrone Dillard
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Carlos Betancourt
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Edison Martinez
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Bill Bradley
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|16/12/1994
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Jesus Carlos Velez
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|19/11/1994
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Gustavo Gonzalez
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Joe Harris
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|08/09/1994
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Jesus Carlos Velez
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|03/09/1994
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Vincent Godbolt
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Ralph Monday
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|08/04/1994
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Dwayne Waldon
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|22/10/1993
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Anthony Brooks
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James Mullins
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Jerry Reyes
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Yurek Del Rio
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External links

Undisputed Underdog, New Times Broward-Palm Beach
Glen Johnson Interview on Convicted Artist Magazine

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