Johnny Bredahl

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Medal record
Competitor for  Denmark
Men’s Boxing
European Amateur Championships
Bronze	1987 Turin	Flyweight

Johnny Bredahl
Statistics
Real name	Johnny Bredahl Johansen
Rated at	Bantamweight
Nationality	Danish
Birth date	27 August 1968(1968-08-27)
Birth place	Copenhagen, Denmark
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	58
Wins	56
Wins by KO	26
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0

Johnny Bredahl (also known as Johny Wahid Johansen) (born Johnny Bredahl Johansen on 27 August 1968 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional boxer in the bantamweight (118 lb) division. Bredahl is the former WBA world bantamweight champion.^[1] Bredahl fights at the bantamweight division but could has also competed at divisions either side.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Amateur career

Bredahl boxed as an amateur and represented Denmark in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea before turning professional.

[edit] Professional career

In December 1988, Bredahl turn professional winning his first fight at the Sheraton Hotel in Copenhagen, when Bredahl beat England's Gordon Stobie with a points decision over six rounds. Bredahl won seven of his first eight fights in a similar fashion.

Bredahl won his first title belt, the Vacant EBU (European) Bantamweight Title, in March 1992 with a seven round knockout win over Scotland's Donnie Hood. Later that year Bredahl won the WBO Super Flyweight Title with a win over Jose Quirino.

Bredahl first opportunity to fight for a recognised world title belt came in December 1995 when he challenged Northern Ireland's Wayne McCullough for his WBC Bantamweight title. However, Bredahl suffered the first defeat on his career when McCullough beat Bredahl by a knockout in the seventh round to retain his title.

Bredahl won the Vacant IBO Bantamweight Title in his next fight and in June 1998, Brodie won the WBU Bantamweight Title and added the Vacant IBC Bantamweight Title in May 1995.

[edit] References

1. ^ Boxrec Fighter Page

• Boxrec. "Johnny Bredahl". Boxrec Fighter Page. Retrieved on 2 March 2007.

[edit] See also

• List of WBA world champions

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Johnny Bredahl from Boxrec

Preceded by Jose Quirino	WBO Super Flyweight Champion 4 Sep 1992– 1994 Vacates	Succeeded by Johnny Tapia
Preceded by Eidy Moya	WBA Bantamweight Champion 19 Apr 2002– 11 Oct 2004 Retires	Succeeded by Wladimir Sidorenko