| Glen Johnson | |
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Johnson (on the left) in June 2011 |
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Glengoffe Donovan Johnson |
| Nickname(s) | Gentleman The Road Warrior |
| Rated at | Light Heavyweight |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Born | January 2, 1969 Clarendon, Jamaica |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 68 |
| Wins | 51 |
| Wins by KO | 35 |
| Losses | 16 |
| Draws | 2 |
| No contests | 0 |
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson (born January 2, 1969 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF & The Ring light heavyweight champion.
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Johnson arrived in southern Florida from Jamaica 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.
Johnson won his first 32 professional fights before challenging Bernard Hopkins 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 with a unanimous decision to earn the IBF light heavyweight title. His next fight came against former champion Roy Jones Jr. In an upset, he knocked Jones out in the ninth round of their September 2004 fight.
The subsequent split decision victory over Antonio Tarver 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 in May 2007.
Johnson lost a unanimous decision to Chad Dawson 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.[1]
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 for the IBF light heavyweight title but lost a close decision 116-112 from all 3 judges despite landing more punches according to CompuBox.[2]
Glen Johnson has joined the Super Six World Boxing Classic replacing Mikkel Kessler 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.
| 51 Wins (35 knockouts, 16 decisions), 16 Losses (1 knockout, 15 decision), 2 Draws [1] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 51-16-2 | Lucian Bute | UD | 12 | 05/11/2011 | Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | For IBF super middleweight title. |
| Loss | 51-15-2 | Carl Froch | MD | 12 | 04/06/2011 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | For WBC super middleweight title. Super Six World Boxing Classic Semi Final. |
| Win | 51-14-2 | Allan Green | TKO | 8 (12) | 06/11/2010 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 50-14-2 | Tavoris Cloud | UD | 12 | 07/08/2010 | Scottrade Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States | For IBF light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 50-13-2 | Yusaf Mack | TKO | 6 (12) | 05/02/2010 | NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 49-13-2 | Chad Dawson | UD | 12 | 07/11/2009 | XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States | For WBC light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 49-12-2 | Daniel Judah | UD | 10 | 27/02/2009 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 48-12-2 | Aaron Norwood | TKO | 4 (10) | 11/11/2008 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 47-12-2 | Chad Dawson | UD | 12 | 12/04/2008 | St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, United States | For WBC light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 47-11-2 | Hugo Pineda | TKO | 8 (10) | 15/01/2008 | Bally's Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 46-11-2 | Fred Moore | KO | 5 (12) | 27/07/2007 | Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel, Miami, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 45-11-2 | Montell Griffin | TKO | 11 (12) | 16/05/2007 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 44-11-2 | Clinton Woods | SD | 12 | 02/09/2006 | Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | For IBF light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 44-10-2 | Richard Hall | UD | 12 | 24/02/2006 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 43-10-2 | George Khalid Jones | TKO | 10 (12) | 30/09/2005 | Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks, California, United States | IBF light heavyweight title eliminator. |
| Loss | 42-10-2 | Antonio Tarver | UD | 12 | 18/06/2005 | FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Lost The Ring light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 42-9-2 | Antonio Tarver | SD | 12 | 18/12/2004 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States | Won The Ring light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 41-9-2 | Roy Jones Jr. | KO | 9 (12) | 25/09/2004 | FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Retained IBF light heavyweight title. Named Ring magazine 2004 Upset Of The Year. |
| Win | 40-9-2 | Clinton Woods | UD | 12 | 06/02/2004 | Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Won vacant IBF light heavyweight title. |
| Draw | 39-9-2 | Clinton Woods | SD | 12 | 07/11/2003 | Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom | For vacant IBF light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 39-9-1 | Eric Harding | UD | 12 | 18/05/2003 | Jimmy's Bronx Cafe, Bronx, New York, United States | Won vacant USBA light heavyweight title. |
| Draw | 38-9-1 | Daniel Judah | SD | 12 | 04/04/2003 | Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | |
| Loss | 38–9 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | MD | 10 | 24/01/2003 | Crowne Plaza, Commerce, California, United States | |
| Loss | 38–8 | Derrick Harmon | UD | 10 | 14/04/2002 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 38–7 | Thomas Ulrich | KO | 6 (12) | 28/07/2001 | Estrel Convention Center, Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany | Won WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title. |
| Win | 37–7 | Toks Owoh | TKO | 6 (12) | 23/09/2000 | York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom | Won IBF Inter-Continental super middleweight title. |
| Loss | 36–7 | Omar Sheika | MD | 10 | 02/06/2000 | Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| Loss | 36–6 | Silvio Branco | UD | 12 | 15/04/2000 | Padua, Veneto, Italy | |
| Loss | 36–5 | Syd Vanderpool | UD | 10 | 28/01/2000 | The Ruins, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |
| Loss | 36–4 | Sven Ottke | UD | 12 | 27/11/1999 | Philips Halle, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | For IBF super middleweight title. |
| Win | 36–3 | Marcelo Zimmerman | TKO | 1 (12) | 16/10/1999 | Oranjestad, Aruba | Retained WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title. |
| Win | 35–3 | Augustine Renteria | TKO | 4 (10) | 31/07/1999 | Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, United States | |
| Win | 34–3 | Troy Watson | UD | 12 | 22/04/1999 | Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas, United States | Won WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title. |
| Win | 33–3 | Armando Campas | KO | 6 (10) | 26/02/1999 | Sho-Ka Reservation, Hopland, California, United States | |
| Loss | 32–3 | Joseph Kiwanuka | SD | 10 | 04/08/1998 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States | |
| Loss | 32–2 | Merqui Sosa | UD | 10 | 13/12/1997 | Concord Plaza Expo Center, Northlake, Illinois, United States | |
| Loss | 32–1 | Bernard Hopkins | TKO | 11 (12) | 20/07/1997 | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, United States | For IBF middleweight title. |
| Win | 32–0 | Dave Hamilton | TKO | 2 (10) | 07/06/1997 | Hawthorne Race Course, Cicero, Illinois, United States | |
| Win | 31–0 | Sam Garr | UD | 10 | 25/02/1997 | Pyramid, Long Beach, California, United States | |
| Win | 30–0 | Ralph Monday | KO | 1 (10) | 06/12/1996 | Miami, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 29–0 | Stacy Goodson | KO | 2 (10) | 02/11/1996 | Nassau, Bahamas | |
| Win | 28–0 | Jeff Johnson | TKO | 5 (10) | 01/10/1996 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 27–0 | David McCluskey | TKO | 3 (?) | 24/08/1996 | Valdosta, Georgia, United States | |
| Win | 26–0 | Gerald Reed | PTS | 10 | 29/07/1996 | Hallandale, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 25–0 | Tom Bentley | TKO | 3 (8) | 15/06/1996 | Nassau, Bahamas | |
| Win | 24–0 | James Gatlin | MD | 6 | 11/06/1996 | Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | |
| Win | 23–0 | Kenneth Parker | TKO | 3 (?) | 02/04/1996 | Atlantis Casino, Cupecoy Bay, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles | |
| Win | 22–0 | Guy Stanford | TKO | 2 (?) | 26/03/1996 | Immokalee, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 21–0 | Danny Mitchell | KO | 2 (?) | 24/02/1996 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 20–0 | Bill Bradley | KO | 1 (?) | 16/01/1996 | War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 19–0 | Jerome Hill | TKO | 1 (?) | 28/11/1995 | Bell Auditoriumm, Augusta, Georgia, United States | |
| Win | 18–0 | Melvin Wynn | TKO | 4 (?) | 08/09/1995 | Hialeah, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 17–0 | Jesus Carlos Velez | TKO | 2 (6) | 22/07/1995 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 16–0 | John McClendon | KO | 1 (6) | 27/06/1995 | War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 15–0 | Tyrone Dillard | KO | 1 (?) | 25/03/1995 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 14–0 | Carlos Betancourt | TKO | 1 (?) | 25/02/1995 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 13–0 | Edison Martinez | KO | 3 (?) | 06/02/1995 | West Palm Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 12–0 | Bill Bradley | UD | 10 | 16/12/1994 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 11–0 | Jesus Carlos Velez | SD | 8 | 19/11/1994 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 10–0 | Gustavo Gonzalez | UD | 6 | 15/10/1994 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 9–0 | Joe Harris | TKO | 4 (?) | 08/09/1994 | Davie Arena, Davie, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 8–0 | Jesus Carlos Velez | UD | 6 | 03/09/1994 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 7–0 | Vincent Godbolt | KO | 3 (?) | 05/08/1994 | Miami Beach, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 6–0 | Ralph Monday | UD | 4 | 08/04/1994 | Cape Coral, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 5–0 | Dwayne Waldon | UD | 6 | 22/10/1993 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 4–0 | Anthony Brooks | MD | 4 | 30/08/1993 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 3–0 | James Mullins | KO | 3 (4) | 26/06/1993 | Newcastle, North Carolina, United States | |
| Win | 2–0 | Jerry Reyes | KO | 3 (4) | 27/03/1993 | George Town, Cayman Islands | |
| Win | 1–0 | Yurek Del Rio | TKO | 1 (4) | 19/02/1993 | Airport Hilton, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Toney |
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 2004 |
Succeeded by Ricky Hatton |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Antonio Tarver Vacated |
IBF Light Heavyweight Champion 6 February 2004–December 2004 Stripped |
Succeeded by Clinton Woods |
| Preceded by Antonio Tarver |
The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion December 18, 2004 – June 18, 2005 |
Succeeded by Antonio Tarver |