Chris Johnson (boxer)

Chris Johnson

Personal information
Born	August 8, 1971
Medal record Men’s Boxing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Middleweight World Amateur Championships 1991 Sydney Middleweight Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland Middleweight Pan American Games 1991 Havana Middleweight

Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada. In 1990 he won the gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Johnson was raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with his three brothers, Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and 2 sisters, Angelina, and Necoal.

Presently, Johnson is the trainer of IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion, Steve "The Canadian Kid" Molitor, in addition to notable boxers such as Andrew Singh Kooner, and Natalie "Too Bad" Brown. In 2014, the Toronto Star profiled Michael Brandon, one of his boxers.^[1]

Professional boxing record

26 Wins (14 knockouts, 12 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw[2]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	17-1	Antonio Tarver	KO	10	03/08/2001	Yakama Legends Casino, Toppenish, Washington, United States	Johnson knocked out at 1:53 of the tenth round.
Loss	40-6-1	"Sweet" Reggie Johnson	UD	12	05/01/2001	Grand Casino Biloxi, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States	NABF. 112-116, 112-117, 111-117.
Win	9-11-1	Franklin Edmondson	UD	8	25/11/2000	Roseland Ballroom, Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
Win	18-5-2	Greg Wright	UD	12	14/07/2000	Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, United States	NABF Light Heavyweight Title. 115-113, 117-113, 117-111.
Win	14-9	Tyler Hughes	TKO	5	07/03/2000	Casino Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the fifth round.
Win	7-19-2	Availeo Slate	TKO	2	05/11/1999	Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:21 of the second round.
Win	9-5-1	Cecil McKenzie	TKO	3	21/08/1998	The Orleans, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBF World Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the third round.
Win	14-8-1	Napoleon Pitt	TKO	1	28/03/1998	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	17-28-1	Melvin Wynn	TKO	5	20/11/1997	Doraville, Georgia, United States
Draw	24-7-1	Ernest Mateen	TD	3	03/10/1997	Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	6-39-1	James "The Giant Peach" Mullins	TKO	2	09/09/1997	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Loss	46-5	Herol Graham	TKO	8	12/07/1997	Olympia, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	WBC International Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the eighth round.
Win	14-2	Milan Konecny	PTS	8	28/04/1997	Ice arena, Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom	79.5-77.
Win	16-31-5	Paul Wesley	KO	2	25/03/1997	Broadway Theatre, Catford, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom	Wesley knocked out at 0:50 of the second round.
Win	13-1	Antwun Echols	MD	10	11/10/1996	International Plaza Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win	6-5	Darren Ashton	TKO	1	09/07/1996	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	19-3-3	Darron Griffiths	RTD	3	02/04/1996	Elephant & Castle, Southwark, London, United Kingdom	Griffiths retired at the end of the third round.
Win	20-3	Rocky Gannon	UD	8	18/07/1995	IMA Sports Arena, Flint, Michigan, United States
Win	19-8	Chris Sande	TKO	2	22/04/1995	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	10-2	Asluddin Umarov	UD	4	18/02/1995	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	10-13-2	Eric French	PTS	8	26/01/1995	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	4-23	Tony Golden	PTS	6	20/12/1994	Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Win	7-1	Roman Santos	PTS	6	18/11/1994	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	3-2	Apolinar Hernandez	UD	4	13/02/1994	Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	5-5-1	Caseny Truesdale	TKO	3	10/11/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	2-4-3	Roy Payne	PTS	4	06/10/1993	Harrah's Marina, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	1-2	Vernon Hicks	TKO	2	22/07/1993	Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States
Win	--	Shaun Holder	TKO	2	13/05/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	0-14	Quirino Garcia	PTS	4	24/04/1993	The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	3-0	Berry Butler	TKO	3	28/02/1993	Trump Castle, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

1992 Summer Olympics results

• Defeated Mohamed Siluvangi (Zaire) TKO 3
• Defeated Stefan Trendafilov (Bulgaria) TKO 1
• Lost to Chris Byrd (USA) 3-17

References

1. ↑ Gillepsie, Kerry (25 April 2014). "Road to Pan Am boxing glory begins at home for Michael Brandon". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. Retrieved 30 April 2014. 
2. ↑ "Chris Johnson". BoxRec. 

External links

• Professional boxing record for Chris Johnson from BoxRec
• Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance
• Sparring for student success 2008 Toronto Star article on pilot program for middle school students at Toronto District School Board's Charles H. Best Middle School