Chris Johnson (boxer)

Chris Johnson
Personal information
Full name	Chris Omar Johnson
Born	August 8, 1971 (age 53); Manchester, Jamaica
Sport
Country	Canada
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing Canada
Olympic Games
World Amateur Championships
Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games

Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971) is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada.^[1] He won the middleweight gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He was inducted into Boxing Canada’s Hall of Fame, Class of 2019.^[2]

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

Johnson trained 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.^[3] In 2014, the Toronto Star profiled Michael Brandon, one of his boxers.^[4]

Professional boxing record

26 Wins (14 knockouts, 12 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw^[5]
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