Record details

Johnny van RENSBURG

"Smiler"

Lightweight

Male

South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Born: May 9, 1932, Lichtenburg, North-West, South Africa
Died: October 28, 2010, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

as an amateur:

1950 Auckland, New Zealand, British Empire Games bantamweight gold medal
1952 Helsinki, Finland, Olympic Games bantamweight

No amateur results

Professional record


1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Ronnie Muller	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 4
+ Mar. 21	Benny Nieuwenhuizen	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 4
+ Apr. 11	Karl Brandt	Kroonstad, South Africa	TKO 3
+ May 9	Johnny van Blerk	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 3
+ July 4	Ronnie Muller	Roodepoort, South Africa	W 10
Transvaal Lightweight Title
= Aug. 29	Gordon Goodman	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 10
= Dec. 12	Solly Cantor	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 8

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	Tony Habib	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
South African Lightweight Title
+ Mar. 9	Tony Lombard	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 10
+ July 30	Tony Lombard	Durban, South Africa	W 10
+ Oct. 2	Harry Walker	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 6
+ Nov. 6	Billy Wells	Bloemfontein, South Africa	KO 4

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	Joe Lucy	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 15
vacant Commonwealth Lightweight Title
+ June 11	Louis Klopper	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
South African and Commonwealth Lightweight Titles
+ Aug. 20	Roy Louw	Cape Town, South Africa	TKO 8
South African and Commonwealth Lightweight Titles
+ Dec. 10	Willie Toweel	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 9
South African Lightweight Title

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 11	Francisco Santos	Lourenco Marques, Mozambique	LDQ 3
- June 16	Willie Toweel	Johannesburg, South Africa	L 15
South African and Commonwealth Lightweight Titles
= Aug. 11	Willie Toweel	Johannesburg, South Africa	Draw 15
South African and Commonwealth Lightweight Titles
- Oct. 29	Franco Rosini	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO by 5

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 14	Willie Toweel	Cape Town, South Africa	TKO by 4
South African and Commonwealth Lightweight Titles
+ May 4	Julio Silvo	Johannesburg, South Africa	KO 2
+ June 1	Julio Silvo	Lourenco Marques, Mozambique	KO 5
+ Sept. 28	Billy Lotter	Pretoria, South Africa	TKO 10
vacant South African Welterweight Title
+ Nov. 16	Billy Lotter	Johannesburg, South Africa	W 12
South African Welterweight Title

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Sampie Pretorius	Durban, South Africa	KO 3
vacant South African Lightweight Title
+ May 17	George Barnes	Salisbury, Rhodesia	W 15
Commonwealth Welterweight Title
- May 31	Francisco Santos	Lourenco Marques, Mozambique	L 10
+ July 1	Francisco Santos	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 8
+ July 25	Benny Nieuwenhuizen	Durban, South Africa	KO 3
South African Welterweight Title
- Aug. 18	George Barnes	Sydney, Australia	TKO by 13
Commonwealth Welterweight Title
+ Sept. 12	Max Carlos	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
+ Oct. 3	Bruno Visintin	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
+ Oct. 13	George Burns	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Nov. 1	Ron Hinson	Salisbury, Rhodesia	W 10
+ Dec. 6	Belarmino Fragoso	Lourenco Marques, Mozambique	TKO 3

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 21	Willie Toweel	Salisbury, Rhodesia	L 10
- Apr. 17	Dickie Williams	Durban, South Africa	L 12
South African Welterweight Title
+ Aug. 7	Benny Nieuwenhuizen	Durban, South Africa	W 12
South African Lightweight Title
- Aug. 28	George Bracken	Melbourne, Australia	KO by 5
+ Sept. 18	George Barnes	Brisbane, Australia	W 12

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 25	Tony Smith	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 8
+ Mar. 14	Ronnie Rush	Leyton, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 22	Terry Gill	West Ham, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 23	Billy Kelly	Belfast, Great Britain	W 10
- May 17	Boswell St Louis	Shoreditch, Great Britain	L 10
- Aug. 30	Guy Gracia	Streatham, Great Britain	L 10
- Oct. 1	Giordano Campari	Roma, Italy	L 10

Summary