Record details

Marvin Johnson

"Pops"

Light-Heavyweight

Male

USA, Indianapolis, Indiana
Born: April 12, 1954, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Height: 5ft 10 1/2in, mt 1,78
southpaw

as an amateur:

1971 National Golden Gloves Light-Heavyweight Championship;
1971 National AAU Light-Heavyweight Championship;
1972 National Golden Gloves Middleweight Championship;
1972 Munchen, Germany, Olympic Games Middleweight bronze medal
W PTS 5-0 Ewald Jarmer, France;
W PTS 5-0 Alejandro Montoya, Cuba;
L TKO 2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev, USSR

Amateur Results


1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Fort Worth, Texas, US National Golden Gloves winner, 81 kg
+ Mar. 18	Dave Hill	Fort Worth, Texas	WKO 1
+ Mar. 19	Thomas Giacobbe	Fort Worth, Texas	WTKO 1
+ Mar. 22	Felton Woods (USA)	Fort Worth, Texas	WPTS
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States National Championships winner, 81 kg
+ May 1	Hernando Molyneaux	New Orleans, Louisiana	WKO 1
Latham, New York, North American Championships winner, 81 kg
+ May 31	William Titley	Latham, New York	WTKO 1
Essen, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs USA, 75 kg
+ Aug. 8	Schuetz	Essen, West Germany	WRSC 2

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
London, England, Dual Match England vs USA, 75 kg
- Feb. 3	Alan Minter	London, England	LPTS
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US National Golden Gloves winner, 75 kg
+ Mar. 19	Joey Hadley	Minneapolis, Minnesota	WPTS
+ Mar. 20	Don Rucker (USA)	Minneapolis, Minnesota	WKO 2

Professional record


1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 22	Sylvester Wilder	Indianapolis, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 17	Al Byrd	Fort Wayne, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 30	Chuck Warfield	Fort Wayne, USA	TKO 5

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 17	Ted Paxton	Chicago, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 12	Johnny Words	Indianapolis, USA	TKO 6
+ Dec. 11	Jim Adams	Indianapolis, USA	KO 1

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Gary Summerhays	Indianapolis, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 17	Paul Cardoza	Indianapolis, USA	KO 4
+ Nov. 13	Eddie Owens	Indianapolis, USA	KO 3

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 3	Ray Anderson	Indianapolis, USA	TKO 6
+ Apr. 15	Harold Carter	Indianapolis, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 14	Wayne McGee	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
+ Nov. 30	Vandell Woods	Philadelphia, USA	W 10

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Johnny Townsend	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 22	Tom Bethea	Indianapolis, USA	KO 4
- July 26	Matthew Saad Muhammad	Philadelphia, USA	TKO by 12
(For vacant NABF Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 29	Johnny Fields	Cleveland, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 1	Billy Douglas	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 5

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 25	Roberto Reynosa	Indianapolis, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 3	Eddie Davis	Indianapolis, USA	KO 7
+ May 24	Johnny Baldwin	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
- June 17	Lottie Mwale	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	L 8
+ Sept. 15	Jerry Celestine	New Orleans, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 2	Mate Parlov	Marsala, Italy	TKO 10
(Won WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 22	Matthew Saad Muhammad	Indianapolis, USA	TKO by 8
(Lost WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 20	Carlos Marks	Indianapolis, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 30	Victor Galindez	New Orleans, USA	KO 11
(Won WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 31	Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	Knoxville, USA	TKO by 11
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 9	Dave Lee Royster	Atlantic City, USA	KO 4

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 15	Eddie Straight	Indianapolis, USA	KO 1
+ Jan. 28	Rick Nash	Indianapolis, USA	KO 3
- Mar. 28	Michael Spinks	Atlantic City, USA	KO by 4

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 6	Darnell Hayes	Danville, USA	TKO 2
+ Oct. 14	Alvino Manson	Indianapolis, USA	KO 1

1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Andros Ernie Barr	Nassau, Bahamas	KO 8
+ Nov. 21	Mike Brothers	Chicago, USA	TKO 10

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Elvis Parks	Indianapolis, USA	KO 4
+ Mar. 26	Eddie Gonzales	Atlantic City, USA	KO 4
+ June 14	Jerome Clouden	Atlantic City, USA	KO 5
+ Aug. 30	Johnny Davis	Atlantic City, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 8	Charles Williams	Indianapolis, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 13	Eddie Collins	Atlantic City, USA	KO 2

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Charles Henderson	Merrillville, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 21	Eddie Davis	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 5
(Won vacant USBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 11	Raleigh Searcy	Terre Haute, USA	KO 4
+ Dec. 4	Frank Lux	Indianapolis, USA	KO 4

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 9	Leslie Stewart	Indianapolis, USA	TKO 7
(Regained vacant WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 20	Jean-Marie Emebe	Indianapolis, USA	TKO 13
(Retained WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 23	Leslie Stewart	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	TKO by 8
(Lost WBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

Summary