Johnny Bredahl Johansen (born 27 August 1968), known professionally as Johnny Bredahl or Johny Wahid Johansen, is a Danish former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO super-flyweight title from 1992 to 1994 and the WBA bantamweight title between 2002 and 2004. He is the younger brother of former super featherweight world champion of boxing, Jimmi Bredahl.

Amateur career Bredahl boxed as an amateur and represented Denmark in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea before turning professional.

1988 Olympic results Below is the record of Johnny Bedahl, a Danish flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:

Round of 64: lost to Hamed Halbouni (Syria) referee stopped contest in the second round

Professional career In December 1988, Bredahl turn professional winning his first fight at the Sheraton Hotel in Copenhagen, when Bredahl beat England's Gordon Stobie with a points decision over six rounds. Bredahl won seven of his first eight fights in a similar fashion.

Bredahl won the vacant EBU bantamweight title, in March 1992 with a seven-round knockout win over Scotland's Donnie Hood. Later that year, Bredahl won his first world title belt, the WBO super-flyweight title with a win over Jose Quirino.

Bredahl first opportunity to fight for a recognised world title belt came in December 1995, when he challenged Wayne McCullough for his WBC bantamweight title. However, Bredahl suffered the first defeat on his career when McCullough beat Bredahl by a knockout in the seventh round to retain his title.

Bredahl also won minor world titles from the IBO, WBU, and IBC.

In April 2002, he once again became a world champion by beating Eidy Moya to win the WBA bantamweight title. He went on to successfully defend the title 3 times and announced his retirement in October 2004.

Bredahl briefly came back and fought Alexander Fedorov. However, he immediately went back to retirement after the fight.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes58Win56–2 Alexander FedorovDQ7 (12), 30 Mar 2006 57Win55–2 Nobuaki NakaUD1213 Mar 2004 56Win54–2 David GueraultUD1224 Oct 2003 55Win53–2 Leo GamezUD128 Nov 2002 54Win52–2 Eidy MoyaKO9 (12), 19 Apr 2002 53Win51–2 Evangelio PerezUD613 Oct 2001 52Win50–2 Andres MartinezKO3 (8), 16 Jun 2001 51Win49–2 Joel JunioUD129 Mar 2001 50Win48–2 Alexandre Da SilvaKO5 (12)1 Dec 2000 49Win47–2 Leonardo GutierrezPTS83 Nov 2000 48Win46–2 Roberto LopezUD121 Sep 2000 47Loss45–2 Paulie Ayala124 Mar 2000 46Win45–1 Paul LloydTKO1 (12)29 Oct 1999 45Win44–1 Sandile SobandlaUD83 Sep 1999 44Win43–1 Len MartinezTKO2 (8)18 Jun 1999 43Win42–1 Kamel GuerfiKO6 (12)4 May 1999 42Win41–1 Nelson Ramon MedinaKO1 (8)19 Mar 1999 41Win40–1 Xolani NdleleniKO3 (8)27 Nov 1998 40Win39–1 Gerardo GarciaKO2 (8)16 Oct 1998 39Win38–1 Patrick QukaTKO5 (12)5 Jun 1998 38Win37–1 Alexander YagupovUD123 Apr 1998 37Win36–1 Cruz CarbajalUD813 Feb 1998 36Win35–1 Willy SalazarUD814 Nov 1997 35Win34–1 Javier CampanarioKO5 (12)3 Oct 1997 34Win33–1 Igor GerasimovKO5 (12)13 Jun 1997 33Win32–1 Laureano RamírezKO8 (12)2 May 1997 32Win31–1 Drew DochertyTKO3 (12), 14 Mar 1997 31Win30–1 Harald GeierTKO5 (12)30 Nov 1996 30Win29–1 Alexander YagupovUD1231 May 1996 29Win28–1 Rolando PascuaKO1 (12)29 Mar 1996 28Win27–1 Efrain PintorRTD2 (12), 16 Feb 1996 27Loss26–1 Wayne McCulloughTKO8 (12), 2 Dec 1995 26Win26–0 Jeff LoveKO1 (8), 20 Oct 1995 25Win25–0 Kino RodriguezPTS88 Sep 1995 24Win24–0 Chris GomezUD89 Jun 1995 23Win23–0 Kenny MitchellPTS817 Mar 1995 22Win22–0 Conn McMullenPTS87 Oct 1994 21Win21–0 Adey BentonPTS816 Sep 1994 20Win20–0 Eduardo NazarioUD1225 Mar 1994 19Win19–0 Eduardo Nazario4 (12), 29 Oct 1993 18Win18–0 Antonio MoralesKO3 (8)17 Sep 1993 17Win17–0 Rafael CabanUD1226 Mar 1993 16Win16–0 Jose De JesusKO1 (8)12 Feb 1993 15Win15–0 José Quirino124 Sep 1992 14Win14–0 Donnie HoodTKO7 (12)14 Mar 1992 13Win13–0 Lionel Jean7 (8)6 Dec 1991 12Win12–0 Antonio PicardiPTS817 May 1991 11Win11–0 Antti JuntumaaKO3 (10)15 Feb 1991 10Win10–0 Benito MartinezKO5 (8)8 Dec 1990 9Win9–0 Andrea Mannai5 (6)19 Oct 1990 8Win8–0 Peter BuckleyPTS617 May 1990 7Win7–0 Jamie McBride5 (6), 3 May 1990 6Win6–0 Miguel MatthewsPTS63 Dec 1989 5Win5–0 Gordon ShawPTS69 Jun 1989 4Win4–0 Francisco GarciaPTS617 Apr 1989 3Win3–0 Joe MullenPTS617 Mar 1989 2Win2–0 Chris ClarksonPTS616 Feb 1989 1Win1–0 Gordon Stobie68 Dec 1988

See also List of super-flyweight boxing champions List of bantamweight boxing champions List of Danish world boxing champions

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